Flora of Aiisfirdia. 7 



deep yellow in colour, with a fairly prominent midrib, united 

 for al)Out three-quarters of their length. Stamens very nume- 

 rous, free except at the extreme base, anthers two-celled. 



Legume usually curved sharply at the base so as to form 

 various shapes, about 1 to 2 cm. long in these specimens, 

 stalked, dark brown and rather rigid, slightly compressed and 

 sparsely provided with liairs, which are more abundant at the 

 tip. Fully ripe fruit noc seen. 



The plant bears some resemblance to a s-pecimen of "A. aci- 

 phylla '' (Planta Preissiana, 976) placed under A. campylophylla, 

 but the specimen is sterile and the phyl lodes are considerably 

 longer. It comes from Steetz's Herbarium, and was marked near 

 to A. rolletioides and A. striatida. 



Acacia sericocakpa, W. V. F. = Acacia Merrallii, F. v. M. 



(Leguminosae). 



Beyond a greater tendency to hairiness in the young stem and 

 fruits no valid specific distinction can be seen, as regards flower, 

 leaf, stem, or fruit betw^een Fitzgerald's specimens and those of 

 A. MtrraJlii, F. v. M. Fitzgerald admits that ■" carpologically 

 the two species are very close," but considers that A. Merrallii 

 differs in being " almost or quite glabrous, the margins of the 

 phyllodia much thickened, and the venation hardly discernible." 

 These are, however, all variable features, and specimens con- 

 sidered to be A. Merrallii, when submited to Fitzgerald, were 

 marked A. ■iericocarpa, W. v. F. This is in fact merely a form 

 of A. Merrallii, F. v. M., in which the young fruits are con- 

 spicuously hairy. 



Allenia,! Ewart (Euphorbiaeae). After Prof. H. B. Allen. 



Flowers monoecious. Male flower — solitary, or two together 

 in axils of leaves. Perianth, ^ segments in two whorls, concave, 

 petal-like, red ; outer with broad base and narrow tip, inner 

 with narrower base and broader tip, imbricate in bud. Stamens 

 4, anther lobes separate and reniform in shape, dehiscing longi- 



1 Apart from the different second vowels, AUania Benth. is now Aldinia Endl., and 

 Allania Meissn. is now Alania Endl. 



