Jcacia,] XL. leguminos^. 399 



f, ihsitiflora, Phyllodia oftea very long and narrow as in A. linearis, but rather more 

 coriaceous, with 1 or 2 nerves parallel to the principal one, and continued nearly the whole 

 length of the leaf, connecting in some measure the var. mucronata with A. linearis. — A. 

 dissiliflora^ Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jouru. i. 371. — N. coast of Tasmania. 



227. A. linearis, SimSy Sot, Mag. t. 2156. An erect slirub of several 

 ft., glabrous or slig-htly pubescent when young; branchlets angular. Phyl- 

 * lodia narrow- linear, from 4, 5 or 6. in. long to twice that length, scarcely 

 above 1 line broad, with a prominent loufi:itudinal nerve, and occasionally an 

 additional faint one on each side. Spikes loose and interrupted, slender, 1 

 to 2 in. long, quite glabrous. Plowers mostly 4.merous. Calyx very short, 

 toothed. Petals smooth, united at the base. Pod linear, nearly straight, 

 several in. lomr, usually about 2 lines broad. Seeds longitudiu il, but not 

 seen perfect.— DC. Prod. ii. 454 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 595 ; Hook. f. FL 

 Tasm.i. 109 ; P. Muell. PI. Vict. ii. 31 } A. longis6ma, Weadl. Coram. Acac. 

 45. t. 11; Bot. Beg. t. 680, 



N. S. "VlTales- Port Jackson, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 451, 456, and Ft, Mijci. 596, aad 

 others; northward to Hastings river, Beckler ; Richmond river, C. Moore, 



Victoria. 'VVet forest glens and periodically flooded river-bauks in the E. part of Gipps' 

 Land, f, Mueller, 



Tasmania. Circular Head, Gumu 



Enumerated by F. Mueller nmongst the varieties of J. JongjfoHa, and certainly very near 

 tte extreme forms of the var. dissilifora, differing chiefly in the long narrow phyllodia, 

 either slrctly 1-ncived or with only a faint accessory nerye on each side. 



C. Stengphyll.^, — Phyllodia linear-subulate or narrow-linear, straight 

 or slightly curved, terete or Hat but thick, rarely under 2 in. long or above 

 H hues broad. Spikes dense or slender, with small 5-merous or, in terete- 

 ieaved species, often 4-merous flowers. 



Some species of this subseries, with very short spikes, almost pass into the series Calami- 

 formes, and one or two of the last species of the subseries, with rather broader phyllodia, are 



close I 



y connected with the narrower-leaved species of Falcat<s, 



.228. A, aciphylla, Benth. in Lima^a, xxvi, 627. A glabrous shrub 



^'ith scarcely angular branchlets, very soon terete. Phyllodia linear-snbulate, 

 ^Sul with a'sliort pungent point, 2 to 4 in. long, terete and minutely striate 

 yth very fine parallel nerves scarcely visible without a lens. Spikes sessile, 

 aense, ovoid or oblong, not above 3 lines lon^. Flowers mostly 5-merous. 



"« uiies oroacl, coriaceous, rather hard, sligiuiy conuacieu ucL>»c.ix .uv o.v.^.., 

 Jhich were evidently longitudinal— ^. le^toneura, var. (?) pungens, Meissn. m 



P1.P 



reiss. I. 12? 



-^cu rreiss s specimens). 



^.229. A. ephedroides, Benth. in Hooh Lond. Journ. I 870. A shrub, 



Jith slender divaricate or tlexuose branchlets, -labrous or the young shoots 

 y^l or silky,pubescent, Phvllodia linear-filiform, terete, striate With few 

 J^f-ves, or obtusely 4-cronous, straight or flexuose, with a small straight or 

 ^^oked point, 2 to 6 in. long. Spikes sessile, dense, ovoid-oblong or shortly 

 J^l^'^^ncal, .scarcely exceeding 3 lines, or rarely 4 lines long, lowers 

 ^^owded. mostly 4.merous. Calyx shortly lobed, not half so long as the co- 



