,374 XL. LEGUM1N0S.E. [Acacia, 



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N. S. "Wales. Peel's Range, A, Cunningham i from tlie Darling to the Earrier 



rani?e,. Victorian Exjiedilion. 



Victoria. Not uncommon in the N.W. desert, 2^. MneUer. 



S. Australia. Towards Spencer's Gulf, F. Mueller ; Mount Hall, Warhnrton. 

 ■ The following forms appear at first sight very distinct, hut they pass too gradually into 

 each other to he separahle as species. 



a. argj^ropliylla* Silvery-silky, turning sometimes to a golden-yellow. Phyllodia mostly 

 f to 1^ iu. long. Flower-heads often solitary, usually with more than 30 flowers. — A. ar- 

 gjjrophf/lla, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4384 ; A, bombf/clna^ Beuth. in Lindl. and Paxt. Fl. Gard. 

 ji. 101, f. 186, — Chiefly iu S. Australia. 



b. glaiicophtjlla. Glaucous and more or less pubescent. Phyllodia mostly ^ to | in. 

 long. Flower-heads mostly 2 to 5, shortly racemose, with about 20 to 30 flowers. — A. bra^ 

 chjboirya^ Benth., as above; A, dictijocar]}a^ Benth. in Liuutea, xxvi. 616. — N. S, "Wales 

 and Victoria. 



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c. glabra. Quite glabrous. Phyllodia small and narrow. Flower-heads small. — Murray 

 desert. 



156. A. Wattsiana, F. MuelL Herb. A dense bushy glabrous shrub, 

 of 4 to 5 ft. ; brancblets augular. Phyllodia obovate-oblong, very obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, \ to 1 in. long, coriaceous, 1-nerved, obscurely penni- 

 veined, the. marginal gland below the middle sometimes wanting. Ra- 

 cemes as long as the phyllodia, with usually few globular heads of about 

 '15 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-nierous. Calyx short, broad, toothed. Petals 

 smooth. Pod falcate, coriaceous, 2 to 4 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, not con- 

 tracted between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal along the centre; funicleloug 

 and much folded round the seed, but not seen quite ripe. 



S. Australia- Between Broughtou and Rocky Creeks, F. Mueller. The foliage and 

 habit are those of ^. hrachjhotrya, it has also much resemblance in habit aud calyx to the 

 shoi-ter leaved forms of A. lanata (A. oleafolia, A. Cuun.), to which I had referred it la the 

 * Linua^a/ xxvi. 616, hut differs essentially from them both iu the pod aud especially in tlie 

 elongated fuuicle. 



157. A. podalyriaefolia, A. Cuun. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 4f)5. A 



tall shrub, more or less mealy-glaucous, and miimtcly pubescent, rarely qmte 

 glalirous. Phyllodia obovate ovate or oblonj^, more or less oblique, obtuse or 

 narrowed at one or both ends, mostly 1 to 1| in. long, 1-nerved, with 1 or 3 

 marginal glands, Eacemes much longer than the phyllodia, with several, ofteu 

 10 to 20, small globtdar heads of numerous small mostly 5-merous flowers* 

 Calyx turbinate, sinuate-toothed, not half so long as tlie corolla. Petals tree 

 or very slightly cohering, hirsute, with prominent midribs. Pod very flat, 

 nearly | in. bread, 1 to several in. long, glabrous or pubescent. Seeds ovate, 

 longitudinal; fuuicle rather long, in short folds under the seed, the last tola 

 slightly thickened.— ^. Fraseri, Hook. Ic. PL t. 171 ; A. Caler/i, A. Cunu.; 

 Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 317 (a stunted specimen). 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moretou Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, and othen; 

 in the interior about Lake Salvator, etc., Milchell ; between the Suttor and Pawaon nve , 

 P. Mueller ; "Wide Bay, C. Moore. 



158. A,uncifera, Benth. in Mitch Trop. Anstr. 311. A s^^^Jl^,?^ 



about 5 ft., softly velvety-pubescent; branchlets nearly terete. ^'^^^ i j 

 obliquely oblong or elliptical-falcate, narrowed at botb ends, withabooK^ 

 point, U to 2 iu. long, i to f in. broad, 1-nerved, with 1 to 3 mumte mar- 



ginal glands. Eacemes rather longer than the phyllodia, with several 



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