Acacia.] XL. leguminos.e. 359 



creeping roots in Tasmania, attaining 5 or 6 ft. further nortli, glabrous and 

 often slightly viscous ; brauchlets erect, angular. Pb^Jlodia linear, obtuse, 

 rarely with a short oblique point, 2 to 4 or even 5 in. long, from 2 to 4 or 5 

 lines broad, coriaceous, 1-nerved, with numerous fine anastomosing pinnate 

 veins. Peduncles in pairs or clusters, rarely 2 lines long, bearing each a 

 globular heiid of about 20 to 30 small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx tur- 

 binate, half as long as the corolla^ shortly and obtusely lobed. Petals smooth, 

 trnited to the middle. Pod elongated, flat, obtuse or acuminate, 1| to 2^ lines 

 broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds oval-oblong, longitudinal; 

 funicle with the las£ fold thickened into an irregularly turbinate or cup-shaped 

 aril under the seed.— DC. Prod. ii. 450 ; Eeichb. Ic. et Descr. PI. t, 90 (the 

 venation not represented) ; Lodd. Bot, Cab. t. 99 (a doubtful naiTow-leaved 

 form); Mimosa stricfa, Andr. Bot. Kep. t. 53; Bot. Mag. t. 1121; Acacia 

 mmjinata, Wendl. Comm. Acac. 27 ; DC. Prod. ii. 450. 



N. S. Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown^ Sieier, n. 456, Fi. 

 ^^irL «. 594, and others; 'Newcastle, Leic/i/iardl ; New Englaud, C, Stuart; au J south- 

 ward to Gabo Island, Maplesfone, 



Victoria. Widely distributed over the southern and eastern parts of the colony, from 

 the saady or rocky coasts to stony mountains, wet valleys, or heath or forest ground, F, 

 Muei/er 



Tasmania. Comnioo throughout the island in dry soil, /. R Hooker, 



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117. A. dodonseifolia, TFilld. Mum. Suppl. 68. A tall shrub, glabrous 

 but very resinous, the branches soon terete. Phyllodia oblong-linear or 

 lanceolate, obtuse or with a small recurved point, mostly 2 to 4 in. long and 

 2 to i lines broad, much narrowed towards the base, l-nerved, with the lateral 

 anastomosing veins much fewer and more prominent than in A. siricta, 1 or 

 * glands on the upper margin sometimes very prominent but often Avanting. 

 Peduncles soIitaiT or in pairs, often above ^ in. long, bearing a globular head 

 01 numerous flowers, usually S-meroifs. Calyx more than half as long as the 

 corolla, with short thick lobes sometimes separating into distinct sepals. Pe- 

 wis smooth, rather thickened at the tips, usually united to the middle. 1 od 

 elongated, nearly flat, straight or falcate, obtuse, when perfect about 2^ Imes 

 ■•oad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal, the last 2 or 3 folds of the funicle much 

 J ated into an irregularly cup-shaped tivll— Mimosa dodonaifoha. Fers byn. 

 ;•.'!■ 261 ; J. ,i,cosa^ ^chrad. in AVendl. Diss. Acac. 30, t 7 ; J- dodonm- 

 M". DC. Prod. ii. 450; Keichb. Ic. et Descr. PI. t. 91; Colla, Hort. llipul. 

 ^- ^i : A. vmiflua, E. Muell. Pi. Vict. ii. U. 



S. Australia. Kangaroo Island, Baudin's Expedition; Memory ^ove, 2J.J.o|.« ; 

 ^rt Lincoln, Wilhelmi. '^V^ species has Ioi- ^— -■"""♦'^'l "" ^he Cont.uent. oriKinally 



Md froni seeds collected iu Baudin's Exped 

 « '" botanic gardens. . 



118. A. Gnidium, Benth. A small tree, glabrous with the young shoots 

 f tmous ; branches erect, virgate, soon becoming terete. Phyllodu, numerous, 

 ^r«Jt, narrow-linear, obtuse with a small callous hooked pomt, 1 to 2 in. ong 



iroo Island, BaudirCt Expeaiiion; iwcmu,^ ■ T^A^.^^ 

 The species has long been cultivated on the Cont.uent, ongu a ly 

 iu Baudin's Expedition, but A. siricta now frequently repie.euta 



5. 



' —""J a in. long, bear.ng each a gioDuiar ueuu ui a^^^ """,■■- { . .n " 

 Bierous, but often also 4-merous. Calyx shortly and broadly lobed. half as 

 "S as the corolla. Petals smooth. ' Pod"unknown. 



