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XL. LEGUMINOSiE. 



[Acacia, 



Z^ 2::^Z^rZr%^^s usually 2 o^ 3 togeO^ev in the^lder 

 axUs each bearing a lobular head of numerous 5-merous flowei-s. Bk ts 

 sm 11 clo e uuder the flower-head. Calyx above half as long as the eoi-o l. 

 P™d h^ck irregularly cyUndrieal or spiudle-shaped, 2 to 3 m. long, ui dehiscent, 

 fiUed w th a pithv sabstanee in the midst of which lie the seeds Seeds ob- 

 Squei; transverse, with short funieles.-DO. Prod. ii. 461 ; rac^^.fa,.e. 

 siana:^Y. and Arn. Prod. 272, with the synonymy adduced; Wight, Ic. t. 

 300 ; J. lenticelhta, ¥. Muell. in Journ. Lmn. Soc. in. 147. 



N Australia. N.W. coast, A. Cannlncjham ; Nichol Bay, F. Gregory s Expedition , 

 ■Sturt's Creek aud M'Artliar river, F. Mueller ; Albert river, JJf^ff. 

 Queensland, Port Deuison, Fitzala» ; in the interior, Mitchell 

 N. S.Wales. In the interior, A. aannwgham ; Darling river to Cooper s wee , 



conimoD, Victorian and Howitt's Expedltiotis. . , , P^, , ^ y^ ^nch 



The species is very eommon in tropical couuti icb in the New and the 0^ ^^"^ J^^";. 

 planted for ornament or for the perfume extracted from its flowers, and read J ^^^S^ 

 Believed by some to be of American origin, by others tobe truly indigenous al.o in Atr.ca 

 and Asia, aud has every appearance of being so iu Australia. 



^'n.A.snheros&,A.Cnnn.;BenthAnIIooLLoud.JoumiA99^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 terete or nearly so, more or less hirsute, the older ones wdh a shgh y coj^^)_ 

 bark. Pinnaj 1 or 2 pairs, the common petiole about j m-. t»e P'^i"''^ ., 

 chis nearly i in. long; leaflets 8 to 12 pairs, oblong-hnear, tl';;k and ^ , 

 obtuse, 1 to 2 lines long, more or less hirsute or cihate. Stipules spu en - 

 short, slender, and straight. Flowers not seen, except some f S'^™^ .^^ 

 mains on a short thick peduncle. Pod flat, but rather thick with eoi'v^^-_ 

 valves, about 3 in. long, i to nearly i in. broad, pubescent, ^^e^ « -^^^j 

 dinal, broadly ovate, woolly-pubescent. Puniclc folded and sUgiuiJ 

 under the seed. ^. lo-i-jver, 



If, AustraUa. Vansittart Bay and Careening Bay, A. CunnhigJiam ; Wieu ^ 



J. Martin. 



A. BidwiUi 



Glabrous ; branches 



mostly terete. Pinnae 15 to 20 pairs, the common petiole ^ w ^.^ .^^ 

 partial rhachis \ to 1 in. long; leaflets 15 to 25 pairs, oblong, oOtiu , o 



partial rhachis ^ to i in. long; leaneis io lo ^'o p.".=, "— -o; ,. io„!r, 

 scarcely 1 line long. Stipules spinescent and sometimes j lo o ^^^^^^ ^^^ 

 usually very small or quite obsolete. Peduncles solitary, witn an . ^^^ ^^ 

 ciduous 4-lobed bract about the middle, bearing n globular h^acl or • ^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 rather more 4-merous flowers and sometimes 1 or 2 lower clown i ^^^^^^^ 

 each flower often 2 lines long. Calyx shortly toothed, lew ^^^^^^ 

 united above the middle. Pod straight, 3 to 6 in. long, ''^^'*V'j^^g'ie,igtli- 

 narrowed at the base ; valves coriaceous, somewhat convex, lei ' ^^^^^ ^^^ 

 wise. Seeds large, ovate, longitudinal ; funicle slightly tlucKeut 

 base upwards, very shortly inflexed or folded under the seed. 



H. Australia. Whitsunday and Gloster Islands, Henne. T>„„ison, F'diala*- 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidieill ; Rockharnptou, Dallachy; 1 "" j;^' u„kuoffn- - 

 Tar. (?) major. Leaflets sometimes 2 lines long. Seeds broader. ^' referred 



Ridges of the Victoria river, F. Mueller. To this belong the fruiting speciui 

 A. pallida, F. Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 14?. f some Alh^"^ 



The flowers of this species have at first sight some respmblaiice to tJ o e ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^, 

 but the stamens are quite fr.e, allhough inserted on a small prominent ais 



not united in a tube round the ovary, as in all the 7«y«-flowercd genera. 



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