404 



XL. LEGIJMINOS.K. [Jcach. 



Victoria. Ovens Ranges, F. Mueller, apedmens iu very young bud. F. Mueller, 

 PI Vict. ii. 33, desc-ribcs the tiuwers as 4-merous or 3-inerous ; I found them all 5-merou5 

 in the spike I soal<cd, but iu that very yoiuig state the petals cohere so firmly that it is very 



difficult to ascertain their number. 



30 t 



244. A. acuminata, Benfk. in Hook, Lond. Journ. i. 373. A tree of 

 40 ft., glabrous or the young shoots silky with an almost golden pu- 

 bescence ; branclilets terete or nearly so. I'liyllodia long-linear, somewhat 

 falcate, narrowed at each end, from 3*in long and 2 or 3 lines wide to lOin. 

 or more long and then rarely above 2 lines wide, striate as in A, doraloxjjm 

 with numerous fine parallel nerves, the central one more prominent. Spikes 

 nearly sessile, not above 1 in. long. Flowers mostly 5-merous, larger thim 

 in a\ dorakxylon. Calyx longer in proportion and readily separatm^^ into 

 distinct sepals. Pod linear, straight or nearly so, 2 to 2^ Imes broad, Hat 

 or convex over the seeds, somewhat contracted between them, beeds 

 'oblong, lon-itudinah the last 2 or 3 folds of the funicle dilated into anani 

 under the seed.— ^. doraloxylon and A, ucmnimta, Meissn. m PI. Pieiss. i. 

 19 ; A. Oldjleldii, F. Muell. Fragm. iv. 7. 



W. Australia. From King George's Sound to Swan River and northward to ^Jur- 

 chison river, Baj-ler, Drummoud, Zrd ColL n. 99, ^(h Coll. n. 135, Uh Coll. n. b, ^ _ • 

 . Roe, OUlJidd, Freiss, n. 934,' 935, and probably 945. Very near A . doratoxj/lon anu p ^^ 

 haps a variety, said to he similarly used for making arms, and the wood to smell slion^. 

 raspberry jam. ^, ,{ 



War. lafffolia. Phyllodia sometimes 4 lines wide— Middle Island, on the o. ^^^^ 



MojcicelL 



245. A. stereophylla, Meksn, in PL Prem. ii. 203._ Q^i'te glabrous, 



even the young shoots, with terete branchlets. Phyllodia 1^"^'*^*''^^ V*]^^^^^^ 

 what falcate, with glandidar or callous tips, 3 to 5 in. long, I3 to ^ 

 broad, narrowed towards the base, striate with fine parallel nerves as in 

 acummata, but thicker and more rio:id and the nerves all equal or 1 01 * 



what falcate, with glandidar or callous tips, 3 to 5 in. lo"g, a 3 ^"^^ .^ j 

 more conspicuous. Spikes verj- dense, sessile or shortly Pf^^^^^^!^.||^^' T^^f 



ilier 

 1 



. Sepals linear-spatlH.late cihate, ir^ 

 ■parating, smooth, with slightly thickened 



in. long. Flowers mostly 5-merou3 



slightly cohering. Petals readily separatin 



tips. Pod unknown. , ,,, 



-W. Australia, Dn'mmond, %rd ColL n. 100. This may prove to be a lu 

 riety of A. acuminata, if it has the same pod. 



246. A. signata, F. MnelL Fragm. iv. 7. A glabrous sti'n|?S^;^^S ^ . 



lucus a>ecn, luuuu narroweci towards cue uasc;, laiut-A ^j^^^m -- ^ speCies* 



rous fine nerves, 1 or 3 rather more prominent as in the pi"^^^*^l''o {\\\t^^' 

 Flowers not seen. Fruitin^-spike pedunculate. Pod shortly stipw j j^ 



Flowers not seen. Fruiting-spike pedunculate. Pod shortly J^4|^^j^^^^ ^^^^\^ 

 falcate, flat, coriaceous, with thickened margins, about 3 m. ^^^^"^^^^j^jinalof 

 3 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds ovate, lon^ ^^ ^ ^^. j 

 somewhat oblique; funicle dilated from the base, forming an an 



folds under the seed. 



-W. Australia. Murchisou river, Oldjield. Foliage of A. aciminaia. 



but the 



firai^ 



diilen^ut. 



247. A, delibrata, A. Cnnn,; Bmth, in Hook. Lond, Journ. 



1. 



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