Victorian Plants. 185 



LECrUIVIIIVOSAE. 

 ACACIA. 



889. Leaves reduced to usually foliaceous-dilated and often 



vertical leafstalks (phyllodia), rarely absent ... 890 



Leaves bipinnate '.. ... ... .. 946 



890. Phyllodia absent, the branchlets resembling phyllodia 891 

 Phyllodia present, articulated on the branchlets ... 892 



891. Flowers very small, few in each headlet. 



Low shrub ; branchlets furrowed, pungent ; headlets of 

 flowers solitary, nearly sessile ; fruit narrow, constricted 

 between the seeds ; arillar seed-appendage narrow, pale 

 or brownish. A. spiiiescens. 



Flowers rather large, many in each headlet. 



Low shrub ; branchlets pungent ; headlets of flowers soli- 

 tary, on very short stalks ; fruit narrow, constricted 

 between the seeds ; arillar seed-appendage narrow, pale 

 or brownish. A. continua. 



892. Flowers in globular headlets ... ... 893 



Flowers in almost cylindrical spikes ... .. ... 937 



893. Phyllodia spinular-pungent. (Also some forms of A. lani- 



gera) .' 894 



Phyllodia blunt or recurved-pointed ... ... ... 901 



894. Phyllodia from compressed-cylindrical and linear to 



narrow-lanceolar ... ... ... ... ... 895 



Phyllodia somewhat triangular ... ... ... 900 



895. Phyllodia equally streaked by several subtle venules. 



Shrub, rather tall ; phyllodia sessile, rigid, compressed- 

 cylindrical, very narrow, straight-pointed; stipules absent; 

 headlets of flowers solitary or two together, on very 

 short stalks ; fruit narrow, much curved ; arillar seed- 

 appendage almost cup-shaped, amply clasping, bright- or 

 orange-yellow. A. colletioides. 



Phyllodia lined by only one prominent venule ... 896 



