•Acacia,'] 





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49. A. brachyphylla, Bentk. in Linnaa, xxvi. 615. Apparently a 

 aittuse shrub, the branches woolly-pubescent or at length glabrous. Phyllo- 

 clia numerous, linear-tcrete, incurved, obtuse or with short innocuous points, 

 under 3 m long, striate with several nerves. Stipules small, deciduous, 

 miuncles shoiter than the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of 

 apparently 5-merous flowers, but not seen perfect. 

 Jong scarcely li lines broad, flat, with ^lightly thi 



Jieeds small nli,-.,-„,M „n,i: __ i__ ■. i- "^1 ,1 



Pod flexuose, 1 to 2 in. 

 htly thickened nerve-like margins. 



jeeds small, obovoid, oblique or longitudinal, the last fold of the (unicie 

 thickened into a short fleshy aril. 



W. Australia, Drummond. 



50. A. Bynoeana, Ben/./i. in Linnaa, xxvi. 614. Shrubby, with nu- 

 merous branches, loosely pubescent and sometimes glutinous." Phyllodia 

 merous, Imear-terete, striate with several nerves, usually recurved at the 

 point, rarely above 1 in. long. Stipules small, deciduous. Peduncles 3 to 

 ^ Jines long, bearing each a small globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 



- ^'°^3. Calyx with narrow ciliate lobes. Petals narrow, smooth, not 

 raucti longer than the calyx and quite distinct. Pod much cinved, flat with 

 i\t\f '""''?'"^' scarcely above 1 line broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, 

 • [ ^ fl '^i'^ °' ^^^ funicle, and sometimes part of the next also, thickened 



to a fleshy aril.— ^. leplophylla, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 9. 



the ' ^'^^*'"»^>a- N.W. coast, Bynoe ; Gulf of Carpentaria, F. 3Iue11er. The latter are 

 «Wa Tr^ """"^'"^ ^"^ ^^ *"• Mueller, PI. Vict. ii. 12, as nearly rcsemlliag A. Wdhdui- 

 •nistaie r, M°'''''^*l'°"'^'"g"nes, belli in Herb. Hooker and in Herb. Sender, were, by some 

 in liii ' "^^ ^^ ■^' ffiUielmsiaua from the Murray scrub, and were mentioned by me 



«liort-le*°'^^^^'' ^^^' ^^ ^ ^'"■- °^ ^- nematopht/lia, F, Muell. The latter is, however, a 

 phyllod*^^ ™^ °^ ^' '^'^^'^'"'Ifoiio,, which has never more than 1 ucive on each side of the 



Pe- 



ous. 



allied t ^^^P*?''^^^'* V- ^Iv^ell. Herb. A spreading slirub, very nearly 

 of li f° ^' i^J^^^'^'^'^'^^^ with linear-subulate, spreading or flexuose phyllodia 

 dui/l f ^^'' ^^^ *^^*-^' ^"^^' ^ °'' ^ pi'oininent nerves on each side. "" 

 Sennl f ^ ^'*' ^^caring a small head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5 -mer 

 ^ free, narrow-spathulate. Petals smooth. Pod unknown. 



OtoJj^^f *'"*^**» drummond {Wi Coll. ?), n. 132, and hth Coll. n. 5 ; Kal-au river, 

 • '■ "''miuation rock, iJ/rt,™r//. 



Bran"h"'^* ^^P^^^eura, Ben/k. in Hook. Loud. Journ. i. 341. Shrubby. 

 HxkY ^''^'^^ angular, glabrous or hoary-pubescent when young. Pliyl- 

 striat ."/'-^^^ulate, rather rigid, nearly terete, straight or flexuose, finely 

 recur*^ T'^ mmerous scarcely prominent nerves, almost obtuse or with short 

 gloK \*^^ P'^i'its, mostly about 2 in. long. Peduncles short, bearing each a 

 late P^^^'^ of 20 to 30 flowers, mostly o-nierous. Sepals narrow-spathu- 

 readi) ™^^ or very shortly united in a cup at the base. Petals smooth, 

 Pfei/ ■**^P^''^^ing- Pod not seen.— Bot. Mag. t. 4350; Meissn. in PI. 

 ''•I- 12 (except the yar. 5). 



A tall shrub, 

 cence ; branchlets 



either n ■ **^Sens, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 403. 



'omewb '^'^ o'^ljfous or pale or hoary with a minute pubesct^.v^, ^ 



straiJlf f'^g^ilar. Phyllodia linear-sub idate rather rigid, nearly terete, 

 y°:'^ or mcurved, usually 2 to 3 in. long and very finely striate with 3 lo 

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