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Acacia.] ■ XL. lequminos^. ' 385 



186. A. coriacea, DO. Mem. Leg. 446, and Prod. ii. 451. ' Ashy-g^rey, 

 with the yomig shoots silky-hoary or almost golden ; branchlets terete. Pliyl- 

 lodia long-linear, straight or curved, obtuse, narrowed towards the base, often 

 J ft. long or more, 1 to 2\ lines wide, thickly coriaceous, with numerous fine 

 and closely packed longitudinal nerves, only visible under a lens. Peduncles 

 usually in pairs, \ \o ^ in. long, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 25 

 flowers, mostly 5-merous, hoary-pubescent in the bud. Calyx | line long, 

 tubular, with ciliate lobes. Petals rather longer, united above the middle. Pod 

 S to 9 in. long, moniliform ; valves coriaceous, very convex, 4 to 5 lines 

 broad, oljjong and striate over thp seeds, much contracted between then. 

 Seeds longitudinal, distant ; funicle folded and d'l.ated under the seed, but 

 not seen perfect. 



N. Australia. Bay of Re§t, N.W. coast, A. Ctpnmngh,am ; Depuech island, Bynoe ; 



^^'■^'^\V,^^,F.Grefforv''sRrpeffilion. ' ' , ^^ , 



„ w. Australia. Sharks Bay, Baudin's Ejrpedition ; Dirk Hartog's Island and Shaiks 



%, ihbie. 



187. A. stenophylla, A. Cann. ; Benth. In Hook. Loiid.Journ. i. 306. 

 ^ very hard -wooded tree, quite glabrous, with angidar branchlets. _ Phyllodia 

 ™g-linear, acuminate or falcate, much narrowed at the base, 6 m. to 1 ft. 

 'ong, about 2 to 2^ lines broad, thinly coriaceous, not at all hoary, finely 

 «'nate, with numerous prominent parallel nerves. Peduncles under k in. long, 

 fually in short I'acemes of 3 to 6, but sometimes solitary, beanug each a glo- 

 bwar head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx half as long 

 f the corolla, with short broad densely ciliate lobes. Petals pubescent. 1 od 

 H. moniliform ; valves coriaceous, 4 to 5 lines broad and convex over tlie 

 ^'Js, hut not striate, much narrowed between them. Seeds ovate longitu- 

 J"al; funicle in short folds, the last slightly thickened into a small aril. 



"fll. PI. Vict. ii. 26. 



Q • Australia. Hooker's and Start's Creeks, F. Mueller. 



V^eensland. Maraiioa and Narran rivers, J//7c*«'//. • .„, BarnVr 



J»-S.Wale«. Lachlan river, A. Cnnnhgham ; ih,u,t to the Darling river, Barrier 



?f; a»a Cooper's Creek, Vicioriau Ej-pec/ilioti , etc. 

 *'ctoria. Ihiils o{ the ^]urr:iv, F. Mueller. 



■ Australia. Murray desert,* F. Mueller. . , ^ f 



.,f^.^>^'-^copl,^lla, F. Mueli. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 122, is probably a narrow -leaved form 

 w this species. 



J- ,^'ERvos^.-roliage often viscid, occasionally glaucous, rarely hoary 

 ^. .pubescent. Phyllodia straight or sometimes falcate, coriaceous or thin 

 ^^ ^veral prominent nerves and, when broad, reticulate between them, the 

 "^;^es rarely reduced to three when the phyllodium is narrow. 



JJ^ serves are always either more immerous and nearer together than iu the Ohffonmr<,. 

 ^ reticulations between them numerous and prominent. 



,, ^?8. A. hemignosta, F. Muell. in Jovm. Linn. Soc iii. 134. A tall 

 Jj^ or small tree^iore or less glaucous or pale ; branchlets slender, slightly 

 '7 \ %llodia falcate-lancco?ate or oblong, obtuse, much "anj^^^dto 

 ! f the base, 2 to 4 in. long and often \ to | in. broa J ahove t^e^'WK 

 H coriaceous, with 3 or Sometimes 4 or 5 fine but slightly pronunent 

 & and more or less reticulate between them. Peduncles slender 3 to 5 



''fjfng. soUtarv or iu terminal 



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