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calyce tenui glabro perinsequaliter lobato quam corolla breviori, 

 tubo lato brevique, lobo longissimo corolla subsequali lineari- 

 lanceolato 2-3 brevioribus linearibusque et uno perbrevi latoque 

 saepe paene obsoleto, corolla tenui glabra, petalis ecostatis latis ob- 

 tusis usque ad medium connatis, ovario tereti glabro, stylo tenui 

 lateral!. 



Loc. Victoria Desert, Oastra 56 ; B. Helms (Elder Exploring 

 Expedition). 



Erutex. Phyllodia 1-2 unc. long. Bracteae 1-1-|- lin. long. 

 Bracteolae circiter 1 lin. long. 



The foregoing description is drawn up from two small flowering 

 specimens in the National Herbarium, Sydney. 



In foliage and general aspect bears a close resemblance to 

 A. genistoides A. Cunn., differing in the bracteate peduncles, con- 

 spicuous, differently shaped bracteoles, fewer, mostly 4-merous 

 flowers, markedly distinct calyx, and broader thin unribbed petals. 



Acacia Ewartiana. Eruticosa, glabra, ramulis tenuibus paene 

 teretibus saepe glaucescentibus, phyllodiis lineari-teretibus erectis 

 vel recurvatis apice rectis vel incurvatis obtusis plurinerviis, 

 stipulis perminutis caducis, pedunculis geminatis raro solitariis 

 gracillimis omnibus basi bracteatis, bracteis singulis parvis lineari- 

 lanceolis ciliolatis, capitulis globosis plerumque 20-floris, floribus 

 5-meris, sepalis liberis spathulatis ciliolatis, petalis duplo longi- 

 oribus supra medium connatis laevibus apice obscuris coloratis 

 paulo incrassatis, ovario glabro, stylo filiformi quam stamina 

 longiora. 



Loc. Cowcowing; Max Koch (no. 998). 



Frutex 2-4 ped. alt. Phyllodia plerumque f-1 unc. long. 

 Pedunculi 1-lJ lin. long. Fructus ignotus. 



Allied to A. brachyphylla'Benth., as far as the specimens show, 

 differing in larger usually recurved phyllodia with straight or 

 recurved tips. The flowers of Bentham's species have not been 

 described. Named in compliment to Professor Ewart, Government 

 Botanist of Victoria, from whom I first received specimens. 



Acacia eremophila. Eruticosa, copiose ramulosa, ramulis 

 teretibus junioribus cano-tomentosis cito glabris, phyllodiis tenui- 

 bus teretibus rectis scabro-hirsutis apice breviter acutis vel 

 paene pungenti-recurvatis subtiHter 3-4-nerviis, stipulis obhteratis, 

 peduncuUs solitariis vel 2-3-nis perbrevibus, capitulis globosis 

 15-20-floris, floribus plerumque 5-meris, sepalis breviter connatis 

 spathulatis obtusis ciliolatis, petalis duplo longioribus semi-con- 

 natis paene acutis manifesto uninerviis, leguminibus (immaturis) 

 linearibus rectis vel paulo curvatis compressis undulatis cano- 

 pubescentibus. 



Loc. Apud planities arenosas, Cowcowing ; Max Koch (nos. 1024 

 et 1024 a). 



Erutex li-3 ped. alt. Phyllodia 1^-2 unc. long. 



Allied to A, leptoneura Benth., differing principally in the fewer 

 nerved quite terete phyllodia and in the hoary tomentose pod. It 

 is still further removed from A. Tratmaniana W. V. E., which it 

 resembles in having the foliage of some forms of A. ephedroides 



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