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401 



m pungent, 2 to 4 in. long, slender, terete and almost nerveless, or slightlv- 

 flattened and striate with very fine nerves, scarcely visible vvitliout a lens/ 

 Spikes usually in pairs, pedunculate, about | in. long, slender but dense. 

 Mowers small, mostly 5-nierous. Calyx very thin and transparent, deeply 

 lobed or the sepals quite free but not spathufate, fully tuo-thirds as long as 

 the corolla. Petals thin, connate to the middle, without proujinent mi(lril)s. 

 Pod elongated, nearly flat, curved or twisted, 1 to 1^ lines broad, slightly 

 contracted between the seeds; valves thinly coriaceous. Seeds obovate, lon- 

 gitudinal; funicle not seen perfect. 



N. Australia. Sturt^s Creek aiul Gilbert river, F. Maeller. 

 Queensland. Ridges of the Suttor, t\ Mueller. 



235. A, xylocarpa, A. Cimn, ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jonrn, i. 370. 



A shrub of 2 to 4 ft., glabrous and slightly viscid; branchlets terete. Phyl- 



lodia linear-subulate, not pointed, 2 to 4 in. long, rather rigid, terete or rarely 



flattened to nearly 1 line in breadth, obscurely 1-nerved. SpiKes mostly in 



P^'iu's, shortly pedimculate, slender but closely packed, | to | in. long when 



l^lly out. Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx shortly lobed, about half as 



yisas the corolla. Petafs united to the u'iiddle, with prominent midribs. 



I^od nearly terete or slif>htly flattened, H to 3 in. long, shortly acuminate, 3 



Mines broad and thick near the end, gradually tapering to the base ; valves 



'^j almost woody, striate lengthwise, opening elastically from the end 



ownwards. Seeds oblique ; funicle straight, gradually and slightly thickened 



ffom the base upwards. — A. orihocarpa, P. Muell. in Jonrn. Linn. Soc. 

 ^. 136. 



J ' -^."^istralia. Dampier's Archipelago and Water Islr.iid, N.T\\ coast, A. Canvivg- 

 i^^Mu n ^^^' ^' ^'■'^'^^y''^ ETpedition; Upper 3Iucartliur river, Gulf of Carpentaria, 



^ ar. (.) tennissima. Phyllodia longer auJ more slender. Spikes short. Pod unknown. 

 ^. temismm, F, Muell. 'in Jouru. Linn. Soc. iii. 135.— Start's Creek, /•; 3Iuc'//t^n 



of 4 * ^' gonocarpa, F. MffelL in Jonrn, Linn. Soc. iii. 13G. A shrub 

 u "^ ^ ^t'* yonnu: sliools viscid, Avith slender flattened or angular branch- 

 ^> at leno-th terete. PhvUodia very narrow-linear, but flat, with a small 



ently 



let 

 cal 



2 "^ or lioolced point, mostly 1 i to 2 or rarely 3 in. lorij,', prosiiiiieiii 

 ^•"trved. Spikes shortly pt^ciimculate, solitary or "in paire, :J to | in. loii^,. 

 ^1 slender, but with numerous olosely packed very small flowtis, luosily 



-merous. Stp.ds very narrow, linear, thin and distinct. Petals thin, co- 



j^j""g to the middle. Pod hard and woody, 1^ to 2 in. long, about 3 lines 



I °^* .' J'llyes opening elastically fi-om the end downwards as in J. xijlucarpa, 



with raised acute longitudinal angles as in A. ielicxjohocarpa. Seeds not 



"■ the pod obliquely partitioned for their reception as in J. xyhcarpa. 



*• ifafl/'^^**"*^** -^'■"•»ein N. B:iy, R. Brown ; rocky shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, 



iul' "^* °^ciuophylla, Liitdl. Swan Riv. Jpp. 15. Glabrous or 

 suhi ^'^^"'-pulj'iscent ; branchlets somewhat angular. Phyllodia linear- 



3 j 'f ^ straight or slightly curved, with a straight oblique or hooked point, 

 nei-v ^'^^ '"""> ^^out 1 line broad, flat but thick and rigid, with 3 prominent 

 1 i^^- ^Pil^es shortly pedunculate, mostly in pairs, very dense, rarely above 



j^'t^ng or in cultivated specimens rather looser and I ni. long. .Flower? 



