Jcoria.] XL. LEGUMTNOS.*:. 413 



rliachises at or below the last leaflets, and sometimes numerous glands along 

 the whole general and partial rliachises, but the glands often inconstant in 

 the same species. 



Series IX. Botryocephal^.— Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves bipin- 

 nale. Stipules small or none, flower-heads globular, in axillary racemes 

 or terminal panicles. Pod (where known) Hat. Seeds longitudinal, the last 

 fold of the funicle forming a short lateral or oblicpie aril, with very small folds 

 helow it. The species are all confined to Australia. 



X r 



272. A. elata, J. Cunn.; Benth. in IIool: Loud. Joiirn. i. 383. A 

 handsome tree of 60 ft. or more, tlie voiin": shoots often tinged wiih a golden- 

 yellow pubescence. Piiinye in 2 to 4 di^^tant pairs, 6 to 8 in. long; leatl.^ts 

 8 to 12 pairs, lanceolate, acutelv aciimimite, Ito 2 in. long, iniuiitely silky ; 

 gland wart-like on the petiole, and often small ones at the last pairs of leaf- 

 lets. Flower-heads globular, in racemes often 6 in. long, the upper ones 

 fonning a large terminal panicle, often silky with a golden pubescence. 

 Flowers numerons, mostly 5-merous. Calyx fully half as lung as the corolla, 

 obtusely toothed. Petals smooth, united to the middle. Pod 4 to 6 In. 

 long, about ^ in. broad. Seeds nearly lenticular. 



N. S. Wales. Grose river, R. Brown; shaded ravines of tlie Blue ^Mountains, A. 

 Cunningham, Miss Atkinson, and others, and southward to Illawarra, Shepheyd. 



273. A. pruinosa, J. Cunn.; Bentl. in Hool: Lond. Jonrn. i. 383. 

 Glabrous and glaucous, with terete brauclilets. Pinnse 2 to 4 or rarely 5 

 Pau-s, 3 to 4 ill. long; leaflets 12 to 20 pairs, oblong or bnear, obhquc or 

 somewhat falcate, obtuse or scarcely acute, attaining i m. or rather iiiore ; 

 gland prominent on the petiole at a distance from the lowest pair o pinnae, 

 and smaller ones under several pairs of h'aflets. Plower-heads globular, often 

 numerous in axillary racemes or the upper ones paniculate. 1- lowers nuuie- 

 «5us, mostly 5-merous. Calyx obtusely toothed. Pod not seen.— -^. srta- 

 mde,, Benth. in Hook. Loud. Joimi. i. 383. 



Wales. Near Sjdney and Liverpool plains, A. Cwiningham ; New England, 



spectabilis, A. Cunn. ; Benth. in Ilook. Land. Jo,m,. i 383. 

 - ^^'» Shrub, glabrous and glaucous, or the branchlets and petioles shori y 

 J'rsute. Ph^ra. 2 to 4 pairs ; leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, obovate-oblong, v > ob 

 tu^e,4 to 6 lines long, father thick and ok-curely vf-ed ; ghmdclepie >ed 

 «t the lowest pair of pinna., often very obscure, llower-lieads ^ ax.lhnv 

 ^^'^emes longer than the leaves, the upper ones often paineu a te Flo s 

 '"o^Uy 5-merous. Calyx short, obtusely toothed. Petals united at he ba.e 



;%• Pod 3 to 4 in. long, about \ in. broad, gl'l^'^^f •T?;''-/'^\?f i,*- 

 ^6; A. chnjsohotrjjs, Mefssn. Tnd Sem. Hort. Basil. 1842, from the cha- 



'"'^tw in VValp. Rep. ii. 906. ,n . • 



.Queensland. Brisbane river, A. Cnvnivgham; between ,thc Sevm. a'.d Condannne 



^' Stuart, 



A 



— • wv J AVfi V^Ot; ll^l^A A.AUL ^ ^J ^ — C 



■Wales. Between Lachlan and .Macquai 



of 



■". o. Wales. Between Lachlan and .Macquarrie iiveis «.." - 



"^hngton valley, A. Canningham : New En-land, C. Sluart. 



J^r- (?) Slua^ln. Leafletf 10 to 13 pairs and rather narrower, but glands a« m ^. jc 



'««''«*.-New England, C. Stuart; between Byron plains aud the M Intyre, Leichhardt. 



