364 XL. LEGUMINOS^. . [Acacia.- 



snb/alcata and J.daphnifolia, Meissn. iu Bot. Zeit. 1855, 11 ; J. rhstelUfera, 

 Seeai. Eingef. Acac. t. 2, not of Benth., and therefore probably also A.pterU 

 goidea. Seem, in Verhandl. K. K. Gartenb. 1846, 11, quoted by Seem. L c. 33. 



"W. Australia. Svvau River, Brummond, \st ColL and n. 286, Preiss, n, 923; be- 

 tween Moore and Murchison rivers, Bnimmoad, Uh Coll. n, 1 and 2 ; Murcliison river, 

 Oldfu'ld; and probably Kalgan river, Oldjield. This spncies appears to represent A.penni- 

 nervis in the west, from whieh it differs iu the usually narrower phyllodia, the flowers more 

 numerous although in very small heads, and probably in the narrow pod and more filiform 

 funicles. It is also very near the following A. saligua, but the flower-heads are not half the 

 size, the peduncles much more slender, the calyx ioriger, etc., and the pod probably different. 

 Of the numerous specimens I have seen there are only two in fruit, both apparently agreeing 

 with the flowering ones in branches foliage and inflorescence, iu one the pods, not yet ripe, 

 are straight, flat, about 2 in. long and \i lines wide, with longitudinal seeds and a filiform 

 funicle forming several long folds, iu the other the pods are old, 5 to 6 in. long, 6 to 8 liues 

 broad, coriaceous, convex over the seeds, often narrowed between them; the seeds all shea, 

 lloweriug specimens of some forms of this species, of J. neriifolia and of A. retinodes, are 

 often very difficult to distinguish. 



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129. A, saligna^ TTendl, Comm. Jcac. 26. A tall shrub or tree, quite 

 glabrous, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia falcate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, 

 much narrowed towards the base, many inches long, rather thick, 1 -nerved, 

 obscurely or rarely more distinctly penniveined, with nerve-like margins, tne 

 marginal gland distinct from the base, often wanting. Racemes short, wiin 

 few i^lobidar heads, larger than in the preceding six species, the rhnchis rather 

 stout and flcxuose. Flowers about 25 to 30 in the head, often slightly pu- 

 bescent, mostly 5-merous. Calyx not half so long as the corolla, truncate or 

 sinuate -toothed. Petals smooth. Pod flat, often 5 or 6 in, long, usually, 

 straight, scarcely 3 lines broad, not at all or slightly contracted between the 

 seeds. Seeds oval-oblong, longitudinal; funicle short, gradually thickened 

 almost from the base into a club-shaped fleshy aril.— DC. Prod, ii- 450 ; 

 Mimosa saliyna, LabilL PL Nov. Holl. ii. 86. t.*235 ; A. leiophylla, Benth. 

 in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 351. 



l«r. Australia. Kinj? George's Sound, rare, 72. Brown; to the eastward, 5'7ff^'',^ 

 towards the Great Bight, Maxwell, I have not seen authentic specimens of Labdlardiere 

 plant, but have every reason to believe that it w^as this species, gathered oil the same co » 

 and not a Tasmanian plant that he figured and described. The species is nearly aiue 

 the one hand to A. cijanopliylla^ on the other to A. microhotrya. . • 



J. Blomei, Ohlend. in Neue Allgem. Gartenzeit. 1845, 30^, described from a specimen 

 leaf only, is referred by Seemami, Eingef. Acac. 30, to A. leiopht/lla^ Benth. 



130. A. cyanophylla, lindL hot, Reg, 1835, Mhc. 49. A tal^^ancboD^^^ 



shrub, glabrous and often more or less glaucous, emitting, at least ^" ^^V,^' 

 tiou, suckers from the roots, branches scarcely angular. Phyllodia no 

 linear-oblong to lanceolate-falcate, the lower ones sometimes above a to 

 long, the upper ones \ ft. or less and narrower, much narrowed towards ^^^ 

 base, 1-nerved, penniveined, with nerve-like margins, the marginal ga^ 

 usually obscure or none. Kacemes short, with 3 to 5 heads of ^^^'^^^^^j 

 (above 40) flowers, mostly 5-merous, the common rhachis rather ^^^^ ./j^ 

 flexuose, the peduncles 3 to 6 lines long. Sepals cohering to the inidut 

 a turbinate lobed calyx. Petals smooth, but with prominent midribs. '^^ 

 several inches long, 'flat, 2 to i\ or rarely 3 lines broad, contracted 'jj^^^^^j 

 the seeds. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle as long aa the seed, tu 



