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XL. LEGXJMixos.f:. [Acacia. 



linear-sul)u!ate, obtuse or with a minute reonrved innocuous point, mostly 3 

 to 5 in. long, terete or slightly flattened, obscurely 1-nerved. Stipules very 

 deciduous. ° Peduncles solitary, bearing a small globular head of about 30 

 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, truncate, obtusely sinuate- 

 toothed, about half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth. Pod long, straight 

 or nearly so, about 2 lines broad and much contracted between the seeds, 

 valves hard, very convex over .the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle 

 with short folds, 2 at least of the last much thickened or dilated. 



Vr. Australia. Between Moore and Murchison rivers, Brummond, &ih ^°J^^- '*-^' 

 Oldfield. The calyx aud pod are nearly those of A. salicina and its allies, but the phyl- 

 lodia and seeds are more those of some o| the Calamiformes. 



59. A. exteu^a, Lindl. Swan Rlv. J pp. 13. An erect glabrous shrub 

 of several ft., witli elongated branches, always ang^lar and sometime^ almost 

 winged. Phyllodia linear-subulate, rigid but slender, often scarcely to be 

 • distinguished from branchlets, erect spreading or recurved, sometimes tew 

 and short, mure frequently from 3 or 4 in. to. twice that length, with a pro- 

 minent nerve on each side. Peduncles solitary or shortly and irregularly ra; 

 ceraose, bearing each a globubr head of 20 or more flowers, mostly a-meroiis. 

 Calyx turbinate, thin, truncate or shortly and broadly lobed. Petals smooth, 

 united at the base. Pod long, linear, straight or curved, about li lines broiui 

 and contracted between the seeds ; valves thinly coriaceous. Seeds obloiig, 

 longitudinal ; funicle with short folds, the last 2 usually much tliickened. 

 Meissn. in PI. Preiss. \. & ■ A. graminea, Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hajno. 

 1842; Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 5; A. pentaedra, Eegel, Gaiteiifi. i- 



228, 



t. 24. 



MolJoy ; 



W. Australia, Swan Elver, Thiimmond, "[st Coll.; Vasse river, Mrs. -""g'' 

 ■ Princess Royal Harbour, Preiss, n. 983 ; Gordon ranges, Maxwell ; Pres.tou ana a 

 rivers, Oldfield. 



60. A. gonophylla, Beuth, in Linnaa, xxvi. 613; A ^'^^^/''^jj^ji^ 

 shrub, allied in some respects to A, sulcata; branches angular. 'Yiv te- 

 net crowded, linear, ipcurved, obtusp with a short point, rigid and acu ey ^^^ 

 tragouous by the very prominent nerves, iiarrow<^d at the base, 1 o 2 

 long. Stipules minute. Peduncles usumUv iti pairs, 2 to 4 Imes i^ng, t)^j _ 

 ing each a globular head of abo.ut 12 tq 20 flo;.yers, mostly 5-meroi.jS. V 

 very thin, often separating into distinct sepals, half as long as the cw ^^^| 

 Petals smooth. Pod linear, flat, slightly contracted between the sf^f '/^ . 

 2 lines broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, the last fold of the tuiucie ; 

 short and turbinate, the next long and ccuisiderably dilated. t? cr anJ 



V/-. Australia. Towards Cape Riche, Bnimmond, Uh ColL nA ; Philhps Kaa^e 

 Breraer Bay, MaxwelL , ^ oblong* 



- Var. crassifoUa. Lower phyllodia sometimes diluted, lioear-cun.eate or ^^^^^^^^ form. 

 2 in. long, very thick and much narrowed at the base, upper oues as in the co 

 Heads rather larger, with more flowers. — Towai-ds the Great Bight, MflxwelL j^^^^ f^jd 



A fragment from Kojonerup range has the sHpnles almost sptnescent; ^ ' j/termi- 

 Phillips range, has the phyllodia not \ in. long ; neither are sufficient for accural 

 nation. liiishT 



61. A. cricifoHa, Benll. in HooJc. loud. Jonm. \. 345. ^ ^^^^.^i^^dia 

 shrub, attaining sometimes 3 or 4 ft., glabrous or loosely hirsute. VJ^ge, 

 numerous, shortly linear-terete or slightly flattened horiaoutauy. 



