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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE M1M0SE.E. [Acacia. 



brevissime pedunculatas v. subsessiles, ovoideae, 2-3 lin. longap. Florcs plerique 5-meri 

 Sepala distincta. Legumen ignotum. Au A. aneurce var. ? 

 Sab. Extratropical East Australia : desert interior. 



D. Falcatse. Phyllodia scepius elongata v. am/pla, plus minus falcatay apice haslque 

 contractat nervis venisque crehrls parallelis, 1-3 plurihusve sapiiis magis promimilis, 

 nuioribus scepe anastomosantibus . Spicce temies, scephts densijlora. Flares plerique 



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Legumen ubi notum a7igustum, scminibus longitudinalibus 



. 246. A. coNSPERSA, F. Mtiell. ! in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 140. . Laxe puberula. Stipulse 

 parvae, fuscae. Phyllodia lanceolata, subfalcata, 2'3-polliearia, 2-4 lin. lata, 1-3-nervia 

 et crebre parallele venulosa. Mores ignoti. Leorumen lineare, rectum v. subfalcatum. 



IJ lin. latum, crassiusculum, valvis duris leviter Gi^nxe^h.—Benth. Fl. Austral, ii. 408. 

 Hab. Tropical Nortb Australia. 



247. A. DORATOXYLON, A. Cunn. I in Field, Neic S. Wales, 345. Glabra, cinerascens. 

 Phyllodia elongato-linearia, subfalcata, 4-8-pollicaria, 2-3, rarius 4 lin. lata, crassiuscula, 

 tenuiter multinervia, costa prominula. Spicae densiusculae. Calyx sinuato-dentatus. 

 Legumen ignotum.—B enth, Fl. Attsfral. ii. 403. 



Rab. Extratropical and subtropical East and Central Australia : desert interior. 



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248. A. ACUMINATA, Bentk. ! in Rook. Lond. Journ. i. 373. Glabra v. junior sericeo- 

 V. aureo-pubescens. Phyllodia elongato-linearia, subfalcata, 3-10-pollicaria, 2-3 lin. lata, 

 tenuiter multinervia, costa prominula. Spicae densiuscul^. Plores quam in A. dora- 

 toxylo majores. Sepala facile solvenda. Legumen lineare, 2-2^ lin. latum, valvis ad 

 semina convexis, inter semina subcontractum.— i^Z. Austral, ii. 404. 



A. doratoxyhn, Meissn. ! in PL Preiss. i. 19, vix A. Cunn. 

 A. Oldfieldii, P. Muell. ! Fragm. Phytogr. Austral, iv. 7. 



Hab. South-west Australia. Possibly a western variety only of A. doratoxyhn. 



249. A. STEEEOPHYLLA, Meissn. ! in PL Freiss. ii. 203. Glaberrima Phyllodia 

 Imearia, subfalcata, 3-5-pollicaria, 1^-3 lin. lata, crassa, rigidula, tenuiter multinervia. 

 Spicae densae, subsessiles. Sepala distincta v. vix coh^rentia. Le-umen i-notum 



Benth. Fl. Austral, ii. 404. 

 Hah. South-west Australia. 



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250. A. siGNATA J-. Muell. ! Fragm. Phytogr. Austral, ir. 7. Glabra, glauca. Phyl- 

 lodia Imean-lanceolata, 2-5-pollicaria, obtasa, basi contracta. rigidula. tenuiter multi- 



nema. Spic» pedunculate Plores ignoti. I^gu^eu breviter stipitatum, planum, 



com,^um, sub- S-polhcare, ad 3 Im. latum, marginibus iuerassatis.-/e«^A. Fi: Austral. 



11. 404. 



Hab. South-west Australia. 



The foliage of the last three species is nearly identical. 



251. A. DELiBRATA, ^. Cunn. I Benth «« Unnh tit . ^' . 

 pubescens glabrescens Phvlln r i ! ""^^ ^^^'''^- ^' ^^^' ^^^^^^ ^^^'^"'^' 

 Krbafd c I r^^^^^^^^ Imean-lanceolata, falcata, 4-6.pollicaria, medio 2-5 

 hn. lata, baud crassa, nervis ad 3 prominulis, pluribusque tenuibus bine inde anastomo- 



