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366 XL. LEGTJMINOS.^, [^Acacio. 



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globular heads of above 30 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals narrow-linear, 

 spathulate, with dark concave tips more than half the length of the corolla. 

 Petals smooth. Pod elongated, flat but flexiiose, about 3 lines broad, coria- 

 ceous. Seeds longitudinal; funicle long, slightly dilated, encircling the seed 

 ill a double fold, but not returning the third time as in A, amoena. 



N. S. "Wales. Blue Mountains and rocky hills to the westward, J. and K Cunning^ 

 ham, 



• 13^, A. obtusata, Sieb, in DC. Prod. ii. 453. A tall shmb, quite gla- 

 'brous; branclilets angular. Phyllodia oblong-linear or almost spathulate, 

 usually straight, very obtuse, 1| to 3 in. long, rigidly comceous, l-nerved, 

 with thickened nerve-like margins, the veinlets inconspicuous, with or without 

 marginal glands. Racemes short, with ^e\y densely pucked heads of above 30 

 flowers, mostly S-merous. Sepals thick, spathulate, half as long as the co- 

 rolla, at first united but readily separating when fully out. Pod unknoivn. 



W. S. ^Vaies. Blue Mountains, Sleber, n, 441 ; A, Cunningham, Fraser, Alhedoa 



the one hand to A. amcena, ou the other to A, gJadliformis, but apparently distinct from 

 both. 



rubida, A . Cunn. in Field. N. S. Wales. 344. A tall slirub, 



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quite glabrous, allied to A. amcena, and perhaps a variety ; branclilets angu- 

 lar. Phyllodia lanceolate, often falcate, rather acute, much narrowed towards 

 the base, mostly about 3 in. long, rather thick, 1-nerved, with nerve-like mar- 

 gins, the veiulets inconspicuous and never more than 1 marginal gland. Ka- 

 cemes shorter than the phyllodia, with several, often 10 to 12, rather small 

 heads of 10 to 15 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals half as long as the pe- 

 tals, usually coherent. Petals smooth. Pod unknown.—^, amcena, Sieb. 

 PI. Exs., not of Wendl. 



N.S. ■Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue JTountains, Sieber, ». 452 ; head of the 

 Gvvydir, Leichhardt ; Clarence river, Beckler ? (specimens not in flower). 



V 136. A. amcena, Wendl. Comm. Acac. 10, t. 4. A tall shrub, quite gla- 

 , broils, young branches pubescent. Phvllodia obliquely lanceolate or oblaii- 

 ceolate, straight or falcate, obtuse or*^ with a small recurved point, much 

 narrowed towards the base, not very thick, 1-nerved with nerve-like margins 

 and more or less distinctly veined, with 1, 2, or 3 often prominent distant 

 marginal glands, 1| to 2^ in. long on the flowering shoots, longer on the 

 barren branches. Racemes usually shorter than the phyllodia, with several 

 small globular heads of about 8 to 12 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals 

 short, broad, usually separating when the flower is fully out. Petals 5, ms- 

 tmct, smooth with prominent midribs. Pod flat, straight or curved, wiH 

 nerve-like margins, -several in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, not contracted be- 

 tween the seeds. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; funicle dilated and reticulate 

 from near the base, very long, extending round the seed, returning on tne 

 same sule and bent back a third time, encircling the seed in a triple toK, 

 and thickened at the end into a fleshy aril, two-thirds the length of the seed. 

 —DC. Prod. ii. 452 ; Fl. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 17. 



N. S. Wales. Blue Mountains, R. Brown ; lllawarra and barks of the Lachlan an 

 Marquarne, A. Curtninr/ham, Fraser. 

 Victoria. 



of Snowy River 



vunmngnam, traser. ■■hi* 



Rocky mountains along Macalister river and its tributaries, granitic ^n 

 and adjoining mountains, at an elevation of 2000 to 4000 ft., P- Muelier.. 



