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sessiles acuminate. Ovarium sessile. Legumen lineare v. ob- 
longum, planum, teres v. tortuosum, seepius marginatum, rec- 
tum faleatum v. varie flexuosum v. tortum, intus nudum v. 
inter semina septatum, valvulis coriaceis v. lignosis rarius 
submembranaceis dehiscens. Semina seepe strophiolata. 
The broad, short, almost semilunar pod, is peculiar to the 
Alate; the woody septate pod, with elastic valves, is only 
found in some of the Juliflore ; the somewhat fleshy valves 
in one or two of the Dimidiate 
$1. Aphylle. Phyllodia omnino nulla, gemmis nudis v. 
1. A. restiacea (sp.n.), glabra, ramulis substriatis muticis 
aphyllis, capitulis pedunculatis racemosis multifloris, racemis 
basi squamis imbricatis suffultis.—Frutex ascendens, ramulis 
junciformibus. Nodi omnino nudi. Racemi laterales, laxi, 
bipollicares, flexuosi. Squamz ovato-lanceolate, concave, 
fusce, striatule, interiores 3 lin. longe. Bractex, squamis 
interioribus similes, ad apices pedunculorum capitula juniora 
includunt, demum decidue. Flores pentameri. Calyx 
tenuissimus, profunde fissus. Ovarium glabrum.—Swan Ri- 
ver, Preiss, n. 323. 
2. A. spinescens (sp.n.), glabra, ramulis striatis spines- 
centibus aphyllis, gemmis squamulatis, capitulis sessilibus 
2-6 floris, calyce truncato subdentato dimidio corolle breviore. 
—Squamule ad nodos parve, fuscze, lanceolate, gemmas juni- 
ores obtegunt. Flores magnitudine A. alate, plerique penta- 
meri, petalis nervatis. —Australia, Fraser. 
$2. Alate. Ramuli phyllodiis decurrentibus 2-3-fariam alati. 
Stipule spiniscentes v. sepius minime deciduæ.  Inflo- 
rescentia capitata, simplex v. irregulariter racemosa, rarius 
spicata. 
3. A. bossievides (Cunn. MSS.) glaberrima, glauca, stipulis 
parvis lanceolato-semisagittatis, phyllodiis triangularibus 
submuticis marginatis eglandulosis v. basi superiore minute 
glanduliferis reticulato-venosis longe et late bifariam de- 
currentibus, cum phyllodio inferiore in alam continuam 
connatis,— Liverpool River, N. Coast, A. Cunmingham. 
