Acacia.] XL. LEGUMINOSiE. 379 



Miiell 



Glandular- 



pubescent or hirsute ; branches terete. PhyUodia obliquely ovate-falcate or 

 almost triangular, tapering into a pungent point, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 lines long 

 and almost as broad, thick and faintly several-nerved, the upper angle very 

 obtuse, with a small gland about the middle or often none. Stipules setace- 

 ous, spreading. Peduncles usually exceeding the phyllodia, pubescent, bear- 

 ing each a dense head of numerous (above 30) flowers, mostly 5-merous but 

 sometimes 6- to 8-merous. Calyx thin, striate, pubescent, as long as the 

 corolla, at length separating into distinct sepals. Petals narrow,^ cohering. 

 Stamens very numerous. Pod linear, cui'ved, flat, glandular-hispid, 2 to 3 

 lilies broad, scarcely contracted between the seeds. Seeds very oblique ; fu- 

 nicle with the last 3 folds dilated into an almost membranous aril at the base 

 of the seed. 



N. Australia. Upper Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller. Very near J. 

 deltoidea,. differhig cliietiy ia the flowci-3 twice as large, and in the proportiou of the calys 

 and corolla. 



C. BiiEViFOLl^.— Phyllodia under 1 in., long, obovate ovate or broadly 

 oblong, verv obtuse, often undulate. Stipules inconspicuous. 



170. A.'loxophylla, Beuth. in Linnm, xxvi. 622. A diffuse shrub, 

 verj resinous, but otherwise glabrous. Phyllodia numerous, very obliquely 

 obovate or oblong, incurved, very obtuse, but often minutely mucronulate, m 

 some specimens not exceeding i in., in others narrower and i to ^ ui^ long, 

 rather thick, with 2 faint nerves, otherwise veinless. Stipules obsolete. 1 eclun- 

 cles 1 to 2 lines long, bearing each a globular head of above 20 flowers, mostly 

 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, rather thick, above half as long as the coroia, 

 shortly and broadly lobed and ciliate. Petals smooth, narrow, free or readily 

 separating. Pod curved, linear, about 2 lines broad ; valves convex over the 

 seeds, Hut between them. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; funicle dilated almost 

 from the base into a cup-shaped almost membranous aril of 2 or 6 ^loia.. 



W. Australia. Toward. Cape Richo, Dmmmond, hth Coll. «. U (with short broad 

 phyllodia). Maxwell (with longer narrower phyllodia). 



.171. A. setuliferd, Bcnth. in Limm, xxvi. 625. Apparently diftu.e, 



*;tl. the aspect almost of ^. mMami, quite glabrous . ^ >>'"?f ;! '^ "^^^ 

 obliquely ovate, undulate, obtuse with a very oblique bnstle-l.ke po.n , rarely 

 fove 2 lines long and broad, rigid, with several very faint serves oMiich 

 2 or 3 are rather more prominenl Stipules deciduous, /eduiicles no ex- 

 ceeding the phyllodia, riU, bearing each a small globular ^^^'^^^^^f^^^/j ^-^J 

 .12 to 20 flowers, mostk .5-.nerous. Calyx thin, toothed, readily separatmg 

 iiito distinct sepals. Petals rather thick. Pod not seen. 



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**• Australia. N.W. coast, Bmoe. , , 



f ost liaear, incurved, usually much undulate, mostly f °;y ^^ "^ V^ 

 Wr cues sometimes 1 in. long, obtuse with an oblique or recurved ermiual ^ 

 f nd. coriaceous, obscurely sev°eral-nerved. Peduncles ngid ^ o 1 m. o" 

 ^e^nng each a dense lobular head of numerous flowers, mostly S-mtrous. 



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