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410 XL. LEGUMiNos^. [Acacia, 



263. A. retinervis, Benlh. in Hook, Lond, Journ. i. 379, parily. Gla- 



brous or slightly hoary, with nearly terete branchlets. Phyllodia folcate-lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed at both ends, 3 to 6 in. long, 4 to 6 lines broad, with 3 to 

 7 fine slightly prominent nerves, the intermediate veins longitudinal, very fine, 

 crowded and" much anastomosed, forming a dense closely packed network 

 only visible under a lens. Spikes in pairs or clusters, shortly pedunculate, 

 slender but very dense, ■§- to | in. long. Flowers small, mostly 5-merous. 

 Calyx with narrow spathulate ciliate lobes, above half the length of the corolla. 

 Petals united to the middle, with prominent midribs. Pod unknown, 



W. Australia. Cape Poud, N.W. coast, A. Cmnhiglianu The general aspect is that 

 of several falcate ,//^////wrtP, but I cannot match the veuation with that of any other species. 

 The fruiting; specimens I formerly referred here, have the veins imieh less anastomosed and 

 belong tj A. Iti'^ida, 



264. A, aulacocarpa, A, dmn.; Benlh. in Bool\ Lond.Joimu i.378. 



Sliglitly hoary or ashy-glaucous with a minute abnost powdery do^vn, which 

 atlenti'th disappears.; branchlets angular. Phyllodia falcate-lanceolate, nav- 

 roaed at both ends, 3 to 4 in. lon^r, about ^*in. broad, with a few slightly 

 prominent neiTes, the lower ones confluent with the lower margin at the b<ise, 

 and numerous smaller closely packed veins, rarely anastomosing, ^pil^es 

 slender, loose, 1 to 2 in. long, tomcntose-pubescent or glabrous, riowers 

 mostly 5-merous. Calyx with short broad lobes. Petals united below the 

 middle. Pod falcate-oblong, flat but thick, obtusely recurved at the end, 1 

 to 2 in. long, -^ to | in. broad, much narrowed at the base, hard, obliqnely 

 veined. Seeds obliquely transverse, not seen perfect. 



Queensland. Port Bowen, It, Brown, A. Canni^fgham ; Rockhampton, Dallachj; 



Catucruu's Brush, Leicliliardt ? (specimen not in fruit). ^ j 



Var. (?) macrocarjia. Pods 3 to 5 in. lon^', f to \ in. broad, much undulate. -J^eppc 



Bay, Shoalwater Bay, and Broad Sound, R. Brown, 



265, A. calyculata. A, Cnnn. ; B<mth, hi Hook. Land. Journ.l 37^- 

 Glabrous or ashy-glaucous; branchlets very flat when young, with acu^ 

 edges. Phyllodia falcate -obtnse, narrowed at the base, 3 to 3 in. loV 

 about \ in.' broad, rather thick, with a few slightly prominent fi»e nerv^ 

 aiul' numerous very fine closely packed parallel veins, rai-ely ^i^^'^!^^"!^^^ 

 Spikes mostly clustered, shortly pedunculate, slender, \ to f in. long. ^^^^^^^^^ 

 very small, mostly S-mtn^ous,'- probably white (from Solander's ms. h^^^^^^ 

 A. aW} flora). Calyx short, sinuntc-tootlied, pubescent or villous. ^^. ^^^ 

 cate-oblong, obtuse, rarrowed at. the base, flat but thick and hard ast 

 liquely veined, resembling that of A. auhwocarpa, but not seen npe. 



Queensland, Eiuleavonr river, Banks and Soiander ; l^^i^^i'oy Island, ^-^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 hain. Pod of .4. aufacocarpa, witli sliorte/ and more ohtuse ])hyliodia, and ^^^ • ^^ij-^i's 

 more flattened than in any other Jalifiorm of thesnnie snhserles. The pods »">^"Lj=j^ 

 herbarinui are not attached, but carefully junnibcred to prevent then- benig nnsma 



266, A. crassicarpa, A. Cnnn, ; Beulh. in Book. Land. f^^J'''|;,J;j^ous 

 A handsome tree of 30 to 40 ft. or more, glabrous and so»»e^^''^''^\°J^^yl.^^^ 

 or hoary with a minute powdery pubescence. Branchlets scarcely *|'^c^ ;^^ 

 Piiyllodia falcate-oblong, narrowed at both ends, 5 to 8 in. long, ^^^^^ 

 broad, veiy oblique, some of the principal nerves confluent ^^'^^" . ^ ^^^ 

 margin at the base, and numerous fine parallel veins between thei , 



