* 



Acacia,'] XL. legUxMinosj5. 365 



fold slightly thickened into a somewhat clavate aril, with vei^ short folds be- 

 low it.— Meissn. in PL Preiss. i. 15. 



• W. Australia. Swan River, Mangles, Huegel, Preiss, n. 925, Brummond, \st Coll. 

 andn, 284, and others. Closely allied on the one hand to A. saligna, to which I had re- 

 ferred It iu Hueg. Enum. 42, and on the other to A. pgcnantka. 



• 131. A. pycnantha, BeniL in Hook. Land. Journ, i. 351. A small or 

 middle-sized tree, quite glabrous; brandies terete or nearly so. Phyllodia 

 janceolate-falcate, obtuse or rather acute, much narrowed towards the base, 3 

 to 6 ui, long, the larger ones often 1 in. broad in the middle, coriaceous, l- 

 nerved, penni veined with nerve-like margins, the marginal gland rather large 

 near the base. Racemes short, with a few dense globular heads of 50 to 100 

 flowers, mostly 5-merous, the rhachis and peduncles rather stout. Calyx 

 shortly lobed, ciliate, usually about % as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, 

 glabrous, distinct or readily separating. Pod straight or slightly curved, 

 several inches long, about 3 lines broad, flat and rather thin. Seeds oval- 

 oblong, longitudinal ; funicle not so long as the seed, thickened upsvards, 

 either not folded, or with 1 or 2 very short folds at the base. — Schlecht. 

 Linn^a, xx. 664 ; P. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 15 ; Dietr. Fl. Univers. N. Ser. t. 

 86; J. peliolaris, Lehm. Novit, Hort. Hamb. in Linnaea, xxv. 306 ; J.fal- 

 cinella, Meissn. in Bot. Zeit. 1855, 11. 



victoria. Frequent throuf^rhout the greater part of the colony in open forest country 

 or scrubs, F. teller. obi 



S. Australia, Common especially on undulating hills, exuding abundance of gum and 

 niTBishing bark for tanning, Behr, F, Mueller. 



Van (?) angHstifoHa, Branchlets angular, phyllodia narrower, flower-heads fewer and 

 fimaller.— Memory Cove, R. Brown; Spencer's Gulf, F, Mueller, referred here on the au- 

 toority of F. Mueller, but from the inspection of the specimeus it appears somewhat distinct. 



Pod unknown. 



A 



A tall handsome shrub, gla- 



urous and often glaucous, the branchlets terete or nearly so. Phvllodia from 

 lanceolate-falcate to almost linear, narrowed at the base, usually oblique, 4 to 

 8 m. long, or the lower ones shorter and broader, thickly coriaceous, 1-nerved 

 ^ith thick nerve-like margins, obscurely veined, the marginal gland near the 

 base not very conspicuous. Eacemes short, with dense globular heads of 

 above 50 flowers as in A. pyctmntha, and the calyx as in that species | as 

 ^ong as the corolla. Petals silky-pubescent, united to the middle." Pod 

 straight, flat, glaucous, li to 3 in. long, 4 to 5 lines wide, somewhat coria- 

 ceous with nerve-like margins. Seeds transverse; funicle long and filiform, 

 pncu-cling the seed in a double fold, only very shortly thickened at the end 

 into a small fleshy aril. 



1^- S. M^ales. Towards the Barrier range, Victorian Expedition. 

 jj^*- AustraUa. S. coast. R. Brown; Port Lincoln, Wilhelmi; Eindera range, F. 



133. A. gladiiformis, A. Cmn.; Benth. in ITook. Land. Jonrn. \. ZU. 

 ■a- tall shrub, quite glabrous ; branchlets angular. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate 

 or almost spathulate, curved, very obtuse or with a small hooked point, 3 to 

 in. long, much narrowed towards the base, thickly coriaceous, 1-nerved, 



"Booth nrifl d1^:«: i\.- :_ - iu:. 1 J «..,! ..cimllv 9 nr more m.nririnal 



• -""jj, iiiuuii narrowea towaras me oase, iuicmj i.uii«..v.v,"o, ^ 



«'nooth and shining, the margins thickened and usually 2 or more margin 

 Stands, fiacemes short, the rhachis rigid and flexuose, with several den 



al 



dense 



