414 XT-. LEfiUMiNos.E. [Jcacla. 



A 



A tall 



shrub, the foliage more or less pubescent. PiiiuBe usually 2 or 3 pairs, leaf- 

 lets 6 to 10 pairs, narrow-oblong, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long, rather thick with 

 a prominent nerve near the lower edge, tlie rhachis terminating in a recurved 

 deciduous point; a gland at the base of the petiole, those between the leatlijts 

 rare and minute. Flower-heads numerous, small, in racemes much exceed- 

 ing the leaves, the upper ones forming a teruiinal panicle. Tlowcrs mostly 

 5-merous. Calyx shoi-t, obtusely lobed. Petals united at the base. Pod 

 unknown. 



N. S. "^Vales. Bog^y forest lanil of the N. W. interior, the most beautiful of all the 

 Acacias, Ffoser ; Gwydir river, A. Cunninfjham ; near Wellington, (7. Moore. 

 - V^x, foholosa. Softly pubescent. Pinmc 4 to 6 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long; leaflets 15 to 25 

 pairs, 3 to fi lines long und less obtuse. 



Queensland. Burnett river, F. Mueller; S. part of the colonyj Bowman; limestone 

 hillsj Leichhardt ; Ipswich, Nermt. 



276. A. discolor, Willd. Spec, PL iv. 1068. A tall shrub or tree, 

 branclilets terete or ani^ular, g-labrous or pubescent. Pinnsc 2 to 6 pairs, 

 leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, ol)Iong, obtuse or acute, 3 to 4 lines long, rather firm, 

 1-nerved, glabrous, pale underneath; gland usually large on the petiole and 

 a few small ones at the upper pairs of leaflets. *Flower-heads in axillary 

 racemes, the upper racemes foruiinj^ a terminal panicle; flowers 6 to 15 ni 

 the head, rather large, 5-merous. Calyx short, broadly lobed, ciliate. Petals 

 rather rigid, with prominent midribs, striate in the bud. Pod 1 to 3 in. loag, 

 5 to 6 lines broad. Seeds longitudiiml ; funicle filiform. — Mimosa discolor, 

 Audr. Bot. Kep. t:. 235 ; M. panlculata, Wendl. Bot. Beob. 57^ M. botry^ 

 cepJiala, Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 1 ; Acacia hdnjcephala, De^f, Cat. Hort. Par. 

 ed. 3, 300 ; A. discolor, DC. Prod. ii. 4G8 ; Bot. Mng. t. 1750 ; Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t. 601 ; Hook. f. PI. Tasm. i. HI ; F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 34 ; A- ma^ 

 ritima, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 384 (with more glabrous and angu- 

 lar branchlets); A, Sieberiana, Scheele in Linnaia, xvii. 337. 



W. S. "Wales. Port Jacksou to Ihe Blue Mouiitaius, R. Brown, Sieber, n. 454, and 

 others; ^^ludeny v'lver ^ Fr as er. 



Victoria. Heath ground as well iii the lowlands as iu the mountains of Gipps' Land, 

 F. Mueller, 



Tasmania. Port Dahymplc, R. Browd. Couimoii near the seacoast iu various lo- 

 calities, J. D. Hooker. i 



Var. (?) anfjudifolia, I5ranchcs nearly terete, leaflets lincar-oblong, slightly falcate an 

 rather more numerous.— Port Jackson, Caley, R, Brown. 



277. A. decurrens, Willd. Spec, PL iv. 1072. A handsome tree, gla- 

 brous or uiore or less touientose-pubeseent ; brauches more or less pronii- 

 neutly auj^led, sometimes ahno.->t wino-ed. PinmE S to 15 pairs or sometuues 

 even more, rarely reduced to 5 or 6, leaflets very numerous (30 to 40 paifs 

 or even more), linear, from under 2 lines to uearlv 5 lines long, aceordiag 

 the V 

 form 



i 



ariety. Flower-heads small, globular in axillary racemes, the iipp^''' o'"" 

 __ __iug a terminal panicle. Flowers 20 to 30 in the head, mostly 5-iiiero|i3. 

 Calyx short, m-oadly lobed, ciliate. Petals with slightly prominent Hn"'''" ' 

 Pod usually 3 to 4 in. long, about \ in. broad or rather more, more or ie= 

 contracted between the seeds. Seeds ovate.— F. Muell. PL Vict. ii. 3o. 



Queensland. Plains of the Condamiae, Leichhardt; Morcton Bay, C. Stuart. 



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