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ON THE MIMOSEiE. Mada. 



Wendl 



A. cinerascens, Sieb. ! in DC. Prod. ii. 454 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3174 

 A. leucadendron, A. Cunn. ! Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 374. 



JECab. Extratropical (and subtropical ?) East Australia. 



258. A. CuNNiNGHAMi, Soolc. I Ic. FL 1. 165, no7i G. Don. Glabra v. cano-pubesccns, 

 ramulis insigniter acutanguHs. Phyllodia falcato-oblonga v. lanceolata, semipedalia et 

 1-1 J poll, lata V. in raniis sterilibus majora, nervis numerosis parallolis, 3-5 magis pro- 

 minulis, 1-2 ad basin cum margine confluentibus. Spicae longiusculsD, densae. Calyx 

 sinuato-dentatus. Legumen lineare, flexuosum v. contortum, 1-2 lin. latum. — Benth. 



Fl. Austral, ii. 407. 



A. longispicata, Benth. in Mitch. Trop. Austr. 298. 



Sab. Extratropical and subtropical Australia. 



259. A. LEPTOCARPA, A. Cunn. ! Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 376. Glabra, ra- 

 mulis vix angulatis. Phyllodia lanceolato-falcata, 4-6-pollicaria, medio 4i-8 lin. lata, 

 nervis tenuibus, ad 3 magis prominulis, numerosis tenuissimis parallelis subdissitis rarius 

 anastomosantibus. Spicae 1^2-pollicares, laxiusculse. Calyx sinuato-dentatus. Legu- 

 men lineare, subrectum, pluripoUicare, 1^-2 lin. latum, valvis ad semina convexis, inter 

 semina contractum. — M. Austral, ii. 407. 



Hah. Tropical East Australia. 



260. A. POLYSTACHTA, A. Cunn. ! Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 376. Glabra, ra- 

 mulis vix angulatis. Phyllodia falcato-oblonga v. lanceolata, 6-10-pollicaria, medio 1-li 

 poll, lata, nervis tenuibus, 3-5 magis prominulis, numerosis tenuissimis parallelis sub- 

 dissitis hinc inde anastomosantibus. Spicae tenues, 1-2-pollicares, laxiusculce. Calyx 

 sinuato-dentatus. Legumen flexuosum, pluripoUicare, 5-6 lin. latum, valvis planis 

 tenuiter coriaceis. — Fl. Austral, ii. 407. 



Hab. Tropical North and East Australia. 



Phyllodia nearly of A. leptocarpa, but the pod different. 



261. A. HOLOCARPA, Benth. ! Fl. Austral ii. 408. Glabra, ramulis tenuibus teretibus. 

 Phyllodia late falcata 4-5- v. forte 6-polUcaria, medio i-f poll, lata, nervis 2-3 promi- 

 nuUs numerosisque tenuibus parallelis confertissimis. Spic^ subsessiles, tenues, densi- 

 florse. ^ Calyx alte lobatus. Legumen elongatum, tenue, subteres, longitudinaliter striatum, 

 ad 2 lin. diametro. 



Hab. Tropical East Australia. 



very 



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Legumen ubi notum latiusculum coriaceum v. rarius tenue. Semina valde obliq 



subtransver sa 



group 



^mh»JJ^ ■ 1 1. ,, • 1 •''' '^ """'' °^ *" P'^^'^i'^g species, the seeds appear to have been 



embedded m a pulp, which m drymg forms spurious dissepiments between them 



262 A. PLECiocAi^PA, A. Cnnn. ! Benth. in Sook. Land. Journ. i. 375. Glabra s«pe- 

 r tr' '"""f," ^"""^^f'- I'l^yll^di'^ Mcato-lanceolata, 4-6.pollicaria. medio 4-8 

 supenores sa^pe paniculate. Caly. minute dentatus. Legumen li-2.poUicare, 3-4 Kn. 



