﻿Acacia.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 471 



Var. ? VAKiANS, Phyllodia ssepius majora, latiora, fere ut in A. penninervi, penniveniaj glandula tamen 

 marginali carentia. An species propria? 



A. varians, Bentli. in Mitch, Trop. Austr. 132. 



Sab. Tropical and subtropical East Australia. 



139. A. BOSTELLiFERA, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 356. Glabra, A. saUcinoi 

 valde affinis. Phyllodia lineari-lanceolata, 2-5-pollicaria, costa prominula, venis obscuris. 

 Capitula multiflora et calyx brevis A. salicince. Petala laevia nee costata ut in aliiDi 

 A. cyanophylla. Legumen ignotum. — Benth. Fl. Austral, ii. 3C8. 



A. subbinervia, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 16. 



Sah. South-west Australia. 



140. A. PYCNOPHYLLA, Benth, ! Fl. Austral, ii. 368. Glabra. Phyllodia cojiferta, 

 erecta, linearia, obtusa, 1^3-pollicaria, crassiuscula, praitcr costam cncrvin, oglandulosa. 

 Capitula 10-15-flora. Calyx breviter lobatus. Lcgumen lincaro, plaiiiuu, 1 J-2 llu. latum, 

 inter semina continuum, marginibus incrassatis. 



A. crassiuscula, Meissn. ! in PI. Preiss. i. 16, non Sieb. 



Sab. South-west Australia. 



141. A. Hahveyi, Benth. ! Fl. Austral, ii. 368. Glabra, rbyllodia uiigustc^ linearia, 

 obtusa, 2-3-pollicaria, basi contracta, crassiuscula, costa vix prominula, avcnia. Capi- 

 tula parva, multiflora. Calyx breviter lobatus. Legumen planum, 3-pollicare v. longius, 

 ultra ^ poll, latum, coriaceum, transverse reticulatum, marginibus vix incrassatis. 



A. ramosissima, Benth. olim ex parte ; Meissn. ! in PI. Preiss. i. 16. 



Sab. South-west Australia. 



The phyllodia closely resemble those of A. ramosissima and A. pycnophylla ; but the pod is very 



different. 



(See also the longest-leaved forms of 151. A. crassiuscula and 152. A. decora.) > 



**** Bhylloclia linearia v. lanceolata. Legumen planum, obtusissimnm, seminibm trans- 



versis. II acemi junior es scepius bi^acteis imbricatis obtecti. Sepala distincta. 



t Bamuli acutanguli. Sepala tenuissima. Legumen coriacemi. 



142. A. SUAVEOLENS, Willd. Spec. iv. 1050. Glabra, saepe glauca. Phyllodia linearia 

 V. sublanceolata, pleraque 3-4-pollicaria v. interdum longiora, costa mnrginibusque nervi- 

 formibus prominejitibus. Capitula 6-10-flora. Legumen 1-lf pollicare, G-8 lin. latum. 



Lodd. Bat. Cab. t. 730 ; Beichb. Ic. et Bescr. Fl. t. 46; Benlh. Fl. Austral, ii. 369. 



Mimosa suaveolens, Sm. ! in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 253; Labill. ! PI. Nor. Holl. ii. 87, t. 236. 



M. obliqua, Lam. in Journ. Hist. Nat. i. 89, t. 5, non Pers. 



Acacia obliqua, Desv. .Tourn. liot. 1814, i. 67. 



M. angustifoUa, Jacq. Hort. Schocnbr. iii. 74, t. 3U1. 



Acacia angustifoUa, AVendl. Comm. Acac. 34. 



A. odor at a, Desv. Journ. Bot. 1814, i. Q7. 



Mimosa ambigua, Salisb. Prod. 325. 



Sab. Extratropical South-east Australia and Tasmania. 



143. A. SUBC^RULEA, Lindl. ! Bot. Beg. t. 1075. Glabra, gkuca. Phyllodia linearia 

 lanceolata, li-3-pollicaria, 2-4 lin. lata, costa prominula, marginibus teniutcr nervi- 



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