Acacia,] XL. legumjnosj;:, 411 



rarely or not at all anastomosing. Spikes solitary or clustered, slender, not 

 very dense, 1 in. long or rather more. Flowers mostly 5-meious. Calyx 

 thin, siuunte-toothed, glabrous, about half as long as the corolla. Petals 

 smooth but with the midrib prominent in the bud, united to the middle. Pod 

 oblono-, flat, thick, hard, obliquely veined, 2 to 3 in. long, f to nearly 1 in. 

 broad, obhquely truncate at the base, occasionally slightly twisted. Seeds 

 oblique ; fuuicle not seen, 



N, Australia. A rnhem f^, Bi\y, R. Brow)f ; Goulburii ?nd Sims Munds, J. Cu/uiVJ^- 

 hm; Point Fearce, F. Mueller; Port Essiuotou, Armstrong ; Gould Island, 3VGUima^ ; 

 Sffeers Island, Henne, 



Queensland. Albany Itlaud, W, IIUL 



267. A. auriculiformis, A. Cum.; Beulh. in Uooh Loud. Jonni. i. 

 3/7. A small tree, glabrous ami glaucous, with slightly angular braiiclilets. 

 Pliyllodia lalcate-obloug, narrowed at both ends, 5 to 8 in. long, 1 to 2 in. 

 bruiid, like those of A. cramcarpa, but the finer veins less crowded and oc- 

 easionnlly anastomosing, the principal nerves, as in that species A. folyshwhya 

 and others, confluent with or near the lower margin at the base. Tlowers 

 I'ot seen, uidess some of the flowering s[)eciraens referred to A. polydachja 

 '^elouir to this species. Pod hard, almost woody, as in A. cramcarpa, 

 butvtry much twisted in an irregular spire, with the outer edge often sinuate 

 as in some PUkeculubiims ; valves obliquely veined, 6 to 8 lines broad. 



N^ Australia. S. Goulbnrn Island, A. Cwnmvgham. 

 Queensland. Albany Island,' W. Hill, F. Mueller. 



E. DiMiDiAT/E.— Phyllodia large, broad, very oblique or falcate, with 3 or 

 ttore distant prominent' nerves, more or less conlluent at or near the lower 

 •margin at the base, pinnately net-veined between them. 



The pliyllodia are nearly those of tlie Flurinerces dmuliata, but usually larger, mors 

 oolique and more coriaceous, and the inflorescence always spicate. 



268. A. latifolia, Bentk. in Hook. Land. Jonrn. i. 382. Glabrous and 

 glaucous; branchlets with 2 or 3 very much raised acute or almost wmged 



g'es. Phyllodiu obIi(.uely ovate-rhomboid or falcate, 3 to 6 in. long, I 3 to 

 '"• bro:i(l, with 3 to 5 nerves confluent at the base at or near the lower 

 niaivi,,, which is often slightly decnrrcnt. pinnately n.t-veined between tlicm. 

 Spites pedunculate, loose. 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers mostly 4-merons. Calyx 

 j:ei-y short, broad, truncate or obscnrelv toothed. Petals smooth, above 1 

 Y '"^'8-. united at the base but read'ily separating. Pod short y stipitate, 

 '•"wr, straight or curved, 2 to 4 in. long, nearly 3 lines bru.d, fla with 

 »«''ve-like margins, but not seen ripe. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; imacle 

 scarcely folded, thickened into an oblique laternl aril. 



jj^^^^^Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, K Brown,- Arnhem's Laud, F. 



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269. A 

 or 



"' ^tiite with a close silky pubescence; branchlets wiin o nm.u ...o... 

 ?«gl^3. Phyllodia obliquely oval-oblong, obtuse or mucronate, 4 to 6 ni. 

 '''"g. 1 to 3 in. broad, or the lower ones much larger, with 3 or 4 promnicnt 

 "orv^'s confluent with the lower margin at the base, and piimately ntt-vemed 



