^c^cia.] XL. LEGUMINOS^. 357 



long, thick and almost flesljy, faiutly 1-nerved. Peduncles solitary or iii 

 pairs, bearing each a globular head of numerous flowers, only seen in youug bud. 

 Pod oblong-linear, straight, flat but thick and hard, very obtuse, with broad 

 Mrgms, 1 to 1^ in. long, 2 to 3 lines broad. Seeds oval-oblong, longitu- 

 dinal; funicle short, thickened into a club-shaped oblique aril, with the edges 

 more or less dilated over the seed/ 



N. Australia. Bay of Rest, N.W. coast, J. Cunningham, 



f^r^"^^^^^^^^^' ^^^^ Hartog's Island and Sharks Bay, Milne \ Murchison river, 

 ^j^^/^/ (phyllodia small, narrow; pod narrow) ; Murray river, Oldfield (phyllodia larger ; 

 pod broader). Some of the smaller s|>ecimeTis have some resemblance io AJeptospermoideSf 

 Mt tlie venatiou (often only visible under aleus at the base of the phyllodium) is different. 



i^. Angustifoli^. — Shrubs or trees, not spinesceut. Phyllodia oblong- 

 ianceolate or linear, occasionally falcate, with 1 central nerve or rarely 2- 

 ^Prved, mostly above 1 in. long. Stipules minute or none, or spinescent in 

 '^'*^^^24and A. dentifera. Peduncles 1-headed. Some species very resinous. 



A few of this section have often, and A, vernictflua almost constantly 2 nerves to the phyl- 

 f !j connecting the Uninerves with the Piurinerves, to which however I have trans- 

 erred most of the 2-nerved species I bad formerly included in the Uninerves. 



A. microcarpa^ F. Mi 



A 



que 



«% or golden hairs. Phyllodia oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, obLv^^^ ... 

 jalcate, obtuse or with a small recurved point, mostly 1 to U rarely 2 in. 

 J<*^g, coriaceous, rather thick, quite smooth, besides a scarcely prominent cen- 

 *ral nerve. Peduncles mostly in pairs, rarely above |in. long and often much 

 Snorter, bearing each a globular head of rather numerous flowers, mostly 5- 

 ^erous. Sepals free, narrow-linear, spathulate, ciliate. Petals smooth, dis- 

 linct Pod linear, curved or twisted, acuminate, often 2 or 3 in. long, but 

 iiot above 1^ lines broad at the seeds and much contracted between them; 

 valves rather coriaceous. Seeds lom>itudinal ; funicle thickened into a small 

 tui-bnuite oblique aril. 



J; S. Wales. Plains of the Darling. Victorian Expedition, rr ir » 



Victoria. Salt-bush country on the Murray. Avoca, and ^Vimmera nvers, F. Mueller. 

 »' Australia. Near Port Lincolu, Wilhelmi, , „ ^. 



oonie specimens from the Melbourne Botanic Garden have much smaller phyllodia, under 

 m. iong, small flower-heads, and the pods scarcely above 1 line broad, thus approaching 

 ^ <^nacea in aspect. 



113. A. montana, Benth. in BooTc.- Lond. Journ. \. 360. A resinous 



'scid shrub of 4 to 6 ft. ; branches slightly angular aud pubescent. Phyl- 

 X\ *^'^'«ng. oblong-lauceolate or broadly linear, very obtuse, narrowed at 



"le base. pn.-;.„„^„„ ». . j- ^- „*i ' o «^^.r«,1 in flip N. S. Wnlfissne- 



.,17' narrower, approaching towards those of A. Uneata. Peduncles 



J, ;'y 2 to 3 lines long, solitaiy or in pairs, bearing each a small globular 



eaa of numerous flowers, mostly 5-raerous. Calyx thin, lobed and ciliate, 



«me imes separating into distinct sepals. Petals smooth, distinct. Pod 



Q densely tomcntose, 1 to 2 in. long and about 2 lines broad, not contracted 



"J^J'een the seeds. Seeds obovate-oblong, longitudinal ; funicle with the 2 



3 last folds thictfinftfl \r^^^. an nhlioiM almost hood-shaped anl, at least half 



