Leguminosa.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 105 
corollse dimidium sequantibus, legumine late-lineari marginato. — A. ncobBfolD I, 
Berth, in Loncl Joum. Bot. i. 337. {Gunn, 207 et 207 ?) (Tab. XIX.) 
Hab. South Esk River, thirty miles south of Launccston, summit of W MU m .Mountains, and Arthur's 
Lake, 3-4000 feet, Gunn. Ouse Bridge and Falls of the Derwcnt, ./. D. //.— (11 Dec.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. Mountains of South-eastern Australia. 
A small shrub, 2-3 feet high, with draggling, depressed, rigid, woody braneh. <. SV />?;'.. v \,n minute, ovate 
Phyllodia -\-± inch long, very rigid, pungent, one-nerved, linear or lanceolate, acuminate, slightly contracted at the 
base, straight or falcate. Capitula on very short peduncles, spherical. Pods linear. pedicelled, about 1 mch bag 
and \ broad, much compressed, with thickened edges; valves glaucous, bullate, membranous. > 
nearly orbicular, much compressed, jet black, shining. — Very nearly allied to A. sicultpfortuis of New South W ales, 
but that plant has longer peduncles, ami its fruit is unknown ; it is improbable that it should prove the same as 
this, which is an alpine species.— Plate XIX. Fig. 1, branch, leaf, and capitolmu ; I, flower j 8, ovary ; k pod : 
5, seed; 6, 7, seed; 8, transverse section, and 9, longitudinal section of seed; 10, embryo -.—all but figs. \ and 
5 magnified. 
3. Acacia diffusa (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 632) ; frutex humilis diffusus glaber, ramulis angulatis, phvl- 
lodiis linearibus angustis rigidis crassis pungenti-mucronatis uninerviis aveuiis sicco substriatis bra vix 
angustatis, pedunculis solitariis gcmiiiis\e sjduericis uumucvphalis, capitulo inultilloro, leguniine longe 
lineari compresso. — Benth. in Loncl. Joum. Bot. i. 337. A. prostata, L <><!,!. lh>. Cob. 031. {Gunn, 131.) 
IIab. Abundant in dry places, and especially In roadsides, throughout the Island. — (M. Oct. I'cc.) 
(.. v.) 
A small bush, rarely growing to more than 3 feet in height, but sometimes forming a dimmutiv. 
spreading, often prostrate, rigid, angled. Phyllodia 1-2 inches long, linear, rigid, pungent, onc-n. :■ 
at the base. Peduncles generally two or three together. 1-1 inch long, -holier than the phyllodia. ' 
rical. Flower* very numerous. Corolla campanulate, trifid or quadrifid. Pod stalked, 2-5 inches long, narrow, 
linear, fuscous, with pale, thickened margins; valves coriaceous. Seedt numerous, linear-oblong, rounded at both 
ends; testa dark brown, opaque; funiculus with a large thickened strophulus. 
This very distinct and abundant species has not been found in Australia, though it is frequent in the islands 
of Bass' Straits; it is however very closely allied to the New South Wales and South-east Austral! 
which differs chiefly in the narrower phyllodia. 
4. Acacia juniperina (Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1049); fruticulus humilis, ramulis teretibus pubescenti- 
bus glabratisve, stipulis subulatis, phyllodiis lineari-subulatis rigidis glabris acuminato-pungentibus nervo 
prominente subtetragonis basi latiore sessilibus, pedunculis solitariis monocephalis phyllodiis sublongioribus, 
capitulis sphcericis, bracteolis acuminatis, sepalis subliberis, legumine (immature) lineari piano inter semina 
seepius contracto.— BmtA. in Land. Joum. Bot, i. 339; rent. Malm. t. 04; Lodd. Bot. Cab. S98. A. 
echinula, DC. Prodr. ii. 449. {Gunn, 1950.) 
Hab. Near Georgetown and West Head, in light sandy land, Gunn.— (Fl. Sept.) 
Distrib. A t cw South Wales and South-eastern Australia. 
A small diffuse shrub, growing in patches. — Branch* teivte, rather lender, pubescent or almost glabrous. 
Phyllodia \-\ inch long, rigid, linear-subulate with a pungent point, tetragonous, inserted by a broad base. 
Peduncles generally solitary, \ inch long. Capitula spherical, many-flowered. Pod (unripe only seen, 
tralian specimens) 1-3 inches long, more or less curved, linear, narrow, shortly stalked. 
5. Acacia ovoidea (Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. i. 339) ; prostrata, glabra, ramulis gracilibus 
an»ulato-striatis, phyllodiis divaricatis hinc inde verticillatis lineari-subulatis rigidis acuminato-pungentibus 
nervo prominente subtetragonis basi non (aut vix ima basi) angustatis, pedunculis phyllodiis brevionbus 
