^Cma,] XL. LEGUMIXO?^. 



afii 



an 



iriidclle. Pod straigLt or curved, flat, 2 to 3 in. long, aLout 3 lines broad, not 

 contracted between the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle ^ith tlie 

 last 2 or 3 folds dilated into an oraiige-coloured aril under the seed.— Meissn. 

 in PL Preiss. 1. 17. 



W, Australia. Swan River to Kiug George's Souud, Dnuninond, \st Colh, 2nd CoIL 



\'}o k^^^^ ^^^^' ^' '^ ' C:anning river. Darling range and Murray river, Preiss, 7i. 932, 94 k 

 ViG; Iweed river, Oldjield ; Stirling ranges, MaxwelL 



^' long'ifoUa, Paxt, Mag. xii. 269, ivith a fig. (.i. deniifera, Bot. Mag. t. 4032) is a gar- 



aea variety, with more falcate phyllodia, and the flowering branches when young forming 



lonET leafless racemes, ofteu exceeding the leaves and producing numerous flower-heads from 

 the base. , 



122. A. fasciculifera, F. Muell Ilrb, A tree, glabrous in all its 

 parts; branchlets slightly angular. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate, acuminate, 

 ^jtli a callous point, narrowed at the base, mostly 4 to 6 in. long, coriaceous, 

 Tvith a prominent midrib and nerve-like margins, the pinnate veins scarcely 

 promnient.^ Peduncles filiform, | to 1 in. long or even more, clustered in the 

 a^ik, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly 5- 

 ^erous. Sepals narrow, linear-spathulate, free. Petals smooth, soon sepa- 

 '^ting. Pod not seen. 



Q^ieensland. Ruckhampton and Moreton Bay, DaUachy, The phyllodia are nearly 

 ^nose of ^. falcata, hut rather more coriaceous, the inflorescence is very different, showing 

 "■■ affiuity to J. harpophylla and A. complauafa. 



F. Racemos/E.— Shrubs or trees, not spinescent. Phyllodia not pungent 

 except in a very few broad-leaved species, with 1 central nerve or very ran ly 

 a second shorter or fainter one, the veinlets when visible diverging from the 

 midnb or reticulate. Flower-heads globular, all or nearly all in axillary ra- 

 cemes, very rarely a few solitary in the lower axils of a young branch. Flowers 

 usually small and 5-merous in all except J. myrllfolia. Petals not striate. 



' lo7^'^ 3^il>st'ries is distinguished from the other Uinnerves by the inflorescence. The phyl- 

 »nH^- ^^\ "^ ^^*^ species conimeucing the subserics, long and falcate as in the falcate JniiJlor<s, 

 no m the larger Plarinerves, in the latter species of the subseries they generally corrcspoiid 

 '^ «Ii3pe to those of the Brevifoliu:, 



123. A. falcata, mild. Spec, PL iv. 1053. A tall shrub or tree, gla- 



^^ous, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia lanceolate-falcate, acuminate, much 

 harrowed towards the base, 3 to 6 in. long or even more, 1-nened, obliquely 

 P^nniveined, the margins slightly thickened without any gland or with an ob- 

 scure one at the base. Racemes much shorter than the phyllodia, usually 

 ^^th 10 to 20 small globular heads of about 20 small flowers, mostly 5- 

 J^erous; peduncles short and slender. Sepals free, narrow-spathulate, ciliate, 

 ^^tals smooth, soon separating. Pod flat, with sliglitly thickened margins, 

 ^ ^0 3 in. long, about g lines broad. Seeds ovate, longitudinal, close to the 

 ^^^P^\ funicle slightly dilated and coloured from the base, verj' long, ex- 

 leading round the seed and bent back on the same side, encircling it m a 

 yWe fold and thickened at the end into a short fleshy ^vW—Mhwsa obhqna, 

 J'^^'idl. Bot. Beob. 57 ; AJalcata, DC. Prod. ii. 451 ; Wendl. Comm. Acac. 

 ^'^- 1. U; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1115 ; J. phgiophjjUa, Spreng. Syst. m. 135. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A, CnnnUgham, Leichhardt, and others. 

 «h7' "^*^^»' I'^t-t Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Broicn, Sidcr,n. 450, and 



