^^'^^^«'] XL. LEQUMINOS^. 



317 



i 





Western species. 

 Young shoots usually sillvy-pubescent. Mitlrib of the 

 phyllodia prouunent. Pod narrow, convex over the 



oblong seeds 244, J. acuminata. 



Quite glabrous. Nerves of the thick phyllodia nearly 



equal. Pod unknown 245. A. dereopliylla. 



^ biabrous and glaucous. Pod rather broad, with thickened 



margins. Seeds ovate ........... 246. A. signata, 



l-liyllodia narrow-lanceolate, not so thick and rather more fajcate 

 than m the preceding species, usually with about 3 nerves 

 more prominent than the rest. 

 Phyllodia sprinkled with a few hairs. Pod ilut, slightly 



convex over the seeds 247, A, delibrata, 



Phyllodia very glabrous, the smaller veins between the 3 prin- 

 cipal nerves scarcely cous])icuous. Pod unknown ... 2^^. A. ollgoneura. 

 ^nyliodia glabrous. Nerves numerous. Pod very convex 

 over the seeds and moniliform 249. A. toruhsa. 



PK n J- S^^^'^^'^^^s- PoJ spirally twisted into numerous coils 250. AjuHfera, 

 ^Hjllodia glabrous. Spikes interrupted, 2 to 3 in. long (slen- 



der but dense in the precedius? species) 251. A. SoiandrL 



fttyllodia more falcate than in the preceding species, often 



broader or longer, with more nerves. Pod narrow or flat, 



8trmght or twisted. 



Branches scarcely angular. Phyllodia coriaceous, often hoary 

 with numerous very fine nerves, all free from the base. 



^alyx pubescent 2^^. A. glaucescens. 



i5ranches very angular. Phyllodia with 1 or 2 of the principal 

 nerves confluent with the lower margin of the base. Pod 

 twisted. ...;..,■ 2U, A. Cunnivghamii. 



-BraDches terete or nearly so. Mowers glabrous- 

 rod very narrow and straight . ." 211. AJeptocarpa, 



^odbi-oad, very flexuose or twisted, n^t spiral. Seeds along 

 the centre 2^^^ A. polgstachga. 



branches terete or nearly so. Flowers pubescent. Pod long 

 Pod UV , "^^^' longitudinally striate and furrowed . , . 257- A. holcocarpa. 



^^Naere known and pmbahlv in all the species) rather broad, 



conaceous woody or rarely 'rather thin. Seeds very oblique or 

 Qsycrse. Parallel veins of the phyllodia usually numerous 



ad closely packed. ' ^^ ^ 



J'iouia long, narrow, and slightly falcate (as \n A , j nllfera) . 



o« ilat, with straight margins and undulate valves. Seeds 

 orbicular. ° 



Branches acutely angular . . 2h%. A, pledocarpa. 



branches 



scarcely angular 259. A, 'pacliycar^a. 



yllodia broad, folcate or very obliciue. Pod nearly terete and 



} iodia long, as in A. jnlifem, but usually more falcate. Pod 

 Phv][V o' contracted to the base. 



Phvli ^-^ 3 to 5 lines broad. Pud obtuse, not hooked . . 261. A, loxocarpa. 

 Phvl r k ^ ^^ ^ Hnes broad. Pod obtusely hooked at the end 262. A. oncinocarpa, 



^^^^ b^oad, falcate or very obliqued Pod broad, hard, and 

 B^'f/' obliquely veined. 



nchlets S-angled. Pod obtusely recurved or hooked at the 



B '"\.^'i^li iiarrowed at the base 264. J. aulacocarpa. 



Bra M ^*^^y ^^^' ^^^ "^t hooked, narrowed at the base . 265. A, caigculaia. 



aociilets nearly terete or sliirhtly angular. Pod broad, very 



PaI n • ^^^^autly truncate at the base. 



f oa Jlat or scarcely twisted, the outer margin entire . . ^^^.'. ^- erassicarpa. 



