Acacia,] XL. LEGUMINOS^, 333 



or diffuse shrub, either quite low or rising to 5 or 6 ft. ; branchlets angular. 

 Phyllodia linear, thick and rigid, tapering into a pungent point, prominently 

 1-nerved, mostly f to 1 in. long, 1 to li lines broad, slightly narrowed at 

 the base. Peduncles usually 2 or 3 together, under ^ in. long, bearing each 

 a globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 4-merous, rarely 5-nierous or 3- 

 merous. Calyx with short broad somewhat thickened lobeSj'^not half as long 

 as the corolla. Petals membranous, without the proniiuent nerve of A.juni- 

 perma, cohering or at length separating. Pod stipitnte, often attaining 3 or 

 4 in., about 2 lines broad, flat or the valves at length, cojivex. Seeds longi- 

 tudinal ; funicle much folded, thickened either from the middle upwards or 

 nearly from the base.— DC. Prod. ii. 450; Bot. M<!g. t. 2417; Hook. f. 



Fl. Tasm. i. 105 ; J\ Mueli, Pi. Vict. ii. 6 : A, prostrata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t.631. ' 



_ * 



Victoria. Heathy grouni?, Stringy baric forests and other barren localities throughout 

 the^reater part of the colony, F. Mueller. 

 Tasmania- Port Palrympl^ and Derwent river, R. Brofcnj abundant in diy places 



all under 



especially by roadsides throuo;hout the island, J. D.^flooker. 



^ \ar. cuspidaia. Phyllodia more slender, often not broader than thick, sometipes s 

 * 1"., sometimes on barren shoots attaining 2 in.— J. cuspidaia, A. Cunn. ; Benth. in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ. i. 337. 

 N. S. "Wales. Brushy hills of the southern districts, A. Cunningham, Frmer, Hnegel, 



40. A. rupicola, F. Mnell. ; Bntth. in Linncea, xxvi. 610. A glabrous 

 strab, attaining 5 ft. ; branches slightly angular. Phyllodia linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, rigid and tapering into a pungent point, prominently 1 -nerved, 

 rarely above \ in. long, brg^derat the base tjian in J. diffusa, which this spe- 

 cies closely resembles. Stipules minute or none. Peduncles about \ in. 

 [ong, bearing each a small globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 4-merous. 

 ^«lyx shortly lobed, half as long as the corolla. Petals membranous, with- 

 out any prominent midrib. Pod linear, flattened, straight or curved, 1 to 2 

 W. long, about 2 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds lon- 

 ptudmal ; funicle much folded and thickened nearly from the base, the upper 

 {olcls forming a broad aril clasping the base of the seed.— F, Muell. PL A ict, 

 "• 8; Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 8, 



Victoria. Rocky mountains near the Wimmera, DaUacTty. _ ,r . -:> i 



H. Australia. Mouut Lofty Ranges, F. Mueller; towards Bremer nver. Mount Barker 

 reek, i, Fischer. 



^- SPICAT.E.— Phyllodia 1- 2- or 3-nerved. Flowers 4-merous or 3- 

 ffierous, in cylindrical or oblon- rarely ovoid spikes, on axillary peduncles or 

 ^ost sessile. 



Some species of this group, especially A. rhiffiopJiylla and A. veriiciflataj^r.ovoidea, 

 •^"i m their inflorescence to connect the spieate with the capitate species which in almost 

 *" species of Mi^osea, Australian or extra-Australian, are so constantly distinct. 



41. A. rhigiophyUa, F. Muell.; Beiilh. in Linn^a, xxvi. 611. A 

 compact rigid shrub of 4 or 5 ft., with numerous spreading terete branches, 

 siightly glutinous-pubescent when young, at length glabrous. Phyllodia 

 Jnear or linear-lanceolate, thick and\ery rigid, tapering to a purigent poin 

 * to lin, long, with 2 or ? raised nerves on each side. Flower- heads smal 

 and nearly sessile, less compact than in most species and often oblong, with 



