376 XL, LEGUMINOS^. [Jcacia. 



funicle very shortly thickened into a small fleshy aril under the seed, with 

 several small folds below it, 



Victoria. Yalleys of the Australian Alps and baats of streams descending from them, 

 foot of Buffalo ranges, Snowy and Macalister rivers, etc., F. Mueller. The affinity of this 

 species is evidently with J. cidfri/ormis, although the phyllodia are nearly those of the Tri- 

 angular es. 



162. Ai pyrifolia, i)C, Mem. Leg. 447, and Prod. ii. 452. A gla- 

 brous shrub, often glaucous, with slightly flattened branches. Phyllodia 

 broadly ovate, with a pungent point, 2 to 3 in. long and almost as wide in 

 perfect spechnens, but often not half that size, thinly coriaceous, 1-nen'ed, 

 penniveined. Stipules spinescent. Kacemes numerous, often more than 

 twice as long as the phyllodia, with 10 to 12 or more rather small but dense 

 globular heads of very numerous flowers, often above 100, mostly 5-merous. 

 Sepals distinct, l]nea!--clavate. Pod flat, more or less curved or circinate, 2 

 to 3 in. long when perfect, 4 to 6 lines broad, often slightly contracted be- 

 tween the seeds, with rather thick margins; valves convex over the seeds. 

 Seeds ovate, rather thick; funicle thickened and much folded under them. 



F. Muell. Fragm. iii. 17. 



W.Australia. Dampier's Archipelago, A. Cunningham; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory's 

 Expedition. 



"W. Australia. Sha^;ks Bay, Baudin's Expedition. 



The large phyllodia and spinescent stipules distinguish this from all others with long ra- 

 cemes of globular heads. 



163. Ai myrtifolia, Willd. Sp^c. PL iv. 1054. A tall glabrous shrub, 

 slightly glaucous in some varieties^, branches acutely angular. Phyllodia ob- 

 lique or falcate, obovate, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate or linear, usually acute 

 or mucronate and narrowed at the base, 1 to 2 in. long or much longer when 

 narrow, coriaceous, 1-nerved, with thickened nerve-liki; margins, the pinnate 

 veins rarely conspicuous, the marginal gland below the middle. Racemes 

 rarely exceeding the phyllodia, with several almost sessile flower-heads, ^con- 

 sisting of only 2, 3 or 4 rather large flowers, almost always 4-merous. Calyx 

 very short, broadly lobed. Petals smooth, separating nearly to the base. 

 Pod linear, curved, flattened, but thick, with very thick margins, usually 

 2 in. long, about 2 lines bi'oad] valves hard and almost woody. Seeds ob- 



1 to 



long, longitudinal; funicle very short, scarcely folded, thickened nearly from 

 the base into an almost cup-shaped fleshy aril. — Mirnosa myrtifolia, Sm. m 

 Trans Linn. Soc. i. 252, and Bot. Nov. HolL 51, t. 15 ; A. myrtifolia, DO. 

 Prod, ii, 452 ; Sw. Fl. Austr. t. 49 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 772 ; Hook. f. Th 

 Tasm. i. 107 ; Meissn. in- PL Preiss. i. 14 ; F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 19. 



N. S. "Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, S. Brown, Sieber, n, 437, «»^ 

 Fl. Mtxt, n. 602, and others, and southward to Twofold Bay, F. Mueller. 



Victoria. Frequent in harren places, as well in the lowlands as in the inountaios 

 throughout the colony, F. Mueller. 



Tasniania. Port Dalrymple, R, Brown; abundant in dry soil throughout the colony, 



/. B. Hooker. 



S. AustraUa. Rocky soils in the hill land, Behr ; Encounter Bay, Whittaker; 

 Mount Torreus, F. Mueller. 



IV. Australia. King George's Sound and to the eastward, R. Brown, Preiss, n, 927, 

 and others. 



The three following forms, distinguished by the breadth of the phyllodia, are usually con- 

 sidered as species, bat they all pass into each other in W. Australia. 



