396 



XL. LEGUMINOSiE.- • [Jcacia. 



larger than in any oiher^Jcacia, the oblong buds 2 lines long before expand- 

 ing° mostly 5-raeroiis. Calyx shortly campanulate, toothed. Petals united 

 at^'he base but readily separating, smooth, with thickened hood-shaped tips 

 and inflexed points. Pod unknown. 



N. Australia* Start's Creek, F. Mueller. 



220. A. gonoclada, F. MnelL in Joiirn. Linn. Soc. iii. 140. Glabrous 

 and glaucous, branchlets stout, with 2 or 3 much raised acute angles. Pliyl- 

 lodia lanceolate-oblong, slightly falcate, obtuse with oblique glandidar tips, 

 obliquely narrowed towards the base, 3 to 4 in. Ibng, 4 to 8 lines broad, co- 

 riaceous, with 2 or 3 more prominent neiH'es hlmost confluent with the louer 

 edge near the base, and numerous fine parallel veins scarcely anastoniosuig 

 alid not very closely packed. Spikes shortly pedunculate, oblong-cylindncal, 

 dense, about \ in. long. Flowers mostly 5 -merous. Calyx half as long as 

 the corolla, shortly toothed. Petals distinct, smooth, without piouiinent nnd- 

 rids. Pod naiTow-linear, straight, 1 to 1^^ in. long, 1^ lines broad, t|nn and 

 flat with nerve-like margins. Seeds longitudinal; fuuicle dilated and folded 

 / under the seed, but not ripe in our specimens. 



N. Australia, Victoria river, F. Mueller. Allied in some respccis to^. Cunning^ 

 hamii, but with the straighter more coriaceous phyllodia of the preceding spi^cies. 



221. Ai pycnostachya,- F, Muell. PL FicL ii. 33. An erect shrub, 



broad, rigidly coriaceous, with many fine nerves, 3 or 4 rather more pion 

 neut, the smnller ones scarcely anastomosing. Spikes sessile, solitary or /or 

 3 together, thickly cylindrical, 1 to 1| in. long, very dense, llouers most y 

 B-merous, Calyx sinuate-toothed, not half as long as thecoroUa. ietais 

 miited at the base, rather rigid but smooth. Pod narrow-linear, erect, na 

 with thickened margins and lonj^itudinal seeds, but not seen ripe 



W. S. Wales. New EuKlauJ, near Teuterfield, abundant at an elevation of iCOOo 

 1500 ft., a Stnart. I'he foHage is that of some forms of J. longi/olia, var. Soj^hora, 

 the iuiioresceuce and flowers are quite distinct. 



222. A. subtilinervis, F. Muell PL VlcL ii. 32, and Fragm. i^- ^^^^^ 

 erect glabrous shrub, branchlets terete or nearly so and. somewhat resnio. 

 Phyllodia lanceolate, narrowed at both ends but not, falcate, with a cat 

 often incurved point, 2 to 4 in. long, 3 to 6 lines wide, coriaceous, fli^ ^^^ 

 slightly prominent central nerve and several parallel veins, verj' nn^ ^iiortlv 

 most transparent, but neither closely packed nor prominent. Spikes s j 

 pedunculate, solitary or in pairs, rather dense, | in. long or rathei ^^^ 

 Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx sinuate-toothed, fnlly half as long a 

 corolla. Petals with a slightly prominent midrib. Pod unknown. ^ ^^^ 



Victoria. Granite hills ahout Mount Iiulay, F. Mueller (a single spccinieu in 



r. JVJuclL). • 



B. TETRAMER-^:~Phyllbdia flat, coriaceous or thin, straight ^^jfjj^^^jg 

 several-nerved or 1-nerved when very narrow; Spikes often loose. 

 4-merou3. Seeds longitudinal. i, th is 



In fohage this subseries connects the Rigidula with the falcatst, differing from 

 the flowera almost universally 4-merous. , 



