3gg XL. LEGUMINOS^. [Acacid. 



stm unable to detect any difference between this Western plant -^l^^^^^^'^''- 

 Both the narrow and the broad-leaved forms occur Doth in the East and m the w est. 



195 A. dictyophleba, F. MuM. Frofpn. iii. 128. Glabrous In.t very 

 resinous; branchlets nearly terete. Pliylladia cuueate.obloug t^ /;^"',^°'f 'j 

 falcate, very obtuse, with n small callous point, much narrowed at the ba.e ^ 

 3 in. long, 2 to 5 lines broad, yery cori.iceous, w.th several ner^e= aiK in- 

 lennediate reticulations, all much raised, and scabrous uith a I'^'i^io^^';^^;; 

 tion. Peduncles solitary, 6 to 8 lines lonjr, bearing each a Y^^/'?"^'^^! vm 

 head of 5-n.crous flowers. Calyx more tjian l.alf as long as the corplta, very 

 thin, with thickened repipqps lobes or teelh. Pod uukuo\vn. 



N. Australia. Mount Hujnphries, M'PoaaU Stuart. 



196. A. venulosa, Beulh. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i 366. A tall shrub. 



iws and sometimes slightly viscid ; branchlets angnlai. 



to 

 tei 



or on a 



nerves more prominent than the rest. Peduu(;les in pans m ^i"= . 

 .. .„ . very short common peduncle, mostly 2 to 4 li^^s long rather tuK 

 tomentose. bearing each a globular' head of above 20 flowers, i"«f ^ 5-meious. 

 Sepals narrow-spathulate, usualfy united belov\^ the middle. 1 etais s"' ^^■ 

 Pod linear, straight or curved, pubescent when young, 1 to 2 m. '^"S' , _ 

 3 lines broad ; valves convex over the seeds, depressed, but not contincieu 

 tween them. Seeds ovate, longitudinal, the last 2 or 3 tolds ot the luui 

 thickened into a concave or 2-lobed aril under the seed. ,^^^ 



N. S. Wales. Liverpool plains, A. Qanninyham ; head of the Gwydir river, 

 Jiardt ; New England, C. Stuart. 



197. A. cyclopis, A. Cunn, in G. Don, Gen, S^sL ij. 404 ^^^^^l 

 6 to 10 ft., usually glabrous, with angular brauchlets.^ "^l*^ f , 4 in long, 

 long, nearly straight, obtuse, narrowed at the base, U to 3 ^'^'^^"^ >' ^ 'L\ |ij,ai 

 rigidly coriaceous, with 3 to 5 nerves, and anastomosing almost mw 

 ..^u.J -D..J....1.! ..lu .. .. o L « .i....f .^n^m9_ hearniy: each a Ueu^e 



veins. Peduncles solitary or 2 or 3 in a short raceme, bearmg eacu a^^^^-^ 



dobularhead of numerous flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calvx turbinate, 



P . , . ., ' I .. , .^ ' , -^ .1 u« P^f:tk smooth, net?' 



lobed or toothed, more than half as long as the corolla, ietais sm '^^^^^ 

 Pod flat and 4 to 6 lines broad as in J. welauoxylou, but "^/^*!^,^^* ^i^^red 

 curved or twisted. Seeds nearly orbicular y funicle thickened !^^^^' !'* p^.^j^g^ 1 18. 

 from the base, encircling the seed in double folds. — Meissn. in 1 h *^ VQ^jiers, 



^V. Australia. King Geoige's Sound, 7J. ^rom, ^- Cnnmr^ghan, ^^^^^^^^^ preiss, 

 i eastward towards the Great Bi<'ht, Maxwell; Swan River, Toward, Viumn > 



and 



«. 926, and others ; Preston river, Oldfield. 



3^50, aiiu uiuers ; rreston nver, uiajieia, . 



198. A. melanoxylon, Ti. Br, in Ait. IIorL Kew. ed.^, ^- .^f ;,.|iea 



hard-wooded tree, attaining a verv large size, but sometimes "°^^ ^, °p|,iet8 

 \mder 20 fl., glabrous or the yoiing shoots minutely pubescent; ^^^^^ .^^ 

 angular. Phyllodia falcate- oblong or almost lanceolate, 3 to 4 u ■ ^^^^^ 

 the common varieties, ^ to 1 in. broad, obtuse or rarely almost «^^^^^.^^^ ^^\ 

 narrowed towards the base, coriaceous, with several '""S^^"*'"*^ ^^^^1^^,^ in a 

 numerous anastomosing veins. Peduncles 3 to 4 lines long, tew r-^^j^^i. jj^ad 

 short raceme or sometimes solitary, bearing each a very dense g , gjintbe 

 of 30 to 50 or more flowers, mostly "S-merous and often so closely pa 



