Acacia,} ^ • XL. LEGUMINOS^. 395 



216. A. leptophleba, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 143. Nearly 

 glabrous and probably resinous ; branclilets sliglitly angular. Phyllodia ob- 

 liquely oblong-falcate, obtuse with an obliqne callous or glandular point, 

 narrowed at the base, 2 to 2^ in. long, about \ in. broad in our specimens, 

 coriaceous, undulate, with 3 or more slightly prominent nerves and thickened 

 nerve-like margins, the intermediate fine veins more or less anastomosing, 

 almost reduced to closely packed longitudinal parallel veins. Spikes pedun- 

 culate, solitary or in pairs, 1 to 1| in. long. Flowers dense, mostly 5- 

 merous. Calyx fully half as long as the corolla, thin, deeply lobed or divided 

 to the base into narrow sepals. Petals thin, the midribs much less promi- 

 nent than in A. sVujmalophjUa. Pod unknown. 



N. Australia. Stiirt's Creek, F. Mueller. I had, in the above qiioteJ pajier, referred 

 these specimeiia to A. nulacocarpa, but having now been able to match much tnore accurately 

 the flowering and fruiting specimens of tliat species, I find I was in error. The present spe- 

 cies is much nearer to A. diymalophyUa, from which, in the absence of the fruit, it is dis- 

 tingaished by the more coriaceous phyllodia, larger flowers, deeply lobed calyx, and smoother 

 petals. 



217. A. limbata, T. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 145. _ Branches 

 glabrous, very acutely 2- or 3-angled and glaucous, as in J. latifolia, but not ■ 

 nearly so broad. Phyllodia oblong, falcate, obtuse or with a hooked callous 

 point, 2 to 3 in. long, \ to | in. broad, thickly coriaceous, with several nerves, 

 of which the lower ones are confluent with the lower margin at the base, the 

 smaller veins reticulate but longitudinal. Plowers not seen. Fruiting spikes 

 pedunculate. Pod flat, hard and thin, with thickened margins and obliquely 

 Ttined, as in A. auhcocnrpa and its allies, but very glabrous and smooth, ob- 

 [iise, 11 to 2 in. long, 4 lines bl^oad in the middle and tapering to the base, 

 out not seen quite ripe-. 



N. Australia, F. Mueller. 



Glabrous and somewhat glaucous, with 



' ;"■ uiuau, very coriaceous with several promineui, uci.co, -..- ..........-.-.- 



^ems irregularly reticulate Or longitudinal. Spikes short, oblong-cyhndrica , 

 pedunculate. ^Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, siiH.ate-toothed. 

 petals smooth. Pod flat, thick, almost woody, with oblique veins and 

 ftickeued margins, very obtuse, H in- long, netuly 4 hues broad, abruptly 

 •^Wracted below the middle into a broad stipes. Seeds obliqne but not 

 seen ripe.— ^. leptoplhha (referred by me to A. aulacocarjm), var. brevifoha, 

 *• MueU. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 144. 



.Queensland. Desert of the Suitor, F.Mueller. Allied {oA.hptoj.hlebajiiA 

 !!»'*«*, but differing in flower from the former and in fruit from the latter, aud .he .ena- 

 " °' '^e pliyllodia does not agree with cither. 



^.219. A. megalaatha, T. MmU. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 143. Glabrous. 

 ]f' compressed but not a.fgular b.-anchlets. Phyllodia broadly semiovate or 

 •^ceolate-falcate, obtuse, narrowed towards the base, 2 to 4 in. long, f to 1 

 l \"le, rather thick, coriaceous with 3 to 7 prominent nerves, and more or 

 J^ distinct parallel veins between them. Spikes pedtmculate, solitaij or m 



^'^^^' \ to 1} in. long, with a stout rhac^s. Flowers distinct or distant, 



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