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325 



111 length, and 4 or even 5 lines in breadth at the seeds, mucli conti'acted be- 

 tween them 5 the valves slightly convei. Seeds longitudincd, last bhort fold of 

 •the lunicle and the end of the next mueh thickened, the remainder of the 

 atter and the third fold filiform and extending some way round the seed, 

 but not seen perfect.— Bot. Ma<i. t. 2922. 



Wale 



bro 



X . , ^. ;• I'fequeiit in rocky barren ranges of the interior, from the Blue Moan- 



Taiu3 to i^iverpool plains, Lachlaa river and to the soutliward, J. Cunningham, Fraser, 

 Huetfel, MitcheU, and others. y » . 



Victoria.^ Forest Creek, F. Mueller. 



Ur. gracilipes. Peduncles rather longer, although shorter than in A. irinervata. 



me species has much the aspect of J. cochharis, but has a very different calyx and pod. 



A niuiimervia, DC. Mem. Leg. 445, Prod. ii. 450, answers, in the short character given, 



V* !JT.' "?^^ ^^^^ exception of the gland ou the upi>er edge of the phyllodium which 

 1 110 not find m that or any other allied spe.ies known to mc. 



l5. A. phiebocarpa, F. Mnell in Joiirn, Lbm. Soc. ii. 119. A g^fa- 

 His somewhat viscid shrub of 2 to 5 ft. ; branches nearly terete. Phyliodia 

 'J^^^^'J^^-^^^ceolate, rigid, tapering into a pungent point, 1 to U in. long, 

 lostly 2 to 3 lines broad, narrowed at the base, with several parallel nerves 

 oceasionnny nnastomosing, 1 to 3 more prominent. Stipules small Teduu- 

 ^U !^^'^' attaining | in. when in fruit. Flowers 5-nierous, but only seen 

 J^ithered. ^ Calyx turbinate, lobed, half as long as the corolla. Petals "appa- 

 ad 1^1-"^^^* Pod curved, hard, ' rather flat, wath ranch thickened margins 

 «a obliquely veined between them, depressed between the seed^. Seeds 

 jjunded, compressed, oblique ; funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds much dilated 

 a cnp-shaped apparently 2-lob'ed aril, enclosing the base of the seed, 



f.M i/^***"^^^- l^ocky places at the sources of Seven Emu river, Gulf of Carpentaria, 

 • Muellen The species appears to he elosely allied to J. lanigera, 



or ir "^* **'^^ervata, Sieh, in DC. Fred. \l 451. A tall shrub, ghibrous 



^^y*^^^o shoots slightly pubescent, brunches angular. Phyliodia linear, 



nr 1 11^' ^'^'^'k. rigid, tapering into pungent poiiits, 1 to I'i in. long or 



'.^V ""^^^^^ 1 i^^M 2- or 3-nerved, slightly contracted at the base. Stipules 



irlo^^ 1 ^^"^'^"^'^s solitary, about | in. long, slender, bearing each a small 

 ^ ^ilar head of numerous small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx about half 

 uriit^T *^^ ^h^ corolla, very thin, irregularly toothed or lobed. Petals smooth, 

 thi I *'^ ^^^ ini*ldle. Pod straight or 'scarcely curved, flat ^vith scarcely 

 Wl ^*^^ ^'^I'gUiS; attaining 3 to 5 in. in length. 1 to U or rarely 2 lines 

 ^/^^. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, funicle dilated from the base into an 



in F^i .^^^"^^^^ous aril consisting of 3 or ~ ^' 



rieici Js. s. Wales, 344, not of Willd.; 



11. 404. 



4 folds.— ^. taxifoli 



A. CunningJiajnii^ G. Don, Gen. 



hm '^'a ^^^^s. Grose river, R Brown; Blue Mountaina; Sieher, n. 445, J. Cunning- 

 Z^ and others. 



^'ar. h 



ii 442 il^'f""^^^^ Phyllodfa i'to I in. loug.—A.'genisflfom. Link, Enurii. Hort. Berol. • 

 neaHv al ' ii ^^- "' ^°"^' ^*^"*^- •^*^^"*"- ^- ^*^^- ^^^ character given bj^ Link apphes 



Var ^^^^^ ^^ s^™e forms of J. Janiperina. 

 •^^it shorf "t '^'"'^'''- P^yilodia very narrow, 'With the 2 or 3 nerves scnrcdy prominent, 

 ^"er thau iu J, elongaia, and always pungent. — Blue Mountains, Miss Atkinson. 



^nr ^r ^^^^tioides, J. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. loud. Journ. i. 336. A 

 J "gid shrub, the branches terete or nearly so and glabrous. Phyliodia 



