A 



St 



4 1 ij > X L . LE G u M 1 N o s .t: . [ Jcacia. 



iieailvi in. long; the connuon petiole 1 to 2 in. ; leiiflds f5 in ID pairs, ovate 

 or aliuost cordate, ^ to | line long; glands few and minute. Flower-heads 

 small, in axillarv racemes, each with above 20 flower's, mostly 5.merous. Ca- 

 lyx tnrhinate, shortly lobed, ciliate. Petals glabrous, Avith prominent mid- 

 ribs, but scarcely fully out in the specimens seen. Pod \inknown. 



N- S. "Wales. Eutylean scrub, N. of Macquarrie river, //. Cnnnhigham. 



280. A. leptoclada, A, Oanu. ; Brnth. in Hook. Lord, Jom-n, i. 385. 

 shrub, either glabrous and somewhat glaucous or hispid with scattered short 

 iir hairs. Fiuiiai 3 to 5 pairs, 3 to 4'lines long, on a common petiole of i 



to i in. eudiug in a recurved point; leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, oblong, coriaceous 

 i to H lilies long ; glands several, usually small. Plower-heads small, hispid 

 with long bristly hairs prr.ceeding from the bracts and sepals, in racemes 

 longer than the leaves. Flowers numerous, closely packed, the corolla not 

 proiruding in the bud, apparently ready to open, but not seen fully out. Se- 

 pals distinct, linear-spathulate wi'ih concave tips. Petals also free in the hud. 

 Pod unknown. 



N. S. V7ales. Liverpool plains, A. Cunningham ; betweeu ^Yyiidham and the i\ria- 



tyre, Lelchhaidt, 



Var. (?) poIf/phyJIa. Pinnffi 10 to 12 pairs, leaflets 10 to 20 pairs. Flowers not seen. 



Queensland. E. coast, R. Brown. 



281. A. pubescens, K Br. in AIL Hort. Kew, ed. 3, v. 467. A shrub, 



the branches petioles and rhachis hirsute with S[)reading hairs. Pinnae 6 o 

 10 pairs | to f in. long, the common petiole about the same length; le^Heb 

 6 to 20 pairs, crowded, linear, obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long, glabrous, iio^^ei* 

 heads small, in slender racemes longer than the leaves, and paniculate a _^ 

 ends of the branches. Flowers not numerous, glabrous. Calyx short, si- 

 nuate-toothed. Corolla stnoolh, piotruding in the bud, the petals uiutea. 

 Mimosa pu!mcem. Vent. Jard. Malm. t. 2 1 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1263 ; A. Fj^f J 

 DC. Prod. ii. 4G8 ; Mauud, Botanist, t. 48 ; Reich!). Ic. et Descr. Fl. t. /->• 



N. S. -Wales. Port Jackson to the Blue ^tlouutahis, R. Brown, Sieher, n, 466 an 

 others. 



Series X. Pulciiell.e.— Trees or shrubs, unarmed or rarely with axil^ij/ 

 spines, without scattered prickles or stipuhu- spines. Leaves bipinnate. ^^ 

 pules smnll or none. Flowers in globular heads or rarely in cylindrical spi.^^ 

 on simi)le solitary or clustered axillary peduncles. Pods flat., strai^li 

 cate. Tlie species are all Austr.dian. 



282. A. pulchella, 7?. Br, in Ait. IIorL Kew. ed. 3, v. 464. An J^J- 



gant shrub, the slender branches quite glabrous or more or less ^^^^'^!^, ^^.^^ve 

 spreading hairs, and usually armed with subuhite axillary spines (a^ ^^^^_ 

 branches or peduncles). Pinnae 1 pair or very rarely a single one, on c^^^^^^.^ 

 mon petiole sometimes exceedingly short, sometimes :^ in. long, tliei 

 of the pinnse usually under \ in. nirely ^ to | in. long; leailets 4 to^^ Fj^^^ 

 obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, 1 to 2 lines rarely 3 lines long^, eV^^^ 

 on a long stipes between the pinnae or often none. Peduncles *'^^ -"j^^iied, 

 ingeach a globtdar headof flowers, usually 5-raerous. Calyx sinuate- ^ 

 about half as long as the eoroha, often readily separating into "'^^^^^^p^^j flat, 

 Petals with prominent midribs but not so striate as in A, ^tngosa- 



