4|g XL. LEGUMINOS^. 



^Acacia> 



and pod very different. 



A 



pairs, or fewer 

 lines lonor, flat 



% in the rliacliis of tlie pinnae often above 1 In. ; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, 

 obliquely oblong, 4 to 6 lines long. Peduncles 2 or 3 together, slender, 

 about i in. long, bearing each a head of 3 to 8 rather large globular 4-nierous 

 flowers Calvx very short, truncate or sinuate-toothed. Petals smoo h, 



nearly 1^ Hues long, united at the base. Pod flat, coriaceous, almost woocy, 



acurniuate, narrowed at the base, about 3 Hues broad, with broad inargms. 



Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; funicle small, thickened into a very small obloii- 



club-shaped aril with a short filiform fold below it. 



W. Australia, Brnmmond, 2nd Coll., «. 157 ; Princess Royal Harljoar and Mount 

 Bakewell, Preus, n. 887 {partly) and 891. Foliage nearly of A. nigncms, but flo^e:^ 



„^„. „.._ans, n. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Kew. ed. 3, v. 465. A gla- 

 brous unarmed°hrub, branchlcts scarcely angular. Pinnre 1 or 3 pa'i'S o" a 

 short common petiole, the partial rhachis ^ to 1 in. long; leaflets o ta lu 



iu the lower pinnte, obovate-lanceolate or Imear-oblong, d to a 

 unes long, uai, or with recurved margins. Peduncles about \ in. long, bcanng 

 each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more 5-merous flowers. Calyx not iia 

 as long as the corolla, truncate or sinuate-toothed. Petals ratuer thicK, mo 



or less conspicuously striate. Pod Hat, 1 to U in- long' 'i^^o"* ^ ^'f ^ ^°^: 

 with thickened margins*, the valves rather hard, rolling back elastically. se = 

 ovate, transverse, the last fold and part of the lower fold ol tje tumc 

 thickened into a small oblong appressed nnl-— Mimosa nigricam, |-»."i'" ' 

 Nov. Holl. ii. 8S, t. 238, not of Vahl ; A. niijrlcms, DC. Prod, u.^oo, 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2188 ;• Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 313 ; Meissu. in PI. Preiss. i. > 

 A. rulafoUa, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. 444. 



W. Australia. King George's Sound and adjoining districts, Mcnzies, R rown, 

 Drummond, n. 314 and hth Coll. n. 18, Preiss, u. 887 {parthj), and others. 



287. A. obscura, A. DC. Not. 6. PI. Ear. Jard. Gen. 23. t. 3. ^AnJ^"^" 

 armed shrub, more or less pubescent or hirsute, branchlcts scarcely a^ ^^ '^^ 

 Pinnae 1, 2 or very rarely 3 pairs on a short common petiole, leaflets o^^^^ ^ 

 or rarely more pairs, from ovate to linear-oblong, 2 to 3 '^^' ''^? V"^ hr lif a J 

 lines long. Peduncles slender, clustered, bearing each a small n'*^ '" ' ^jj^d. 

 of about 12 to 15 5-raerous flowers. Calvx short, truncate oi' si""J^^'^ , ^^.jji, 

 Petals somewhat striate. Pod flat, about 1 in. long and 3 lines 'J\''' ',g^. 

 thickened margins, the valves rolling back elastically. Seeds ovate, tia^^^,^^ . 

 funicle thickened into a small oblong-clavate aril. — Meissn. ni • -^^^ 

 20 ; A. Preisslana, Lehm. Del. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1842 ; A. ^^"'°f\,^th. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4653, copied into Lemaire, Jard. Tleur. t. 322, not o^ ^^^^^^^^^ 



■W. Australia. Goose Island Bay, R. Brown ; King George's Sound ari a(^^^ ^_ 

 districts. Barter, Dnmmoud, 2nd Coll. n. 153, Mh Coll. n. 18, 5M (-o'l. n. , ^^^^,i 

 885,889 {partly); eastward to W. Mount Barren, Maxwell; Gordon |,.^g,.; from the 

 Closely aUied on the one hand to A. sfrlf/osa, ou the other to^. "'^'■*'^?fg^g,ji8. 

 former chiefly iu the more numerous leaflets, from the latter in the luspi , 



, •• ^ ^ i An unnnne*! 



288. A. strigosa, Link, Emm. Hort. Berol. ii. 444. a" ^^ ^^^^^ 



slirub of 2 to 4 ft. ; branchlcts slender, terete, pubescent Inrsu .^i 



almost glabrous. Pinnec 2 or rarely 1 pair, the common petiole ^ ^^^^^^^ ^ 

 rhachis each usually 1 to 2 lines long, leaflets I to 4 P''"'^'p ||J||°iesskmlcr. 

 .to 2 lines long, glai)rous or ciliate with short rigid hairs. P*^^ ^" 



