﻿488 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Aeacia. 



lata, rigida, pungenti-mucronata, 2-4-pollicaria, terctia, sub Icntc tcnuissime multinervia 

 Spicae 3 lin. non excedentes. Plores plerique 5-meri. Calyx Lroviter lobatus. T.on'iimei 

 pollicare, 1^ lin. latum, durum, inter semina leviter contractum. — Fl. Austral, ii. 399. 



A. leptonenra, var. ? pungens, Meissn. in PI. Preiss. i. 12. 



Sab. South-west Australia. 



A, 



The pod is only known from a single loose valve. 



233. A. EPHEDROiDES, Bentli. I in Kooh. Lond. Jmirn. i. 370. Glabra v. junior pubes 

 cens. Phyllodia lineari-filiformia, teretia, 2-6-pollicaria, paucinervia v. obtuse 4-ffona 



Spicae 3-4 lin . longae. Mores plerique 4-meri. Calyx breviter lobatus. Legumen im 

 maturum angustissimum. — Fl. Austral, ii. 399. 



A.filifolia, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 369. 



Sab. South-west Australia. 



234. A. BuRKiTTii, F. Muell. I Benth. Fl. Austral, ii. 400. Glabra. Phyllodia lineari 

 subulata, teretia v. subcompressa, 2-3-poUicaria, striato-multinervia. Spicai 3-4 lin 

 longae. Elores plerique 4-meri. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Extratropical Central Australia. 



235. A. MicuoNErRA, Meissn. I in Fl. Preiss. i. 19. Cinereo-pubescens, mox glabrata, 

 Phyllodia anguste linearia, 2-3-pollicaria, f-l lin. lata, rigida, multinervia, costo promi- 

 nula. Spicae 3-4 lin. longae. Plores plerique 4.meri. Calyx breviter dentatus. Legu- 

 men i^notnm.—F enth. FL Austral, ii. 400 



Sab. South-west Australia. 



236 A, CYPEROPHYLLA, F Muell. I Benth. Ft, Austral, ii. 400. Cancpuberula. Phyl 

 lodia Imeari-subulata, 6-10-pollicaria, teretia v. vix compressa, sub lente striato-multi 

 nervia. Spic^ semipollice breviores. Mores plerique 5-meri. Calyx breviter dentatus 

 sepahs demum solvendis. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Extratropical East subcentral Australia : desert interior. 



237. A. -mjijTisYicATA, Benth J Fl Awitml iT^inn t ■ • . 

 mn^ n.ioV..o+o T>\. 11 A' T • \ ^^^^^'"" ^^- ^^0. Juuior minutc sericeo-pubescens^ 

 mox glabrata. Phyllodia Imeari-subulata, 1^-21 poll, longa, ri^idula teret a nromi- 

 nule paucinervia et sulcata. Spic^ laxiuscnlfP i-i r..ir ^^b^^^^a, teretia, prom 



r-oKr/ V. 1, -^ 1 . -^ iaxiusculae, a-|-poUicares. Elores plerique 4-meri 



Calyx pubescens, breviter lobatus. Ovarium tomentosnm T .n. • -^ ; ^ 



TT..T. o^„+i, X* . ,. ^^ium Lomentosum. Legumen lirnotum. 



Sab. South-west Australia 



G"""^" 15 



(See also 245. A. hrachyHachya, which has sometimes sessile spikes.) 



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Spicis peduncul 





y 



desert interior 



239. A. XYLOCAEPA y/ n^i^^ f t> ±i ^ 



viscida. Phyllodia lineari subvilltf 9 !" "".^'""'- ^'"^^ ^'^''- '• ^^O- Glabra, sub 



imean-subulata, 2-4-pomcaria, rigidula, teretia V. rarius compressa 



i. 370. Glabra, sub 



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