386 



XL. LEGTJMiNOSiE. [Acacia. 



phyllodia, bearing eacli a small globular head of about 20 to 30 flowers, 

 mostly 5-merous. Sepals very narrow, free. Petals smooth, glabrous. Pod 

 flat, 2 to 4 in. long, about i in. wide ; valves thin, the sutures bordered by 

 an acute edge. Seeds oibicular ; funicle oblique, not folded, filiform or veiy 



slightly thickened. 



If. Australia. Cambriage Gulf, A. Cunningham ; Albert, Victoria. Gilbert, and Roper 

 rivers, F. Mueller. 



189. A. sclerophyUa, Lindl. m Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 139. A gla- 

 brous bushy shrab of several ft., not glutinous, according to F. Mueller, but 

 xv-ilh the strong resinous smell of the vispid species; branchlets terete or 

 nearly so. Piiyllodia oblong, linear or more or less cuneate, thick and rigid, 

 striate with several prominent nerves, much narrowed at the base, usually 

 about I in. long, and from that to 1 or 1^ in. in the typical form. Pedun- 

 cles exceedingly sliort, usually in pairs, bearing each a small globulnr head ot 

 about 1^ to 20 flowers, mostlv 5-merous. Sepals very thin, narrow Iniear- 

 spathulate. Petals also thin a'nd free. Pod (only seen in the long-leaved 

 variety) linear, often about 2 in. long, not li lines broad; valves convex, 

 rather hard, longitudinally striate. Seeds oviil-obloug, longitudmal, the la=t 

 2 folds of the funicle dilated into a small cup-shaped aril.-P, Myell. 11- Vict. 

 ii. 25; Dietr. PI. Uniyers. N. Ser. t. 85 (incorrect as to nervation). 



Victoria. Tu the Mnrray desert, Mitchell, F. Sfueller. -, « 



S. Australia. Trom the Murray desert to Lake Alexandrina and St. Vinceat s vruu, 



also Spencer's Gulf, near Tumhay Bay, F. Mueller. 



Var. longifolia. Phyllodia 1 i to 2 in. long. "With the typical form. 



190. A. farinosa, LinJl in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 14fi. A mucli 

 branched difli'use "" i^--^" -^■••■i- ..t.^;..;.^^ ,>,..o,.ol fppt ohibrous or meal)' 



glaucous when j 

 cuneate, obtusp 



much like those of A, sclerophyUa, but usually narrow . . ^ 

 nerves. Peduncles very short, mecily-tonieutose, usually in pa^*'^? ^\ 

 each a small -lobular head of 12 to 20 or more flowers, mostly 5-«i^*'^ ^• 

 Sepals free, linear-spathulate. Petals smooth, free or readdy ^epai'^^i =^ 

 Pod linear, curved, about 2 linea broad qr rather more; valves coriac ^^^ 

 and hard, not striate; margins thickened, sli«i;htly contracted J>^^J^"^^., u 

 seeds. Seeds ovoid, longitudinal; funicle short with the last folds una 

 into a cup-shaped aril under the seed. 



Victoria. On the Murray, MitchelL rr ir i ' "Kan^^aroo 



S. Australia. Murray desert to Spencer's Gulf, T. Mueller, Wdhem ; ^ = 



Island, Waterhouse. ^ . . , j ^jy tbe 



Very closely allied to A, sclerophyUa, and perhaps a variety, chiefly ^'sti^'g^^^'^^^^j^Jtiiis 

 nerves of the phyllodia scarcely prominent or ^uite inconspicuous, and thus conue e 

 Bubseries with the Microueune, 



. 191. A. Whanii, F, MnelL Herb. Shrubby, with angular, i^^^^^J^ 

 pubescent branchlets. Phyllodia oblong-linear, ot^en incurved, very ^^.^^^ 

 with a minute point, 1^ to 2 in. long, much narrowed at the ^^^^^; ^^^^jo- 

 coriaceous, striate with several nerves, parallel but here and there ^^|''\ ^ 

 sing; upper margin slightly thickened, with usually an indented ^^.^^ 

 low the middle. Peduncles exceedingly short, in pairs or clusters, 







