Acacia.] XL. LEGUMINOS.^, 389 



lead that the calyxes cohere. Calyx more than half as long as the corolla, 

 thin nnd shortly toothed. Petals connate above the middle. Pod eloiij^ated, 

 flat, often curved into a circle, 3 to 4 lines broad, with thickened nerve-like 

 margins. Seeds nearly orbicular; funicle very long, dilated and coloured 

 from the base, very flexuose, more or less encircling the seed in double folds. 

 -Wend!. Comm. Acac. 24, t. 6; DC. Prod. ii. 452; Bot. Mag. t. 1659; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 630 ; Hook. f. Fl. Tasm. i. 109 ; F. Muelb PI. Vict. ii. 

 28; A.orcnala, Sieb. Pi. Exs. and in Spreng. Syst. iii. 135 (by mistake 

 attribuled to Labillardicre). 



N, S. Wales. -Port Jackson to the Bhie "Mountains, A. Cunningham^ Sieber, «. 459, 

 ^l.Mixt. 593, anil others: 



Victoria. Rich soil ia valleys or grassy ranges throughout the colony, except the 



aesert, aseeiiding to cotisiderahle elevations, f! Mueller. 



Tasmania. Port Dalryiiiplc and Dehveut river, i?. Brown; ahunilaut throughout the 

 island, / L. Hooker. 



S. Australia. Encounter Bay, Whiitaker ; St. Vincent's GuIF, T, Mueller. 



The wood, kuowu to the colonists under the name of Blackwood, and the less appropriate 

 onfe of Ughtwood, is celebrated lor hardness and durability. 



4. bmipes, A. Cunn. in Bot. iMag. t. 3358, from the single specimen preserved of the 

 cultivated plant described, appears to be a variety o^ A. melanoxulon, with longer more fal- 

 cate phyllodia, attaining 5 to" 7 iii. 



199- A. implexa, Benth. in Hwk. Land. Journ. i. 368, A glabrous 

 ji^e, sometimes sli<;-ht]y glaucous; branChlets 'terete or nearly so. Pliyllodia 

 jauceolate-falcate, more acuminate, more narrowed at the base and tliinuer 

 |"aa in A. mdanoicylori , mostly 5 or 6 in. lonp; or more, with several slender 

 'ongitudiual nerves and fine veins. Peduncles few, in a very short raceme, 

 "lore slender tiuin in A. mdanoxylon, bearinjr each a small dense head of nu- 

 "lerous flowers, mostly SMncrousv Calyx scarcely half as long as the corolla, 

 ^•wiuite. Petals smooth, united to tlie middle.- Pod narrow-linear, much 

 ^^•ved and twisted, 2 of rarely nearly 3 lines broad, contracted between the 

 seeds. Seeds ovate-oblong, luugitiidiurd ; funicle dilated and coloured almost 

 rom the base, much folded under tiie seed, but not encircHng ifr.— F. Muell. 

 "•Vict.ii. 29. 



Queensland. 



Mueller 



Wa ^-.'^''les. Port Jackson. E. Brown, IToolls ; northward to Clarence river, C. 

 *^n'ha' I^'Ji'lsay, (T. Hill; southwai-J to Shoalfiaven river aud Illawarra, ^. Cnn- 



R,S'^^°,'^*- Opei river binks and grassy ridges scattered over the colony: Yarra river, 

 ^^<=hus Ala^sh, Suowy River, etc.. F. Mueltgr: 



,, 200. A. harpophyUa, F. Muell Herb. Probably a tree, glabrous or 

 h] r?"° ^^^^"^^^ minutely hoary ; brartchlets slightly angular. Pliyllorlia 



'^■ite-lanceolate, mostly 6 to 8 in. long, narrowed but obtuse at the end, 

 T "'" na'Towed at the base, coriaceous, pale or glaucous, with several not 

 I ^ prominent nerves and scarcely veined between them. Peduncles slender, 

 elo? ^ "'■ ^^"°' clustered or rarely*in a very short raceme, bearing each a- small 

 notTir ^^"'' "*" "^«"t 12 to 15 mostly 5-roerous flowers. Sepals spathulate, 

 p naif as long as the corolla, free or" slightly connected below the middle. 



^«is smooth, free. Pod unknown. 



Vtteeasland. Rockhampton, TAozet. 



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