358 XL, LEGUMINOS^, [Jcacia.^ 



as long as the seed. — P. Muell. PI. Yict- ii. 22; A, clavala, Schlecht. Liu-' 

 nsea, xx. 662. 



W. S. IVales- Tligh lands near Liverpool Plains, Fraser, 



Victoria- Low stony and scrubby ridges and barren plains, "Mount Korong, Avoca, 

 Murray, and Wimmera rivers, F. Mueller. 



S. Australia. East declivity of the scrub on the Murray, Behr i Lake Alexandrioa 

 and St. Vincent's Gulf, F. Mueller, 



114. A. vemiciflua, A. CunnAn Field, K S. Wales, 344. A tall resi- 

 nous viscid shrub, branches slightly angular, glabrous. Phyllodia from oblong 

 to linear-lanceolate, narrowed at each end and inostl}^ acute, usually falcate, 

 2 to 4 in. loug, with 2 or very rarely only 1 prominent nerve. Peduncles 

 sliort, in pairs or clusters, bearing each a globular liead of numerous mostly 

 5-merous flowers. Calyx turbinate, shortly toothed or lobed, about half as 

 long as the corolla. Petals smooth, united. Pod linear, usually straight, 

 flat, 2 to 3 lines broad, glabrous or viscid, pubescent. Seeds rather small, 

 longitudhial ; funicle short, the last folds forming a very small aril under the 

 seed.— Bot, Mag. t. 3266 ; Hook. f. Pi. Tasm. i. 108 ; F. Muell. Pi. Vict, 

 ii. 22 ; A, ffraveolens, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 404 ; Bot. Mag.t. 

 3279; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1460; A. virgata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1246. 



TSr. S. Wales. Rocky hills of the interior, A, Cfmningham, Fraser, Uuegel, and 

 others ; head of the Gwydir river, Leichhardt, 



Victoria. Widely distributed over the colony in mountain and forest regions, rocky 

 hills, etc., F, Mueller, 



Tasmania, Derwent river, U, Brown ; common in many parts of the island, especially 

 about Hobai'ton, also St. Patrick*s River, Launceston, and near Yorktown, /. B. Hooker, 



S. Australia. Upper valleys of the Torrens and Onkaparinga rivers, f. Mueller. 



The species is nearly allied to A. leprosa, differing chiefly in the broader phyllodia almost 

 always 2-nerved. 



Var. latlfolia. Phyllodia shorter and broader. — A. exudans^ Lindl. 'in Mitch. Three Ei- 

 ped. ii. 214 ; Dietr. Fl. Univcrs. N. Ser. t. 83.— Plains of the Glenelg, MUckelL 



, 115. A. leprosa, Sieb. in DC, Prod, ii. 450. A tall shnib or small 

 tree, Avith peudulous branchlets, more or less glutinous, otherwise glabrous or 

 the young shoots mitiutely pubescent. Phyllodia narrow, linear-hmccolate, 

 acute or obtuse with a small callous point, narrowed at the base, H to 3 in- 

 long, l-nerved, with anastomosing veins, those of the barren shoots broader, 

 often I in. long in tiie middle, and thinner with fine veins oblique on the inidrji) 

 and connected in an intramarginal almost continuous vein. Peduncles nioslly 

 in pairs or clusters, hoary-pubescent, rarely above \ in. long, bearing each a 

 globular head of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx half as long as 

 the corolla, with short obtuse ciliate lobes. Petals united to the middle, ^Tiin 

 rather thick smooth tips. Pod falcate or rarelv straight, flat, 2 to 2| lines broao. 

 Seeds oval-obldng, longitudinal; funicle with the last fold thickened uito an 

 irregularly turbinate or cup-shaped aril under the seed.— Bot. Reg. t. 1*4 

 (rather doubtful); P. Muell. PI. Yict. ii. 23; A. reclinata, F. Muell. Ursi 

 Gen. Kep. 12. 



If. S. "Wales. Port Jackson, Sieher, n. 435, M' Arthur. 



Victoria. DandenoDs: Ranges, Jl Mueller. . ..^-Tcd 



Var. tennifoUa. Branches erect. Phyllodia very narrow, linear-falcate, vritu rec 

 points.— Between the Goulbarn and Broken rivers, Victoria, F. Mueller. 



:[ 116. A. stricta, mild. Spec. FL iv. 1052. A shrub of 2 or 3 ft. ^i*^ 



