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whlhl has tL' pod"S' r/'i ^° V^^r^"'' ^- ^"^"^^ •" '•'^^"™S this to A. coUelioides, of 

 eoatinls not aSl nn ;r r'^'' ^xam nation, that the character of the phvllociia, 



uuignani s plant, ^^hlch has moreover a different venation. . 



tlJS;,.w .^^""p^' ^' ^^■''^^- ^''''^"'- '"'• ISi- A tree of 15 to 30 ft., with 

 ^*i..._^^ " . .^ ^"'^' quite glabrous and somewhat ^Imirnns Plivllnrlln 



somewhat glaucous. Phyllodia 



llteir W ■ l"".* ''^•'"^'''.^'' ^""^ '''y '^'^'^^y ^^^""■^"t o'^ f'^e stem, subu- 

 rather nm-pf/'- wP'"".^ '"^'^ P^^-ent points, mostly 3 to 3 iu. long or 

 T vmimr '^r;8"^^V'"'* ''''^' '''^^' ^''^ slightly prominent nerves. Stipiles 

 2 fl ! '^'' deciduous _ Flowers ... Pod (from a single imperfect one) 



Sefl;^ fr"/' • r^^ '"• ^°"- '*^"^ "^'^'-'i' 1^ ^"- ^™^'?- Seeds broadly 

 "^die, flat, the fuuicle hliform to the end. 



W. Australia. 



tt« specinTn ^, /T"] ^^ °^ ^^''^^'' *^''''^''' '^'^"'^"'■^ Ej^pedltion. The pod is not attached to 

 itself to thp 1p ^'^ ^' resembles tliat of A. sericata, and some doubt therefore attaches 



rtself to the species. 



stmb of S ?**^f^' ^^^^^^'" "^ ^^°'^" ^'"^^- =^°^"'"- ^- ^^'^^ ^ dense rigid 

 cuiTPfl n +^^" 1^ "l'"*^ glabrous. Phyllodia numerous, lanceolate, re- 



point M 1 . '^^"^■^^"* ^'! the stem, rigid and tapering into a pungeut 

 inaro-in^ ol I"' ^°"°' ^ti'iate with several prominent nerves, without any 

 Retlier h ^ • ' Stipules scarcely any. Peduncles short, solitary or 3 to- 

 verv sin n "^ ^^^^ ''' ^^dindrical spike of i to f in. Flowers not crowded, 

 lobed P Tv ^^^^^^"^ "1 the bud, mostly 4-nicrous. Calyx short, broad, 

 • «tals membranous and smooth. Pod unknown. 



Queensland. 



^o»ma^l^?'^^' r ^''"'Istoue ridges, Maiituan Downs, MUchell ; on the lower Macquairic, 

 an, also in Leichhardfs Collection. 



"Wales 



Bai-ren lauds, N. of Arbuthnot Range, Traser. 



^Pifiescen^ pi, ^^.*^^^'TES. — Eigid shrubs, the branches in some species 

 points 119 ' ,, ^ ^°dia articulate on the stem, rigid, tapering into pungent 

 or sniL y subulate linear or lanceolate, or rarely none. Flowers in heads 



The un' """ ''''"'"^' ''"'^'^' peduncles. 



^^^ convenip . ^^ -^^ ^^^^ ^^^®^ sjiecics in general so peculiar a habit, that it appeared 

 *rie8 fouyjp ]^^ unite them in a separate jjronp thaa to distribute them in the great 



*few snecipd \v ^^"^*'^^^' ^"^ inflorescence, at the same time it must be admitted that, in 

 two series P^ PUDgent character is variable. On the other hand, the adoption of the 

 venation is n ^^^f , ^^'^ Calamiformes disposes of rtiose terete-leaved species where the 

 'orescence °^^^^^» ^^^ ^i A, vertidllafa, where the spicate passes into the globular in- 



A A 



Cent. ^^^^^•■^Pliyllodia none except minute scales. Branches spines- 



'^'^ general 



placed hej.g ^h^**^^i^^ °^ ^^^'® single species is so much that of the Pungenies, that it is 

 •Mes foriner] ^^^ ^■'^ phjUodia appear on any of the specimens seen. The two other 

 *^^ch indicat ^ fk . ^^^'^^^^ ss aphyllous, occasionally produce a few branch-like phyllodia, 



their place among Calamiformes, 



^"giibSii^^r^^^^^"'^' ^^^^^^^' *'* ^^^'^'' ^^^^' ^^^^''^' ^* ^^^' ^ glabrous, 

 3^d ttionl ^' . *"^^ shrub, rarely exceeding 2 ft., the branches terete, striate 



Wwn J v^P^"^scent, Leaves none, replaced on the young shoots by small 

 ^^^ainino-^ 9*^^^ scales. Flower-heads globular, sessile along the branches, 



g 'i to 6 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx truncate, shortly and 



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