Acacia. . XL. LEGUMiNOSai. 351 



N. S. XVales. Blue ^rountains and westward towards the Macquarrie, A* Cunning- 

 ham, Fraser, Huegel^ Miss Atkinson ; New England, C. Stuart, 



Victoria. Barren mountains, forests and scrubs, Forest Creek, Grampians, Mitta-Mitta 

 and Macalister rivers, sources of the Genoa river, etc., ascending to 4000 ft., F. Mueller. 



Tasmania. Port de I'Esperance, R. Brown ; S. Esk river, near Hobarton, near Camp- 

 beltown, etc., /. B. Hooker, 



S. Australia. Lofty Range, Whittaker, F. Mueller ; Tattiara country, /. E, Woods, 



94. A, biflora, K Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, v. 463. A diffuse 

 or bushy shrub, branches scarcely angular, pubescent or rarely glabrous. 

 Phyllodia more or less triangular, 3 or 4- lines or rarely \ in. long, with a small 

 pungent point, the principal nerve near the losver straight margin, the upptr 

 margin forming a prominent angle above the middle, usually bearing a gland, 

 and occasionally a secondary nerve tending towards it. Stipules setaceous or 

 spinescent. Peduncles short, beanng each 2 or very rarely more 4-merous 

 flowers, acuminate in the bud. Calyx short, ciliate, with broad lobes. Petals 

 rather rigid but not striate. Pod flat with thickened nerve-like margins, often 

 iin. long, 1-^ to 2 lines broad, acuminate and narrowed at the base, valves 

 coriaceous. Seeds longitudinal, the last fold of the fuuicle thickened into a 

 small aril under the seed.— Wendl. Comm. Acac. t. 2; DC. Prod. ii. 449; 

 Reiclib. Ic. et Descr. PI. t. 12 ; A. triangularis, Benth. in Hueg. Enum. 42 ; 

 Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 10. 



W. Australia. Kina; George's Sound and eastward to Cape Riche, R. Brown, Baxter, 

 ^Tummond, Mh Coll. n. 3^, Preiss, n. 963 and 966, and others; Vasse river, Mrs. Molloy, 

 It varies in the buds nearly obtuse or much acuminate ; and very rarely most of the flower- 

 heads have 3, 4 or even 5 flowers. 



95. A. decipiens, K Br. in AiL HorL Kew, ed, 3. v. 463. A bushy 



strub, sometimes low and diffuse, but frequently attaining 10 to 12 ft., gla- 

 brous or rarely sparingly hirsute. Phyllodia triangular or irregularly trapezi- 

 fonn, rigid, usually 4 to 8 lines long and nearly as broad at the top, the prin- 

 cipal nerve near the lower straight margin and ending in a smnll pomt, the 

 ^Pper margin forming 1 or rarely 2 very prominent angles, tipped with a 

 gland, and occasionally there are 1 or 2 faint secondary nerves. Stipules here 

 a^id there spinescent. Peduncles short, bearing each a bead of 6 to 10 flowers 

 mostly 4.merous, obtuse in the bud. Calyx short, broadly lobed. Petals 

 free, glabrous and smooth. Pod thick and hard, glabrous, much mcurved i 

 to 2 in. long, 1 to U lines broad, acuminate and narrowed at the base, scarcely 

 contracted between the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal; fumcle with the 

 Wolds dilated into a thick obliquely turbinate ^x^[.''Mimosa ^m/^^^«5, Keen. 

 "i^Sm. Ann. Bot. i. 366. t. 8 ; i decipiens, DC. Prod. ii. 449 ; Bot. Mag. t 

 1745, 3244 ; Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 8 ; Eeichb. Ic. et Descr. PL t. 12, and 

 885 A, dolabriformls, Colla, Hort. RipuL 1, not of Wendl. ;^. mcramta 

 ^Qok. Ic. PL t. 370 ; A. biflora, Paxt. Mag. ix. 221, with a fig., not of K. 



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