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with loosely hirsute angular branches. Phyllodia cnneate-oblong, truncate at 

 the end, |- to 1 in. long, the nerve much more central than in A, decipiens, 



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curved and ending in a small point at the lower angle, the upper one usually 

 also acute and sometimes longer, tipped with a, gland. Stipules setaceous. 

 Peduncles nearly as long as the phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of 8 

 to 15 flowerSj mostly 4-raerous, smaller than in A, decipiens. Calyx broadly 

 turbinate, half as long as the corolla, Avith broad obtuse lobes. Petals smooth. 

 Pod much curved, hirsute, coriaceous, with thickened margins^ 2 to 3 in. long, 

 about % lines broad. — Meissn. in PL freiss, i. 9. 



"%V. Australia. Swan River and Rottenest island, Fraser, Buegel, Brunnnond, n. 257 

 (OT 297?), Freiss, n. 954, 956, 957, and others. Nearly allied to A, decipiens, but the 

 differences both in phyllodia ^nd llowers appear to be constant. 



97. A, dilatata, Beuth. in Linncea^ xxvi. 608, A ri^^id shrub, softly 



pubescent. Phyllodia broadly trianguLir-cuneate, rigidly coriaceous, i to f 

 in. long and almost as broad at the top, the principal nerve near the lower 

 straight margin, with iisnally 1 or 2 other nerves diverging from the base, 

 the upper angle obtuse, usually without any gland. Stipules setaceous or 

 spinescent. Peduncles rarely \ in. long, bearing each a globular head of 

 about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx half as long as the corolla, with 

 narrow ciliate lobes. Petals strongly striate, hispid with a few rigid hairs. 

 Pod not seen. 



W. Australia, Brurnmond. The shape of the phyllodia is not uultke that of some of 

 the thick and broad-leaved forms of ^. decipiens, hut the flowers are very different. 



^ 9S. A. bidentata, Beuth. in Hook, Lo7id. Journ, i. 333. A very rigid 

 divaricate shrub ; branches terete, pubescent, or rarely nearly glabrous, oc- 

 casionally spinescent. Phyllodia obovate or cuneate-oblong, 2 to 4 lines or 

 rarely \ in. long, thick and rigid, the principal nerve near the lower- straight 

 margin terminating in a small point, with a secondary nerve usually diverging 

 from the base, the upper margin forming a broad rounded or rarely acute 

 lol)e or angle, often longer than the point. Stipules minute. Peduncles often 

 exceeding the phyllodia, bearing each a small globular head of about 8 to 15 

 flowers, either 4-merous or 5-merous. Calyx very small and thin. Petals 

 smooth. Pod (only seen loose) much curved or twisted, about 1| lines broad, 

 with flat thinly coriaceous valves. Seeds lon^ntudliial. — Meissn. in PI. Preiss. 

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A.Vi%tTBl\B,j Brurnmond, Preiss, n, 958, 969; Kojonerup and Gardner ranges, 



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phyllodia and flowers of A, bidentata, and very probably a variety only of that 

 species, differing only in the phyllodia all narrow-cuneate slightly notched at 

 the end, one angle or lobe acute or mucronate, the other obtuse. Neither 

 species (or variety) has been seen in good fruit. 



Victoria. Sand riJges of the Murray desert, especially about Kielkoyne, Uowitfs i>- 

 pedtiion, 



W. Australiaj, Brurnmond. Specimens apparently precisely aiinilar to those from 



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