Acacia-] XL. legumixosj:. 353 



very long and mucli folded, the last fold almost encircling the seed and re- 

 turning, but thickened only at the end,— Meissn. in PL Preiss, i. 13. 



W. Aastralia. Muddy sandy places near York, Preiss, n. 930 j Swan River, M//lne, 



106. A. anceps, DC. Mem, Leg, 446, and Prod. ii. 451. An erect shrub 



of several feet, quite glabrous, and often of a glaucous or purplish hue, the 



branches rigid, very acutely angled when young, Phyllodia from broadly 



ovate to oblong, attached by a broad base and only partially articulate, the 



Offer edge continuous and shortly decurrent, 1^ to 2 in. long and \ to 1| in. 



troad, or even larger on barren branches, very rigid, often undulate, 1-nerved, 



penni veined, with thickened margins* Peduncles from under \ to nearly 1 



m. long, thick, bearing each* a rather large globular head of numerous flowers, 



^ostly 5-merous. Calyx more than half as long as the corolla, turbinate, 



broadly and obtusely toothed. Petals smooth, readily separating. Pod sti- 



pitate, straight, flat, rigidly coriaceous, very obtuse, about 1^ in. long and 



2 in. broad. Seeds longitudinal ; funicle long, filiform, much folded, shortly 



tnickened at the end, but not seen perfect. — A. Muelleri, Benth. in Linnaea, 

 mi. 603. 



B. Australia. St. Peter's Island, Nuyts' Archipelago, Baudin's Expedition; Port 

 wneoln, R. Brown, F. Mueller; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warburton. 



'ar. (?) anguslifuUa. Branches rather less angular. Phyllodia from narrow-obovate to 



linear-oblong, 1 to 2 in. long, occasionally with a prominent gland above the middle. Pe- 



oancles under ^ in. long.— S. coast, i?. Brown ; towards Spencer's Gulf, Warhurton. 



ois variety has sometimes almost the phyllodia of A. noiabilis^ but the peduncles are always 



107. A. hispidula, WilU. Spec. Tl. iv. 1054. A rigid spreading 

 snrub, scabrous all over with very short stiff hairs or tubercles. Phyllodia 

 jiumerous, broadly falcate, with a minute point, cuneate at the base, mostly \ 

 jO t in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad, with a central nerve and thickened nerve- 

 iKe margins more or less tuberculate or almost denticulate. Peduncles short, 

 J^^anng each a small globular head of 12 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merou3. 



alyx lohed, about half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, connate to 

 'je middle. Pod ovate and 1-seeded or oblong <tnd 2-seeded, very obtuse, 

 about 4 lines broad, flat but thickly coriaceous, without prominent margins, 

 ^eeas oval-oblong, longitudinal; funicle with the last fold much thickened 

 sna nearly as long as the seed, and shortly folded below \i.— Mimosa hii- 

 M*/ a, Sm. Bot. Nov. Holl. 59, t. 16 ; ^. Ms^idula, DC. Prod. ii. 450 ; 



^odd. Bot. Cab. t. 823 ; Hook. Ic. PI. 1. 161. 



with /" ^*les. Port Jackson, R. Brown and others. This species has been confounded 

 keads y^'^' ■"■'^'''^ ^^^ scabrous-pubescent but not tuberculate phyllodia, denser flower- 

 and a very different pod, besides the stipules usually persistent. 



sni'^r' ^' ■andulifolia, A. Cnnn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 404. A shrub 

 .r^^'f^es low and bushv, but -often attaining a great size, and very hand- 

 g,; ,^,''"om its long pendulous garland-like flowering branches; branchletg 

 pf^y angular but soon terete, pubescent, hirsute or rarely glabrous, 

 row 1 "^ """lerous, ovate or almost oibicular, very obliquely truncate or nar- 

 to7 f ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ often petiolate, usuallv about \ in. but varj-mg from \ 

 ■einrf,.y ^ i"- long, coriaceous, undulate, 1-nerved and pennivemed, the mar- 

 ^ twckened, terminating in a short or fine point. Peduncles slender, often 



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