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406 IL. LEGUMiNOSiE. [_Acacia, 



coils either loose and irvpgiilar or closely packed into a short cylinder; valves 

 flat or sli^-htly convex. Seeds longitudinal; funicle slightly thickened from 

 the base, at first straight, forming 2 or 3 more dilated folds under the seed. 



Queensland. Comherland TsIjukIs, -R. Brown.; Rodd's Bay, A. Cunningham; Rock- 

 iugham liay, W, mil; Edgecombe Bay, Ballachy. Very difficult, without the jkxI, to dis- 

 tinguish ho\\\ J. doratoj-yhn and A.' plectocarpa. Phyllodia more falcate thau in tlie 

 former. Branchlets much le&s augalar thau in the latter. 



251. A. Solandri, BentJi. A tall shrub or tree, glabrous or the young 

 shoots slightly silky ; branchlets nearly terete. Phyllodia as in A. jullfera, 

 narrow-lanceohite, falcate, 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 lines broad, with 1 to 3 

 slightly prominent and numerous very fine parallel nerves. Spikes 2 to 3 in. 

 long, slender, inteiTupted and glabrous or nearly so. Flowers distant as in 

 'A, linearis, but much smaller and all or mostly 5-merous, Calyx short and 

 truncate. Petah smooth. Pod unknown. 



Queensland. Bay of Inlets, BanJts and So/ander {Herb. R. Br.), an-l possibly a form 

 ^Hh woolly calyjes from the head of Boyd liver, Leirhhar(n,i\\i\ specirneiis luipcrfect. 

 I am unable to adopt for this species Solauder's m&. name of salieffoHay as there already exist 

 an A. saligna and an A. salieina, 



252? A. leptostachya, ^pw/A. Hoary or silvery white with a very 

 minute pubescence or nearly glabrous; branchlets slender, slightly anj^iAir. 

 Phyllodia lineal' or lanceolate mostly falcate, narrowed at each end but obtuse, 

 1 to 2 or rarely 3 in. long, 1 to 5 lines broad, straight or slightly obliqne at 

 the base, coriaceous and finely striate with numerous nerves all equal or 2 or 

 3 rather more prominent. Spikes mostly in pairs, veiy shortly pedtincuinte, 

 slender, | to above 1 in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers usually dis- 

 tant, mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, truncate. Petals sndooth, united at m 

 base only. Pod not seen. 



Queensland. Newcastle Range, F. Mueller; Ed-ecombe Heiglits, Port Tenison, 

 Dallaehj; Port Denison, Fiizalan ; Broad Sound, Herb. F, Mueller, Until the iruu 

 known the affinities of this species must remain «ncertain. F. iMueller considers it a»^ ^^^ 

 o[ A. fflaucesmts, but the phyllodia are quite different, and the specimens have mor 

 "aspect of sonic of the species with transverse seeds. 



253. A. glaicescens, Willd. Spec. PL iv. 1052, and IIorL Bi'rol - 



101. A tree attaining 50 ft. or more, the foliage generally ^-i^^liy ;^*' T,/ 



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with a very minute close piibeseeiiet! or the young shoots >' . l^^^^j,^ 

 brjiuclilets more slender and mnch less anguhir tlinn in A. Cimnwffi'"^ ^^ 

 Phyllodia oblong-falcate or lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, inos»J' ^^.^^ 

 6 in. long, i to near 1 in. broad in the middle, coriaceons, striate ^^^^^ 

 numerous very fine nerves, 3 to 5 rather more prominent, the smaller ^^^^^ 

 oceasionnlly anastomosing, and all free from the lower margin from ^^^^Vj^l 

 Spikes nearly sessile or shortly pedunculate, often clustere(i i" the "PP*'^' nJ 

 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers distinct or distant, mostly 5-nierousbut occ'isi'^^jj^r^ 



4-merous. Calyx short, truncate or sinuate- toothed, P"''«'*'"'^"*..''^\,lves 

 Pod (if correctly matched) linear, much twisted or irregularly coiled;. ^_^_ 

 hard, convex, about 2 lines l)road. Seeds longitudinal.— DC. Prod- "'^'^^^ 

 Miwosa fiinervif, Wendl. Pot. Beob. 66, quoted in Comm. Acac. .^^:/. pC. 

 malla, AVendl. Comm. Acac. 49, t. 13 (from the figure and descnptioii;' ^ 

 Prod. ii. 454; A. cinerascena, Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 454; Bot. JWas- 

 ani; A. le/icadendrotr, A. Cunn. ; Benth. in Hook. Lend. Journ. h^i ■ 



