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Preiss 



XL. LEGUMiNOS^. [Jcacia. 



Australia. Swan Eiver, Hueffel, Fraser ; Swan Eiver and Port Lesclenault, 



A glabrous erect 



78 A.. -aer^OSB., nv. Mem. Leg. ^^'i^; rrou.n.'i^v. 

 shrub or undersln-ub of 1 to 2 or 3 ft., branches prominently and acutely an 

 ffular and striate, rhyllodia broadly lanceolate, incurved-falcate rather rigid, 

 but usually undulate, t'apering into a short point, 1 to H or rarely 2 in. long, 

 with a nearly central nerve and nerve-like margins. Stipules spmescent. 

 Peduncles short, usually 2 or 3 together, bearing each a head ot 8 to i^ rather 

 large flowers, mostly 4-merous. Calyx very short and broad, lobed, orsonie- 

 times scarcely any. Petals several times longer, smooth, spreadmg, uiiitecJ at 

 the base only. Pod not seen.— Pield and Gardn. Sert. PI. t. 4 ; Meissn. 

 in PL Preiss.'i. 7, ii. 200. 



W. AustraUa. Geographe Bay. Baudin's Expedition ; Swan Biver ^rummondM 

 Coll. n. 200 or 298, Ira^er, and others ; Gordon river, Oldjield ; summit "f ™ -"P^"- 

 tain, Preiss, n. 936. The flowers resemble those ol A. myrtifolia, but the stipules ana in- 

 florescence are quite different. 



■ 79. A. obovata, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. i. 329. An undersbrub 

 or shrub of 1 to H ft-, more or less scabrous-pubescent, with angular-stuate 

 branches. Lower phyllodia obovate or oblong, obtuse, 1 to 1 ^ in- long, lue 

 upper ones broadly incurved-falcate, acute and pungent-pomted, all mucii u 

 dulate, with thickened nerve-like margins, a prominent midnb and pmna 



Stipules setaceous. Peduncles soUtary or 2^_or 3 together,j»m)iu ^ 



the 



veins. OHJJUICS SClilUCUUO. XCUUm^iCO oujimij ^^ ~ — - cj tlv 4 



long as the phyllodia, bearing each a head of about 6' to 8 flowers, mosi^^j^^ 

 merous, with a very short calyx as in J. nervosa, but more acuminate ni 

 bud. Pod not seen. — Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 8. 



"W. Australia. Cape teewin, Vollie ; gravelly places, Green Mouutain, Pretss, n. 

 931. 



•n. i. 327. ■ A rigid shrub, 



»u. ix. congesia, jiemn. in hook. jmuu. uuutn. i. "'-I- -- ^ ,. ^|j_ 

 with divaricate terete pubescent branches, often spinescent. rhyiio ^^^^^ 

 liquely oval-oblong or falcate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute and shortly muc . 

 i to I or rarelv nearly 1 in. long, 2 to 4 lines brbad, usually "".^"^'''^^ijjg 

 glabrous, not thick, "with a prominent midrib and obscurely pmnaie ^^^^^ 

 Stipules very short, usually spinescent. Peduncles solitary or '^1"^^'='"'''' , 5. 

 ing each a globular head of numerous (40 to 50) small flowers, m j^^_ 

 merous. Sepals free, linear-spathulate, fully half as long as t'»^^°™" "^j a„d 

 tals smooth, glabrous. Pod linear, compressed but thick, much J^ ^^^ij^j^jg 

 , contracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal, the last 2 folds or ^^j^j^^^ 

 expanding into an oblique cup-shaped aril at the end of the ^^^ . -^g^jii 

 iu PL Preiss. ii. 200 ; J. Baxteri, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 7, not 01 i> 



«.977. Very 



•W. AustraUa, Brummond, 2nd Coll. n. 293; near York, ^"''^'"''l' ^xl'^sJ.^^^ 

 resembles some varieties of A. armata, hut the stipules are smaller autl in J 



different. 



81. A. dermatophyUa, Benth. Quite glabrous. _ jranchlets angjl^j 

 Phyllodia oblong-cuneate, somewhat falcate, undulate, ^' . ^^^''^ tj-gi nerve 

 or callous point, | to 1^ in. long, very tliick and rigid, with a^ce ^^^^^^^^^ 

 and thick nerve-like margins, scarcely prominent. Stipules ng ' ^^ gio. 

 persistent. Peduncles shorter than the phyllodia, beann? each a 



