394 



XL. LEGUMINOSJS. [Jcacia. 



half as lon^r as the corolla, thin with spathnlate lobes, readily separating into 

 distinct sepals. Petals united to the middle, ton.eutose. Pod (only seen 

 one loose one) long, linear, slightly twisted, not H lines broad, coriaceous, 

 with nerve-like margins. 



• N. Australia. Sources of the Yictoria river, F. 3Iueller ; in the interior, lat. 18 , 

 " Serub-Waltle," M'Douall Stuart. 



213 Ai ptychophylla, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 142. Yeiy 



resinous, Otherwise -glabrous ; branchlets slightly angular. Pl.yllodia ob- 

 liquely oblong, very obtuse, 'with a small terminal gland or callous point, t 

 to 11 in Ion-, 2 to 3 lines broad, shortly narrowed at the base, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, with 5^ to 9 prominent parallel nei-ves without conspicuous intervennig 

 veins. Spikes shortly pedunculate, very dense, 1 in. long o^ rather moie 

 Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx thin, more or less deeply lobed. i ewis 

 united to the middle, with prominent midribs. Pod unknown. 



■ N. Australia. Sturt's Creek, F. Mueller. 



214. A. stigmatopliylla, J. Omn.; ^eiilh. in Hooh ^^""f /"""''", '" 

 377. Glabrous or scarcely hoary-pubescent when young; branchlets laiu 

 slender, acutely angled or compressed when young, soon becoming teieie. 

 Phyllodia obliquely narrow-oblong or slightly falcate, narrowed at eac^i enu, 

 tipped with a prominent nerve or broad callous point, 1^ to 3 m. long, 



4 lines broad, undulate, coriaceous, with 3 to 5 fine but prominent neive. 

 and very fine (sometimes obscure), tongitudinal. more or less aiijs^"i^^^'"°( 

 closelv-packed veins between them. Spikes shortly pedunculatfe, 2 t" * 

 length 1 in. lon<r, slender, often clustered in the ui)per axils, lorinmg a ■ 

 minal leafy panicle. Flowers small, mostly o-merous. Calyx ^J'^^^^'^p' i, 

 panulate, sinuate-toothed, slightly ciliate, half as long as the corolla. ^^^ 

 with prominent midribs, giving the buds a strongly striate appearance, 

 unknown. _ . . f 



W. Australia. Brunswick Bay, N.W. coast, A. Cunningham ; Victoria river, 

 Mueller. 



215. A. umbellata, J. Cunn. ; Benth. in, Hook. Lmi. Journ. ^^-^ 

 A tall shrub, young shoots slightly hoary or silky but soOn gM^^^ ^J 

 branchlets nearly terete. Phyllodia from oblong and scarcely •' ^^^^ 

 oblinuelv oblong-rhomboidal or broadly falcate, obtiise with a Uio«" ^ ^^^^^^ 



lous or* glandular tip, 2 to 4 in. long, | to H in. '^^'"'^f '^-^ 7 gome of 

 with numerous parallel nerves or veins, 5 to 9 more prominent an ^^^^^^^ 

 them confluent with the lower margin at the base, the others close J ^^^^^^j^ 

 fine and rarely anastomosing. Spikes sessile or nearly so, f ^^" .• ^,^3 4- 



siiHi coriiiueuus vaives, as 111 j^. tumiU'U, uccuo u.i.t-v., ^ 



dilated into a small aril of 2 or 3 folds under the seed. ^^^ 



N. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broicn ; Clevela^^ 3^^^^^,^ 

 Cape Flinders, A. Cunningham ; Seven-Emu, and llobiiison nvers, J-- Mue ' ^fi^^o- 

 also Depot Creek. F. Mueller (specimens in flower only). Allied m foliage 10 



