330 XL. LEGUMiNOS^. [Jcocia. 



Pod linear, straight, flat, 1 in. long or rather more, 1|- lines broad^ and con- 

 tracted between every seed. Seeds ovate, ahnost longitndinal; funicle filifonu 

 to the end. — A, Maitlandi^ F. Mnell. Fragm. iii. 46. 



If. Australia. Stony places, Hammersley Range, Nichol Bay, F. Grego^-y's Expedi- 

 tion; Hooter and Sturt's Creeks, F. Mueller, The foliage and young flowers cannot be dis- 

 tinguished from those of some specimens of ^. siculiformis, hut the pod is certainly different. 



31, A. laricina, Meimi, in PL Preiss, i. 6. A biishy shrub of 1 to 2 

 ft,, the branches nearly terete, rather slender, hdary-tomentose. Phyllodia 

 numerous, recurved-spreading, narrow-linear, almost tetragonous from the 

 very prominent nerve on each side, ^ to | or rarely 1 in. long, with a short 

 pungent point. Stipules setaceous, almost spinescent. I^eduncles sleudcr, 

 shorter than the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of 15 to 20 

 small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, shortly toothed, about ludf 

 as long as the cdrolla. Petals not striate, biit with prominent midribs, usually 

 cohering to the middle. Young pod narrow, glabrous dr pubescent, incurved, 

 acuminate and contracted at the base, not torulose, the sides very convex and 

 marked with longitudinal prominent nerves. 



W. Australia. In the interior, Treks, n. 973, Drummond, &rd CoIL n. 101, 4M 

 ColL «. 5 ; E. Mount Barren, MaxioelL 



32. A. tetragonophylla, F, MuelL in Journ. Linn. Soe. iii. 121 (un- 

 der A. sphacelata), and Fragm. iv. 3. A tall spreading shrub or small tree, 

 glabrous ; branches terete. Phyllodia usually clustered on the old nodes, 

 linear-subulate, rigid, pungent-pointed, | to 1 in. long or rarely more, with 1 

 or 2 nerves on each side. Stipules small, deciduous. Peduncles solitaiy or 

 2 together, nearly as long as the phyllodia, bearing a globular head of nume- 

 rous (often above 50) 5-raerous flowers. Sepals linear-spathiilate, half as 

 long as the corolla. Petals smooth, usually cohering to the middle. Pod 

 much curved or twisted, flat with thickened margins, nearly 3 lines broad. 

 Seeds longitudinal; funicle yellow, shortly flexuose and much thickened at 



. the base, then completely encircling the seed in a single fold more or less di- 

 lated the whole length, 



^ M. S. ^Vales- From the Darling to the Barrier Range, Victorian and other E^vpedi- 

 iio7is. 



S. Anstralia. ^ Dry pastures on the Cuduaka, Pliuders and Elders Ranges, F. Muelkr; 



A tall irlabrous shrub, very rigid 



towards Spencer's Gulf, Warburton. 



A 



and sometimes spinesceut; brariches ferete or slightly angular. Phyllodia 

 erect or scarcely spreading, linear-subulate, Avith a very prominent nerve oa 

 each side, shortly pungent-pointed, mostly rather above 1 in. long. Stipule 

 small, fine-pointed, deciduous. Peduncles solitary or 2 together, slender, 

 usually above | in. long, bearing each a very compact globular head ot nu- 

 merous small flowers, mostly 5-merou3. Sepals free, narrow-linear, spath - 

 late, more than half as long as the corolla- Petals smoo'th, with a P^'^^i^JJ 

 midrib. Pod somewhat incurved, 1 to 3 in. long, 2^ to 3 lines broad, tn 

 valves convex, not striate, sUghtly contracted between the seeds. Seeds ova , 

 longitudinal; funicle yellow, thickened almost from the base, nearly t^ 

 encircling the seed, one fold within the other without any return. 



AustraMa. Dirk Ilartog'e MmA, A.CHnpinfflmm ; Sharks Bay, i^/'^^''' ^"^' 



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