^^0 XL. leguminosj:, • [Acacia. 



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short and slender, beaiing each a head of 3 to 5, usually 4, flowers, mostly 

 4-merous. Calyx veiy short, with broad obtuse lobes. Petals smootli,^ gla- 

 brous. Pod 1 to 2 in. long, scarcely above 1 line broad, curved, acuminate, 

 nearly terete, longitudinally striate, coriaceous, o-kbrous or sprinkled with a 

 few hairs. Seeds oblon*^, lono;itudinal ; the last fold of the funicle thickened 



into a short aril under the seed.— DC. Prod. ii. 449; Bot. Mag. t. 3341; 

 Meissn. in Pi. Preiss. i. 10. 



W. Australia. Sandy and rocky places. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, 

 K. Brown, MenzieSy Preiss, n. 959, and others. 



' 91. A. horridula, Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 9. A shrub of 2 or 3 ft. ; 

 branches virgate, rigid, terete or slightly sulcate, pubescent.^ Pliyllodia nu- 

 merous, obliquely ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into a piiiigf^nt 

 point, 3 to 4 or rarely 5. lines long, the upper an.i^de near the base slightly 

 prominent, witli or without a small gland, rigitl, with a nearly central nerve, 

 glabrous or pubescent. Stipules setaceous, rigid. Peduncles shorter tlinii 

 the phyllodia, bearing each a head of 3 to 5, usually 4, flowers, mostly 4- 

 merous. Calyx very short, with broad obtuse lobes. Petals acute, densely 

 villous. Pod pubescent when young, not seen fully formed. 



"W. Aastralia, Dt-ummond, Preiss, n. 1151 ; Canning river, Treiss, n, 965; Harvey 

 river, Oldfield. Althongh very near J. hastulafa, this species appears to be distinguishable 

 by its more rigid, more oblique, less acuminate phyllodia, and narrower villous petals. &ome 

 gpecimens of Harvey's from King George's Sound appear, however, to be almost mter- 

 mediate. 



92. A. divergens, BentJi, in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 331. Glabrous or 



pubescent ; branches angidar, divaricate^ rather slender, Phyllodia niinieioiis, 

 triangular or 2-lobed, tapering to a pungent point, 2 to 4 lines loj|o' 

 upper angle or lobe diverging at right angles from the base of the phylioauj 

 and usual!}' bearing a gland, the midrib adjoining the lower straight ^'^l"?^"' 

 Stipules small, setaceous, almost spinescent, diverging from the base ot i^ 

 midrib. Pedicels filiform, often rather longer than the phylloclia, bearmo 

 each a small globular head of 8 to 12 flowers, mostly 4-merous. Calyx stioi , 

 open, broadly lobed. Petals smooth, glabrous. Pod not seen. 



VT. AustraUa, Lnmmond, 2nd Coll. n. 159; Vasse river, Mrs. Mnlloy. Eesem e* 

 in folia<^e some forms of A. vomeriformis^ but the flowers are quite different. 



93. A. vomeriformis, A. Cum. ; Benlh. in Eooh. Lond. Journ. i^^^^^^- 

 A diffuse or procumbent rigid shrub ; branches terete, pubescent or ^^^\^^ 

 Phyllodia numerous, from obliquely hmceolate to broadly triangular ox i- ^^ .^^ 

 rigid and pungent-pointed, 2 to 4 lines long, the upper angle below tlie ^^^ 

 die, either short and rounded or very prominent, rarely beanng a S^"" ' ^^j 

 midrib usually adjoining the lower straight margin. Peduncles slender, ^^ 



■lobular head ot aMve 



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top, half as long as the coron- ^^^^^^ 



SeeJs 



glabrous, smooth, readily separating. Pod linear, often elongatea, ik* ,^^^^ 

 aceous, glabrous, about*2 lines broad, contracted between the seeds. ^, ^_ 

 nearly orbicular ; funicle short, filiform to the end.— F. Muell. PI- ^^ ■. 

 Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 82 ; A. Gunnii, Benth. in Hook. LonU. 

 i, 332; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i, 104. t. 13. 



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