APPENDIX IV. 343 



" This species ( A. stereophylla), with the fruit up till now unknown, was placed by 

 Bentham with doubt close to A. acuminata, Benth. Now by the structure of the pod, 

 our specimen appears to be close to A. xylocarpa, A. Cunn." 



(It is evident that the authors have got a wrong impression as to what 

 A. stereophylla, Meissn., is.) 



Range of A. ramulosa, W. V.F. 

 Dr. Jensen's finding it at Tanami adds another species to the flora of the 

 Northern Territory. It was previously only known from Western Austraha, 

 as under : — 



{a) " An erect, much branched shrub of 6-10 feet." Lennonville 

 (Murchison River district). Type (W. V. Fitzgerald). 



(b) A spreading shrub 8-10 feet. Laverton, 211 miles north of 



Kalgoorlie. (J.H.M.). 



(c) Tampa, 122 miles north of Kalgoorhe (J. F. Jutson, No. 11). Pods 



flat in the unripe state, and doubtful because so unripe. 



(d) Coolgardie (L. C. Webster). 



(e) A shrub of 2-3 m. (6J-10 feet) high. Watheroo Rabbit Fence (Max 



Koch, No. 1662). This was named A. ramulosa, by Fitzgerald, 

 with A. cibaria, F. v. M., and A. stereophylla, Meissn., as 

 synonyms. See also note by Ewart and White already quoted. 

 These authors attribute this labeUing as ' ' probably Diels and 

 Pritzel." This may be, but the National Herbarium, Sydney, 

 has received from Mr. W. V. Fitzgerald portion of his herbarium 

 as a gift, and the above specimen is labelled (not recently) in his 

 handwriting — " A. stereophylla, Meissn. = A. cibaria, F. v. M.= 

 A. ramulosa, W. V.F." 



Sub-Seeies Falcatae. 



32. A. doratoxylon, A. Cunn., aff. — "No. 261. 35 miles north-east of 

 Camp 2, 7th June, 1911." In late flower. 



" 360. 40 miles west of Camp 4, Lander Creek, 21st June, 1911." In 

 late flower and very early fruit. 



Phyllodes linear, thick, one indistinct central nerve, very finely striate, 

 gland at base, up to about 16 cm. (say 6| inches) long and 3 mm. broad. 

 Flowers in short spikes, 5 or 6-merous. 

 Calyx truncate, thin, a few short hairs on the ribs and apex. 

 Petals 5 or 6, glabrous, lobed about one-third down. 

 Pistil hoary or smooth. 



When more satisfactory material (including pods and seeds) is available, 

 the Acacia can be re-examined, but at present I do not feel justified in saying 

 that it is or is not A. doratoxylon, in spite of the fact that it has not the tuft of 

 hairs surrounding the calyx which seems pretty constant in A. doratoxylon. 



The calyx in Nos. 261 and 360 is relatively larger, compared with the corolla, 

 than ia the case in A. doratoxylon. 



33. A. oligoneura, F. v. i¥ .— " 132. Near Red Lily (Lagoon), 6th April, 

 1912." In flowers only. Flowers identical with those of the same species from 

 Liverpool Range, Western Australia. See my remarks on this species at p. 321. 



34. A. torulosa, Benth. — " 383. 70 miles north of Camp 4 on sand- 

 hills." In flower only. 



