128 MIMOSE^. 





eaves apparently simple. b 



Leaves bipinnate ; leaflets forty to fifty pairs on each of 

 [ eight to fifteen pairs of pinnas ....... c 



r Phyllode with one main nerve and many slender side- 

 J veins. .... ^ ...... A. retinodes. 



} Phyllode with three or four main nerves and very 

 [ slender parallel veins. .... A. melanoxylon. 



r Foliage green, young shoots golden. Flower-heads pale, 



I yellow. Pod distinctly constricted between the seeds. 



c ^ A. decurrens. 



Foliage bluish, young parts not yellow. Flower-heads 



golden yellow. Pod not constricted. . A. dealbata. 



Acacia retinodes Schlecht ; Benth- FL Aust. ii 362, 

 CXXVII *; a native of Victoria and South Australia. 

 Bourne 205 1. 



Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. ; Bejith. FL Aust. ii 388 ; 

 CXXVII * ^ ; Black-wood of Australia. Planted every- 

 where on these levels. Native of New South Wales, 

 Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, t. 93. Fyso?t 



3024. 



Acacia decurrens Willd. ; BeJtth- FL Aust' ii 414; 

 CXXVII -^ * -^ ; Green or Black Wattle of Australia. 

 Planted. Native of South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, 

 New South Wales. 



Acacia dealbata Link; Benth. FL Aust. ii 415 ; 

 CXXVII ^ ^ * * ^ ; Silver Wattle of Australia. Native of 

 New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, t. 94. Fyson 

 3022. 



ALBIZZIA. F.B.I. 50CXXVIII. 



Like ACACIA but sepals and petals five each ; stamens 

 numerous, united at the base in a tube ; pod very broad 

 and thin ; seeds compressed, their stalks slender. 



Species 25 to 30, in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia. 

 In India ten, one of the commonest being A. lebbek, common 

 in Madras. 



Albizzia lophantha Bentham ; CXXVIII 10 * ; a small 

 tree with bipinnate leaves of very small leaflets, and 



