^cacia.y XL. LEGUMINOSiE. 



387 



each a globular head of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx rather 

 short thin, lobed and readily separating into distinct sepals. Petals smooth, 

 united to uear the middle. Pod unknown. 



\rictoria. Near Skipton, JF. Whan. Veiy near A. scleroplylla, but the nhyllodia 

 oroader, with the veins ofteu anastomosing and the sepals and petals more united. 



192. A. heteroneura, BenUi. in LinncBa, xxvi. 624. A glabrous shrub, 



with angular branchlets. Phyliodia narrow-linear, obtuse or obliquely mucro- 



nate much narrowed towards the base, 1^ to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 lines broad, 



rigid, With many parallel nerves, the central one very prominent, with 2 to 5 



Jne ones on each side. Peduncles slender, 2 to 3 lines long, mostlv in pairs, 



beaniig each a small globular head of from 12 to 20 flowers, S-merous or 



occasioiially 4-merou3. Calyx short, very thin, with shprt broad lobes not 



ciliate m the bud. Petals smooth, with the midribs slightly prominent. Pod 

 unknown. ° •' 4 



W. Australia, Drummond, m Coll. n. 138. 



193. A. viscidula, A. Cunn. ; BentJi. in ffooJc. lond, Journ. i. 363. A 

 snmb more or less pubescent and resinous- viscid ; branchlets terete or nearly 

 ^- jh}llodia narrow-linear, with a small usually hooked point, rather in- 

 <^i'ved, narrowed at the base, 2 to 2^ in. lon->-, 1 to 1 1 lines broad, coriaceous, 

 .everal.nerved. Peduncles very short, generally in pairs, rarely clustered. 



Gwers numerous, in dense globular or slightly ovoid heads, mostly 5-merous, 

 ^ olten 4-merous. Bracts acuminate. Sepals narro^v-spatliulate, quite 

 fee or scarcely connected at thp baae. Petals pubescent. Pod linear, strai«>ht, 

 ^cummate, pubescent, about 2 lines broad ; valves nearly flat, with thickened 

 IJff"®' .^^^^^ oblong, longitudinal;' funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds 

 cKened mto an obliquely cup-shaped or apparently 2 -lobed aril at the 

 "flse of the seed, 



£ o' whales. Banks of the Lachlaa, Fmser; Blue Mountains?, Cale^ in HerL 

 ai'. anf/fisti/oHa. Phyllo Jia about J line broad. Flower-hcaJs sm iller. 



or l' ^* ^x^Ophylla, Be?aL in IIoo^. Lond, Journ. i. 364. A glabrous 

 ^ pubescent glutinous shrub of several feet. Phyliodia oblong, lanceolate or 

 oad y linear, usually oblique or falcate, obtuse or Avith a small callous re- 

 ^ . point or gland, | to \\ or rarely nearly 2 in. long, 2 to 3 or rarely 4 

 an^^t ^^^.*^» coriaceous, striate, with numai'ous fine but prominent ner\'es, 

 ^^stomosirig when the phyllodium is broad. Peduncles in pairs on short ra- 

 mo^-^V^ ^ ^^ ^' bearing*' each a small globular head of 15 to 20 or rarely 

 ^^^le flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals nan-ow-spathulate, quite free. Petals 

 ^^e or readily separating, ' Pod (only known in the Western specimens) very 

 W'r%^^^^P^^ or glabrous, 2 to 3 lines broad. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; 

 loTia ^^"^^^ ^^to an obliquely oblong or club-shaped aril, not one-third as 

 J \l^\^^ ^^^^^ ^'^ntl very shortly filiform and folded below \i.—A. gluthma, 

 'J*iuell. Fragm. iv. 6 (the Western specimens). 



Conii!!^-^*^®^^- ^" *he interior towards Mount Pluto, MiicJiell; between Severn and 



^ • ^^alea* N. of Liverpool plnins, A Cunningham* 



• "^Ufitralia, Drummond (4M CoiL ?), «. 129, and 5M ColL n, 13, MaitcelL I nm 



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