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Acacia.'] XL. leguminos^. 409 



N, Australia. Start's Creek, F. Mueller, I had, in the above-qnoted paper, re- 

 ferred this plant with doubt to A. doratoxyfon, of which it has the foliage, and of which the 

 fruit is unknown, but 1 now think it more probable that the latter has the pod of ^. acumi- 

 ndaj and that ihis one is quite distinct, being closely allied to A. i^hdocarpa. 



260. A. tumida^ T, MuelL in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 144. A glabrous 

 tree; branchlets terete or nearly so, often glaucous. Fh^llodia falcnte-ol)long 

 or lanceohite, much narrowed and very oblique at tlie base, usually 4 to 8 in. 

 hug, 1 to l^ in. broad, with very numerous parellel veins or nerves, 5 to 9 

 of tbem more prominent, the others very fine, closely packed and very rart'ly 

 anastomosing. Spikes slender but dense, solitaiy or in pairs, the upper ones 

 often paniculate, mostly I to 1| in. long when fully out. l^lo.wers mostly 

 5-nierous. Sepals linear-spathulate, ciliate, shortly connected at the base. 

 fetals smooth. Pod falcate, with very coriaceous convex valves so as to be 

 nearly terete, 1| to 3 in. long-, 3 to i lines broad, (iividod insi<le between tlic 

 seeds. Seeds ovate, obliquely transverse, funiele short, the last fold dilated 

 into a small turbinate aril under the seed. 



K. Australia. Isle Lacrosse, N.W. roast, A. Cunningham; rocky nlnrps, Victoria 

 ri\er, Point Fearce, and SHirt's Creek, F. Mueller; Attack Creek, M'Douall Stuart. The 

 foliage is that of A. crassicarija, with the pod of A. umbellata. 



261. A. loxocarpa, Benth. in Tlook. Loud. Joimu i. 377. Giaijrous 

 and somewhat glaucous, tlic branahlcts scarcely anj;iilar. riiyllodia loiig, 

 lanceolate or linear, much narrowed at the base or at both ends, 3 to 6 in. 

 Jong, 3 to 5 lines broad, much falcate except when short, with several fine 

 yiit prominent nerves and numerous closely packed smaller ones between 

 them, rarely anastomosing. Spikes slender but dense. Flowers very sm:ill, 

 jostly 5-iu(rous. Calyx thin, sinuate-toothed, half as long as the corolia. 

 Petals smooth. Pod lineav-cuneate. nearly 3 lines bread abo\c the middle, 

 tapering gradually to the base; valves flat, hard, obli(iiiely veined, rollinj^ 

 O'lck elastically. ' Seeds obliquely transverse, very shining; fumcle very 

 short, the last fold expanded into an obliquely cup-shaped aril embracing the 

 base of the seed. 



W.Australia. S. Goulburti Island, J. Cumiingham. TliC pod and seed are nearly 

 those of A. drepanocarpa, but the phyllodia are much broader aud falcate, with much finer 



262. A. oncinocarpa, Bndh. m Hook: LomJ. Joimi. i. 378. Glabrous, 



ojsliiihtly hoary with a very minute mealy pnbe.cence; branclilets terete 

 Pyllodia lanceolate-falcate, rather obtuse, bnt narrowed at both ends, 4 to 6 

 "^; '""g-, 6 to 8 lines broad, rather tiiin, with 5 to 7 fine, but rather pronu- 

 nent nerves, the lower ones often confluent with the lower margin ot the base, 

 «nd numerous fine parallel veins between them. Spikes slender, m pairs 

 °r clusters, pedunculate, 1 to U in. loi'?- Flo^^'^ often distant, small, 

 J'f.tly .5-merou5 or G-merous. CaUx thin, loose, simiate-toothed, '"oi'^ than 

 J=^'f as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, united to the middle 1 oil flat, 

 ?"t thick, iuirdand wooily, straight except a hooked obtuse i:omt, about 4 li.ics 

 •^.^d, much narrowed towards the base, obliquely veined, beeds oblong. 

 ?'J'q"ely transverse; funiele slightly flexuose, thhkened nearly from tlie base 



a narrow-turbinale aril under tlie seerl. 



'f- Australia. Melville Isluud, Herb. Traser ; Sims' Isbud,^. Cuum.gham. Near 

 '"■"^'^'^'■pa, with broader phvllodia and remarkable for the hookfd pod. 



