Acacia,] XL. LEGUMINOSiE. 329 



in. long, nearly 3 lines broad, very thick, with broad smooth margins and 

 obscurely veined between them. Seeds thick, obovoid-globose, often mottled ; 

 funicle short, not folded, expanding into a short broad concave arillus at the 

 end of the seed. 



W. Australia. Murchisoa river, Oldjield. Differs from A. auronitens chiefly in the 



form of the phyllodia. 



28. A. erioclada, 56'«^A. in Lhma^a, xxvi. 606. A rigid spreading 



stinib, the branches numerous, not very stoiit, mostly spinescent and densely 



woolly, becoming glabrous with age. Phyllodia narrow-oblong, oblique or 



curved, rigid and tapering into a pUngent point, under \ in. long, narrowed 



at the base, the midrib and nerve-like margins protninent, and sometimes with 



a Uiint nerve between. Stipules setaceous, sometimes spinescent, deciduous. 



reduncles 2 to 3 lines long, bearing each a globular head of above 30 flowers, 



jnucb smaller than in the last two species, mostly 5-mcrous. Sepals spathu- 



late with a dark thickened top, but often united. Petals quite smooth. Pod 

 not seen. 



W 



ummond, Mh ColL «. 7; Vasse rivef, Oldjield, 



29. A, siculiformis, A. Cunn.; Benth. hi Hoo1c, Lond, Journ. i. 337. 

 An erect or diffuse rigid glabix)us shrub, attaining several ft., the branches 

 nearly terete. Phyllodia linear or linear-lanceolate, oblique or slightly curved, 

 "gid and tapering into a pungent point, \ to \\ in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad, 

 '"'ith a prominent central' nerve and the margins sometimes slightly thickened, 

 Jiarrowedat the base. Stipules minute, membranous. Peduncles solitary, 

 ^^ai'ly \ in. long in the original form, bearing a globular head of numerous 

 flowers, mostly 5-merous. '"Sepals free, narrow- spathulate, ciliate, half as long 

 as the corolla. Petals smooth, shortlv united at the base. Pod stipitate, 

 ^ oolong-linear, very flat, not contracted "between the seeds when perfect, rarely 

 Y^^c 1 ia. lono;, 2i to 3 lines broad. Seeds transverse or oblique, the funi- 

 cle hhform to the end.--F, Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 6. 



W- S. Wales. Rocky Hills S.W. of Lake George, A. Ciauihigham ; Mount Mitchell, 

 (^larence river, 5^r;ir/6.r. 



Var. hossi^oides, Bcntli. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. Ul. More diffuse, peduncles scarcely 

 « in. long or shorter. -J. Stuarllana, F. Muell.; Benth. in Linusca, xxvi. 609; Hook. f. 



\if '!"■ V ^^^- 1. 19 ; Dietr. Fl. Univcrs. N. Scr. t. 82. 

 to JmlT""' ^'^"^^ fiubalpiue streamlets in many parts of the Aiistraimn Alps, ascemlmg 

 1 V^" i?. Mueller, One specimen in avoung stute from the Tummut Valley has the 

 '«"! peduncles of the original forln. ' . o x^ i . t. 



Aaamania. Derweut river, R. Brown ; Western Mountains, and S. Esk and Derweut 



^^ at an elevation of 3000 to 4000 ft., /. D. Hooker. 



30. A. patens, F. Muell in Journ. Linn, Soc, iii. 120 (under J, siculi- 

 ^'^^is to which 1 had erroneously referred it). A tftll glabrous shrub, the 

 Jl'^nchlets somewhat glutinous. PhvUodia numerous, linear-lanceolate, rather 

 yd and tapering into a pungent point, narrowed at the base and often some- 

 ^liat folcate, l.to | in. long, 1 to 1^ lines wide, l-nei-ved or obscurely pen- 

 ^iveuied, usually with a small gland near the middle of the upper edge. Sti- 

 pies small, lanceolate. Peduncles often slightly exceeding the leaves, bear- 

 "g each a dense globular head of flowers, mostly 5-merous, but only seen m 

 ^^' Sepals distinct, linear-spathulate, ciliate. Petals narrow, almost free. 



