Acacia.] XL. leguminos/E. 393 



thin, broadly sinuate-tootlied, fully half as long as the corolla. Petals united 

 below the middle, tlie midribs prominent. Pod flat, but thick and woody, ob- 

 liquely veined, about 2 in. long, 2 lines broad above the mi(hlle, gradually 

 tapering to the base. Seeds oblique, oblong; funicle straight, gradually 



thickened from the base into a narrow -turbinate aril, scarcely folded towards 

 the end. 



N, Australia. Swan Bay, N.W. coast. Voyage of the Beagfe ; table land between 

 Victoria river and Start's Creek, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of^Carpentaria, k. Brown, 

 and aJjoining mainland, F. MueVer, The more or less prominent nerVes, the glnticbus hue 

 w resinous exudations, vary in different parts of the same specimen. 



210. A. lysiphloea, Z Mnell, in Journ, Linn, Soc. iii. 137. A rigid 

 shrub of several feet or small tree, gjabrons or nearly so, often veiy resinous. 

 Phyllodia rather crowded, erect, obliquely linear-oblong, linear or oblanceolate, 

 ^ostly obtuse biit with a short rigid straight or oblique point, narrowed at the 

 ^%j to 1 in. ioi]g, thick and rigid, with 3 to 5 obsciire or more or less 

 prominent nerves. ' Spikes pedu iculate, i to 1 in. long, slender but dense. 

 Flowers mostly 5-merous. Sepals veiy short, thin, shortly united at the 

 I'ase. Petals shortly united, the midribs prominent. Pod flat, 'oblique or 

 falcate, 1 to 2 in. long, i to ^ in. broad, hard and almost woody, reticulate 

 ?Bd resinous. Seeds ovate, oblique ; funicle shortly folded and thickened 

 i»to a small aril under the base of the seed- 



N.Australia; Hooker's and Start's Creeks, F. Mueller; islands of tlie Gulf of Car- 

 Pj^taria, R, Brown ; sandy plains and valleys of the adjoining mainland, F. Mueller, Some 

 0' the narrow-leaved specimens have some resemblance to A. linar'wides, but the fruit w 

 ^eiy different. 



211. A. linarioidesj Benth. in Hook, Land. Journ. i. 371. Glabrous 

 °^ slightly pubescent and viscid, with terete branchlets. Phyllodia rather 

 crowded, linear, obtuse with a small rigid but not pungent point, f to U m. 

 Y^. not al)ove 1 line broad, obscurely 1-nerved. Spikes slender but rather 

 Qense, shortly pe(hinc\date and exceed'injj the phvllodia. Flowers mostly 5- 

 ^erous. Sepals suiajf, thin, free or sightly connate at the base. Tetals 

 connate to the iniddle, with thickened tips. Pod linear, sli-htly curved, l\ 

 r? l>road at the seects and coiitracted between them, the valves convex, 

 ^m. obscurely striate, with thickened nerve-like margins. Seeds oblong, 

 ^Q^g'tudiaal ; funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds thickened into an UM-egularly 

 ■^^P-shnped aril under the seed. 



iirS'^^''**^*'^^^- Cavern Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brown This species hns the 

 to th TT'"^^ ^""'^'^'^ «»d ii^^-^rlv the phyllodia of A. hjdphlcea, with the pod more allied 

 ^^ of A, longifoVia and its allies, but mo!^e rigid. 



212. A. stipuligera, f. Mudl in Journ, Linn, Soc. iii. 144. Softly 



^rneuto 



Phyllodia obliquely M- 



■"eutose or pubescent; branchlets nearly terete. Phyllodia 

 „; 7 0,'^'ong or lanceolate, shortly narrowed at each end, with a small callous 

 J' 'looked point, 1 to 2 in. lon*^; 3 to 7 fines broad, coriaceous, with 2, 3,_ or 



l^n pi-o.uineut nerves and nerve-like mar-rins and numerous anastoniosnig 

 more or le " 



J. 1 'f ^^^^Pt ^- conspersa. Spikes nearly sessile, solitary or in pairs 1 to 



"^'^y 2 in. long, dense and toracntose. Flowers mostly 5-merou3. Calyx. 



