! 



370 XL, LEGUMINOS-^.' [Acacla, 



Var. parvifolia, Phyllodia shorter, pod rather longer. — Near Cape Riche, Harvet/ ; 

 ^^*Norahup/' 0/^^^W. 



144. A. Iiindleyi, Memn. in PL Preiss, i. 14. A glabrous, glaucous 

 shrub, evidently allied to J. subccsridea, hut somewhat uncertain until the 

 fruit has been seen. Branches much stouter, very acutely 3-ang'led wheti 

 young. Lower phyllodia 6 to 10 in. long, 1^ to 2 in. broad, lanceolate, 

 much narrowed at the base, 1-nerved, with fine but prominent pinnate veins; 

 upper ones smaller and narrower, mqi'e like those of A. subcrertdea. Racemes 

 short, probably enclosed when young in imbricate scales, but all fallen ofFm 

 the specimens seen ; heads few, globular, containing numerous 5-merou3 

 flowers. Sepals narrow, 



"W. Australia. Tn the interior, Preiss, w. 947, Brummond [^th CoU.)y n. 25. TLc 

 specimens I have seen are not satisfactory. 



145. A. leptopetala, Benth. in Zinnia, xxvi. 619. A bushy shrub, 

 attaining 8 or 10 ft., glabrous and often somewhat glaucous; branches 

 slightly angular. Phyllodia oblong linear or lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at 

 the base, 1 to 2 in. long, coriaceous, with a scarcely prominent nerve and 

 very obscurely reticulate veins. Peduncles slender, in short axillary racemes 

 pr rarely solitary, bearing each a small globular head of numerous (above 30) 

 flowers, mostly 5.raerous. Sepals very narrow, distinct, spathulate at the 

 end. Petals rather narrow, free, smooth. 'Pod flat, straight, 2 to 3 in. long, 

 about ^ in. wide, obtuse ; valves membranous. Seeds transverse, ovate ; 

 funicle thickened from the base, and forming an aril of about 3 folds under 

 the seed. 



^V. Australia, Brummond, Svppl. to ^ih CoIL «, 52; Murchisoii xmr,01djield. 

 The pod seeu in the latter specimeus only, which otherwise agree with Drummond's. 



146. A. Murrayana, F. MuelL Herb, Glabrous; brancUets slightly 

 angular. Phyllodia linear, straight or nearly so, obtuse or with a callous 

 hooked point, 5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 1^ lines wide, thick, with a sliglitly pro- 

 minent nerve and yery obscurely veined. Peduncles about | in. long, 2 or 

 8 together in a short raceme, bearing each a globular head of numerous 

 (above 50) flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals very thin, narrow, linear-spa- 

 thulate, fully half as long as the corolla. Petals free or nearly so, narrow, 

 very thin. Pod linear, 2 to 3 in. long, about 4 lines broad, flat, obtuse ; 

 valves membranous. Seeds transverse, ovate; funicle filiform or slightly 

 thickened from the base, forming 2 or 3 short folds under the seed. 



Queensland. Open Forest, St. George's Brid^^e on the Balonue, Mitchell. 

 S. Australii^. Cooper's Greek, Murray^ in HowUfs Expedition, t 



Murray's specimen, a single one, is in flower only; Mitcheirs, of which we li^^^^^T^J^.! 

 are in fruit only ; it is possible, therefore, that they may not have be,e^ correctly matched, du 

 they appear all to belong to one species, differing from A, lepiopetala iu little besides 

 long narrow phyllodia, 



147. A. subulata, Bonpl. JarH. Malm. 110, t. 45. A tall glabrous 

 Blinib, attaining 10 ft. or more, with erect, slender, sliglitly angular branclie^. 

 Phyllodia narrow-linear, mucronulate, narrowed at the base, 3 to 6 m. IoHo^ 



arcely 1 line broad, straight or nearly so, rather thin, 1 -nerved. *'^^\ ' 

 heads several, globular, small, in slender axillary racemes, the P^"""*' 

 almost filiform. Flowers about 12 to 20, very small, mostly 5-inerou ' 



