Acacia.] 



XL. LEGUMINOS^. 419 



longer than the leaves, bearing- each a small globular head of 12 to 15 flowers 

 mostly 5 -merous. Calyx about half as long as the corolla, truncate or sinuatc- 

 ootliecl Petals striate. Pod flat with thickened margins, rarely above 1 in. 

 long and often shorter, about 3 lines broad, the valves rolling back elastically. 

 fteeds ovate, transverse ; funicle thickened almost from the base into a small 

 am ot 2 or 3 folds under the seed.— DC. Prod. ii. 466 ; J. ciliata, E. Br. 

 w Alt. Hort. Kew. ed. 8. v. 465, not of WiUd. ; J. Brownkua, Weudl. iu 

 Flora, 1819, 139. 



^an'i^'^^^^^^'^^' ^"^? George's Sound aud aJjoiuing districts, R. Brown, Diummond, 

 5/ifo//«. 16, ft-^if., «. 902, and others. 



r.^' tl^'^''^''^- I'eaflets 5 to 7 pairs, not ciliate, but much smaller than in A. nigri- 

 <:m.~A. Endhcheri, Mcissu. iu PI. Preiss. i. 21. With the common form. 



2S9 A. Driimmondii, Lhidl. Swan Jliv. App. 15. An unarmed shrub, 



raiiclilets furrowed, minutely hoary or pubescent. Pinn« 2 pairs ; common 



petio e rarely above i in. long ; partial rhachises longer, but rarely a in., tei- 



mmatmg m straight points ; leaflets 2 to 6 pairs, oblong-linear, about 3 to 4 



mes long m the terminal pair, shorter iu the others. Peduncles solitary, often 



kT ^^^ tli<^ leaves, bearing each a cylindrical spike of i to 1 in. or rarely 



lohf l\ ^^^^''* mostly 5-merous. Calyx pubescent or hirsute, more or less 



I , ' '^^If as long as the corolla. Petals not striate but somewhat angular in the 



jJJ' '^^^l.ly sprinkled with a few rigid hairs. Pod not exceeding 1 in. long, 



o^t 3 iingg bi-Q-jj^ fljjj ^j|.|^ thickened margins, glabrous or pubescent. 



^eds transverse ; funicle short, thickened into a small aril of about 2 folds 

 ^aer the seed.— Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 23 i Lemaii-e, Jard. Fleur. t. 378 ; 



hd C ^"^*^*^*' Swan River and thence to King George's Sound, Bnmmond, \d Coll., 

 hnn ^' ' ^^^ ^^^'- ^- 1^ ' Dai ling range, Pi-eiss, n. 901 ; Vasse river, Mrs. MoUoij ; 



°gerup ranges. Maxwell; swamps, King George's Sound, Oldfield. 

 W ^^}°>'- Leaflets few, obliquely obovatc or oblong, 4 to 6 lines long ; flowers rather 

 at Kin t' ^'^^'JoUeana, Mei^sn. iu PL Preiss. ii. 20G. With the original form, especially 



y ^,p.'*°''S';'s Sound, and often scarcely distinguishable from it. 

 ■indrip I V '^''*"-'^'"''^- H'J'siite. Leaflets small with rcvolute margins. Spikes small, cy- 

 liver n,y^f- Flowers much smaller than in the ordinary form. Pod unknown.— Arthur 



\,.f'^^' W. Mount Barren, Maxwell. 

 «r obln i'*"'"^^'^* " Very hirsute. Leaflets small with revolute margins. Spikes ovoid 

 Eichp jr * *° 3 iu. long. Flowers as in the typical form. Pod unknown.— Towards Cape 

 ""^"6. Maxicell. = . i 



but ^^^^^ ^"^' ^UMMIFER^.— Trees or shrubs, without scattered prickles, 

 bulaH ""^ r ^^^^ ^^'^^^^^^ ^^'^^'^ persistent spihescent stipules. Flowers in glo- 

 tarv ^^ °'' '^"^ species not Australian) in cylindrical spik 



igt. 5191. 



spikes on simple soli- 



tajy ^ "* (."1 species not Australianj m cyj 

 ^ r Clustered peduncles. Pod very various. 



ind Jp'^f*^'*^^ of tl»is series are numerous in S. America, in Asia, and especially in Africa, 

 «ven 1 !r°** ^^ remarkable for the very great diversity in the size of the stipular spines, 

 o'l the same branch. .. 



i\2^- ^: fernesiana, mild. Sp. PI iv. 10§3. A much-branched 

 tlie t,' f. , "^1"^ a considerable size, quite glabrous or slightly pubescent ou 

 isuallv 1 A ^ and peduncles. Pinnse 4 to 6 or rarely more pairs ; leaflets 

 much 1 ^° 20 pairs, linear, about 2 lines long or on luxuriant shoots often 

 " longer. Stipules converted into slender straight thorns, very variable 



2 B 2 



