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numerous short folds, forming a large pale j^ellow aril 

 under the seed. (Uaroo, Ashburton River, N.W. | 



Acacia aciphyUa, Benth. — As the pod has been only 

 imperfectly described, a few notes are here given : — Pod 

 shortly stipitate, linear, terete, slightly contracted between 

 the seeds, with an obtuse more or less hooked apex, max. 

 length 5-6 cm. by 0*15 cm. broad. Seeds longitudinal, 

 linear-oblong, brown ; funicle slender, thickened and re- 

 peatedly folded below seed, and forming a white cup- 

 shaped membranous aril embracing its base. (Kununoppin. 

 F. E. Victor.) 



Acacia cpliedroides, Benth. — Pod on a stalk of 3-4 mm., 

 linear, flat, obtuse or bluntly hooked at top, length Cr5 cm., 

 breadth over seeds 025 cm., valves coriaceous, thickened 

 along margins, contracted between seeds, light brown, 

 veined on surface. Seeds longitudinal, narrow-ovate, 3 mm. 

 in length, smooth, brown, funicle forming a number of 

 large folds and expanding into a large white membranous 

 aril below the seed. (Kununoppin. F. E. Victor. ) 



Acacia stereophylla, Meissn. — This specimen agrees 

 perfectly with the description of A. stereophylla as given 

 by Bentham ("Fl. Aus.," ii. 404) as well as by Meissner 

 himself (" PI. Preiss," ii. 203), but as its fruit does not 

 appear to have been hitherto met with, a description of the 

 pod is here given. 



Pod shortly stipitate ; flat, straight, oblong-linear, bluntly 

 mucronate, obscurely reticulate, valves chartaceous, light 

 brown, slightly thickened along margins, 1-2*5 cm. in 

 length by 0"3-0"4 cm. broad. Seeds longitudinal, ovate, 

 turgid, brown, smooth and shining, at most 025 cm. by 

 0'15 cm. ; funicle very slender in lower half, but folded 

 and thickened above, forming a large membranous aril, as 

 in A. acuminata. (Kununoppin. F. E. Victor.) 



E. Pritzel has come to the conclusion that A. cibaria, 

 F. v. M., is really the plant known as A. stereophyUa, but 

 this decision is evidently not based on an examination of 

 the original or any other specimens of A. stereophylla, but 

 on the published description only. -4. cibaria (the de- 

 scription of which is not available here) is believed to have 

 all the characters of A. stereophylla as described, and 

 therefore is the same species. Pritzel, however, describes 



