422 XL. LEGUMiNOS^f:. [Albtzzia. 



united at tlie base into n tube ratber sborter than tbe corolla. Pod often 

 above 3 in louK, 4 to S lines broad, very flat. Seeds transverse, ovate or or- 

 bieular.-iLr.V.osa dlstaeh>/a. Vent. Jard. Cels. t 20 not o^0.yy3Leleffan^, 

 Andr. Bot. Kep. t. 5G3 ; Jcack lophardlm, Wdld. Sp. PI. iv. 1070; Bot. 

 Reo-. t. 3B1 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 716 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2108. 



W. Australia. Goose Tsland Bav, R. Brown : King George's Sound Baxter; Geo- 

 graiihe Bay, Fraser ; Cape Naturaliste, Oldjield ; Swan Itiver ?, Bnmmona. 



2 A. basaltica, Benih. A slirub ; brancblets nearly terete, rusty with 

 a minute glandular pubescence. Pinn^ 1 or 2 pairs, the coiumon petiok 

 rarely i fn. long and often very sliort ; leaflets 5 to 10_ pairs, oblong or 

 almost ovate, very obtuse, mostly 2 to 3 lines long, coriaceous mmuteiy 

 hoarv-pubesccnt. Peduncles in the upper axils scarcely exceeding the leaves, 

 bearing a dense globular head of about 20 to 30 flowers, mostly ^-meTo^s, 

 about li lines long. Calyx pubescent, shortly lobed, about t^^o-thnUs as 

 long as the corolia. Staminal tube nearly as long as the corolla, tue n la- 

 ments much longer. Pod about 3 in. long, 4 to 5 lines broad, conaceous, 

 very flat, with thickened margins. Seeds flat, orbicular.— ^t^«"a basaUica, 

 i\ Muell. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 146. 



; Queensland. Basaltic plains, Peak Downs, F. Mueller; Bowen rim, Bowman; 

 Zamia Creek and Comet river, Leichhardt. 



■ 3. A. Thozetiana, I. Muell. Herb. A tree, attaining 50 t^L .^Jj*^' 

 with a dense spreading head, glabrous or the young shoots hoary. ^^^ . 

 pair, with a short common petiole; leaflets 2, 3, or very rarely 4 P^^^' 

 Guneate-oblong or broadly linear, ver}^ obtuse, the end ones a to ^ ^.'^- j^^^^' 

 the lower ones much smaller. Peduncles in the upper axils 3 to i ™- ^_' 

 bearing each a globular head of 20 to 30 or more flowers, 5-merous^oi s^^ 



times 4-merous, minutely hoary-pubescent, about 1^ ^'^^^r •^' 1 1 e nre- • 

 tubular, more than half as long as tlie corolla, but nan-ower|hau i" ^'^'^ jjj|,_ 

 ceding species. Pod attaining 6 to 8 in. iti length and \ to * i"- ^^ '^^ ^ 

 very fiat, with thickened margins. Seeds very flat, orbicular, bordcre . 

 narrow wing. — Jcacla Thozetiana, F. Muell. Pragra. iv. 9. f/o-ei, 



Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidm/l, LekUhardt ; Fort Cooper, Kocldiampton, 



A tall tree, tlie 



allv ? 



Tliozet 



A. urocera. BentJi. in ff( 



young shoots slightly silky-pubescent, at length glabrous. . " g ^^^ g W"'^' 

 pairs, distant along a common petiole often \ ft. long, ; leaflets ^ ^^j-oad, 

 obliquely oval-oblong, usually obtuse, often nearly 1 in. long and , ^j^gj^^jy 



^ery unequally narrowed at the base, penniveiued but not very p .^^ j^j^g^ 

 so, minutely hoary-pubescent or glabrous above. Peduncles aliou j^i^^jiar 

 in clusters of 2 or 3, in a loose terminal panicle, each "^'J""^ ' ^^jian 3 

 head of 15 to 20 sessile flowers, mostly 5-incrous, and scarcely m |^^g^ 

 lines long, including the stamens. Corolla slender, less than i ^^^ 



divided to the middle. Pod 5 to 7 in. long, 9 to 10 lines broaa, ^j^^ 

 qnd thin. Seeds veiy flat, orbicular.— ilfiw?osfl procera, Koxt>- ■ g^ 

 ii. 12, t. 121 ; A. elata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 546 ; Acacia p'ocera, 



PI. iv. 10G3. 



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Gloucester Island, Ilenne. Widely distributed over S. E. In '» 



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