326 ^^' LEGUMiNOSiE. . [Acacia. 



very spreading, llnear-tevete or slightly compressed, rigid, tapering into pungent 

 points, striate witli several nerves, distinctly articulate at the base as in the 

 allied species, f to 1| in. long. Stipules small, membranous or none. Pe-- 

 duncles solitary, not above 2 lines long, bearing each a small globular head of 

 very small 5-merous flowers. Sepals linear-spathulate, distinct, at least lialf 

 as long as the coroHa. Petals distinct, smooth, without prominent midribs. 

 Pod linear, flat, the margins not thickened, curved or twisted, about 2 to 2^ 

 lines broad and slightly contracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal, 

 the 2 or 3 last folds of the funicle dilated into a yellow cupular arillus, mera- 

 branous at tlie edge and half enclosing the seed. 



N- S. "Wales. Harrington plains in the interior, J. Cunningham, specimens iu fruit 



only. , . . 



Var, ni/ssopjiylla. Nerves of the phyllodia scarcely prominent hut not otherwise differmg 

 from A. Cunningham's specimens. — A. nyssophila^ F. Muell. Iragm. iv. 4, and PI. Vict. 

 ii. 9. 



Victoria. In the N.W. desert^ F. Mueller, . 



S. Australia. Near Lake Gair.hicr, Bahhage. • 



I had fonnerly confounded specimens of this variety with some of those of A, continuity 

 but F. Mueller has well pointed out the character of the continuous decurrent phyllodia dis- 

 tingaishing the latter, 



18. A. striatula, BeniL in Hook, Lond. Journ. i. 336. A rigid shrub, 

 allied to A. colletioldes and A. campylophjlla. Branches slightly angular and 

 minutely pul)escent. Phyllodia spreading or recurved, linear-terete or sliglit y 

 compressed, rigid and tapering into pungent points, in our specimens mostly 

 about 4 in. long, but probably often longer, striate with several nerves. 

 Stipides smalt, lanceolate, membranous, very deciduous. Peduncles short, 

 bearing each a small globular head of rathtn* numerous flowers, mostly ^^■ 

 mei-ous. Sepals free, very thin, linear-spathutate. Petals smooth, but \\;itu 

 prominenf midribs as in A. juniperina. Pod unknown. — Meissn. in PI. Preis^. 



ii. 201. 



"W. Australia, Briimmond ; South Hutt river, OldfieUh 



19. A. campylophylla, Beutlu in Linncea, xxvi. 605. A ^gj^ l^^^'j^ 

 shrub, apparently low, and quite glabrous, branches angular. ^'^^''^ '\^ { 

 merous, linear-terete, rigid but recurved or flexnose, tapering into p«i^g^ 

 points, mostly f to 1 in. long, striate with several nerves. Stipules suin^, 

 setaceous, aluiost spinescent. Flowers not seen perfect, but from ^^^^^^ . 

 mains they appear to have been many in tlie head, with naiTOW smooth pe • 

 Fruiting peduncles i to | Iu. long.' Pod stipitate, linear, narrow, flat v;^^^ 

 nerve-like margins, and not contracted between the seeds, but not seen 

 grown, 



VT- Australia, Drummond.Uh Coll. rt. 134, a7id n, 41 , of some other set. Evi e 

 allied to A. colletioides, hut differing in the stipules, and apparently in the pod. 



. 20. A. teretifolia, Benth. in HooL Land. Journ. i. 326. A glah^', 

 shrub of 1 or 2 ft., with virgate angular-striate branches, the s»^'*i^*^^^j^ j^ut 

 lets rigidly ilexuose. Phyllodia linear-terete or scarcely flattened, ^^S , 



less pungent than the allied species, f to 1 or rarely 1^ in. long, very od^l^^^^^^ 

 or irregulm-ly nerved. Stipules shortly subulate-spinescent, but ^J^^^ Vyi/r 

 off. Peduncles solitary, shorter than the phyllodia, tearing each a g^ ^^^^ 

 ln;ad of flowers, mostly 5-raerous. Sepals small, nan'ow-llnear, unite 



