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Acacia.] XL. leguminosje. 407 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Moretoii Bay, J. Cunningkanij F. Mueller^ and olhers ; 

 between the Severn and Condarninc rivers, Leichkardt. 



N. S. "Wales. Frequent on Hunter's River, J?. J?>-(?«??/ and others; Nepeau river, 

 A. Canninyhayn ; Clarence river, Beckler^ C.Moore; Richmond river, C, Moore ; Blue 

 Mountains, Miss Atkinson^ also Sleber, n 448 ; Bent's Basin^ WooUs. 



254. A, Cunninghamii^ TTooJc. Ic. PI. t, 165, not of Bon. A shrub 

 or small tree of 10 to 20 ft., glabrous or hoary-pubescent ; branchlets acutely 

 3-angled. Phyllodia falcate-oblong or lanceolate, naiTOvved at both ends, 

 mostly 5 to 6 in. long and 1 to \^ in. broad, or Iaro;eron ban-en shoots, with 

 numerous parallel veins, 3 to 5 more prominent than the others, and 1 or 2 

 confluent M'ith the lower margin near the xQvy oblique base. Spikes 1^ to 3 

 in. long. Flowers mostly 5-merqus, often distinct or distant. Calyx short, 

 tmncate or sinuate-toothed, usually glabrous. Petals smooth. Pod long, 

 linear, very flexnose or twisted, 1 to 2 lines broad ; valves coriaceous, convex, 

 Seeds longitudinal, but not seen ripe. 



Queensland. Brisbane river, Morctou Bay, A. Cunningham, F. MneUer, and others ; 

 sandy forests near Mount Owen, MiichelL 



N. S, Wales. Hunter's and Hastings rivers, J. Cunningham, 



Distinguished from A. glmicescens by the very augulai* branches, the larger phyllodia and 

 tlieir venation. 



Var. longispicata. Branches stout and still more angular. Phyllodia 6 to 8 in. long. 1 

 1^0 2 ill. broad. Spikes 3 to 4 in. lon;^.— J. lo7igispicata, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 

 298.— Near Mount Pluto and Lake Salvator, Mitchell, 



^255. A. leptocarpa, A. Cum. ; Benth. in Hook. land. Journ. i. 376. 

 Usually glabrous ; branchlets at first slightly augular, hut soon terete. Pliyl- 

 [odia falcate-lanceolate, narrowed at each end, 4 to 6 in. long, 4 to 8 hnes 

 oroad, with 3 or more fine slightly prominent nerves and very fine parallel 

 ones between them, rarely anastomosing, and not nearly so close as in several 

 allied species, the interval between each several times the breadth of the vem. 

 Spikes l-» to 2 in. long, solitary or in pairs. Flowers mostly 5-meroiis, 

 usually glabrous, not very close. Calyx short, sinuate-toothed. Petals 

 smooth, united at the base. Pod linear, straight or nearly so, several in. 

 f "?. H to 2 lines broad : valves coriaceous, convex over the seeds contracted 

 petween them. Seeds longitudinal ; funicle with the last 2 or 3 folds ddated 

 'nto an oblong cup-shaped aril, nearly as long as the seed, but enibracuig its 

 Wonly. * * ^ ' - 



Q'leensland. Cape York, W. mil; En.leavour river and Cape Flinders, J. Cunning 

 "'^ ■> Shoalwater Bay, R. Broicii ; Port Deuison, I'itzalan. 



.2,56. A. polystachya, A. Cnnn.; BeM. in Hook M Journ. i. 376. 

 G^al^rous, young branches angular, but soon terete. Phyllodia falca' e- jblong 

 °f lanceolate, narrowed at each end, 6 to 10 in. long, 1 to Ij in. broad, 

 '^^ oblique at the base, with 3 to 5 prominent nerves, the intern.ediate 

 y, fine and numerous, but not very closely packed and occasional y anasto- 

 f°^'"g- Spikes solitan' or 2 or 3 together, slender, glabrous 1 to 2 m 

 °"?- Flowers mostly S-merons. not very c!ose. Calyx sumate-toothed, not 

 ;« f so long as the corolla. Petals united to the middle Pod very flexuose. 

 2^ ^«t spiral, several inches long, 5 to 6 lines broad ; valves flat, tl-inly ■ 

 ^^^•laceous. Seeds longitudinal in the centre of the pod ; fnnicle long, dilated 



