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The following additional specimens belong to this species, and supply 

 flowers which are not available in Nos. 578 and 598 : — 



(a) Howard Creek, 20 miles south-east of Darwin, 15th June, 1916. 



In flower only (G. F. HiU). 

 (6) Batchelor, 17th July, 1913. In flower only (G. F. Hill, No. 317)'. 



(c) Koolpinyah, on graveUv rises, 3rd September, 1915. Fruits only ; 



also flower and pod on same twig ; slender, drooping habit 

 seeds used for poisoning fish (G. F. Hfll, No. 350). 



(d) Francis Creek (calciphile). Fruits only, 27th July, 1916 (Dr 



H. I. Jensen, No. 431). 

 The foUowing specimens from North Queensland have narrower phyllodes : 



(e) Little River, 30 mUes east of Croydon, North Queensland, 28th 



August, 1913. Flowers and fruits (R. H. Cambage, No. 3918). 

 (/) Also from a correspondent of Mr. Cambage at Croydon. Phyllodes 

 comparatively narrow. In flower and mixed with A. torulosa, 

 Benth, August, 1914 (R. H. Cambage, No. 4107 in part). 



(g) About 15 feet high. On granite at 1600 feet, Alma-den, North 

 Queensland, 18th and 20th August, 1913. Fruit only (R. H, 

 Cambage, Nos. 3855 and 3891). 



Frutex plus minus pubescens, habitu gracOe pendulo, ramulis fere teretibus, alljido-seu 

 bre vissimo -pubeso ent ibus 



Phyllodiis falcato-oblongis ad falcato-lanceolatis, basi multo angustatis et valde 

 ' obliquis, sparse hirsutis, plerumque 8-10 cm. long's, 1.5-3 cm. latis, venis parallelibus numer- 

 osissimis, 5-0 promiiieutioribus quam ceteris quae sunt tenues et raro coaleseentes. Spicis 

 gracibbus sed densis 2. 5-5' cm. longis. Sepalis lineari-spathulatis, ciliatis. Fetalis sepalis 

 circiter duplo longioribus. Legumine falcate fere terete, non tumido, 12-14 cm. longo, 

 4 mm. lato. Seminibus nigris, oblongo-ovatis, legumine longitudinaliter dispositis. 

 Funiculo breve, plica ultima, in arillum brevem turbinatum dilata. 



A. iumidcB, F. r. M., valde affinis. 



A more or less pubescent shrub of slender, drooping habit. Branchlets 

 nearly terete and densely covered with short white hairs which disappear in old 

 specimens. 



Phyllodia falcate- oblong to falcate-lanceolate, much narrowed and very 

 oblique at the base, more or less plentifuUy besprinkled with hairs, the young 

 phyllodia sflvery white with a dense tomentum, usually 8 to 10 cm. long (say 

 3-4 inches), 1.5 to 3 cm. broad (say f to 1^ inch), with very numerous paraUel 

 veins, 5 to 9 of them more prominent, the others very fine, closely packed, and 

 very rarely anastomosing. Single gland at base of phyllode as in A. tumida. 



Spikes slender but dense, soUtary, in pairs or threes, 2.5 to 5 cm. (1-2 inches) 

 in length. Flowers 5-merous. 



Sepals linear-spathulate, very thin, almost transparent, usually separating 

 to the base (sometimes irregularly united at the base), covered with long silky 

 hair. 



Petals united half way up, about twice the length of the calyx. 



Pistil large and covered with pale hairs. 



Pod falcate, more or less twisted, narrow, nearly terete, not tumid 12-1'4 

 cm. (51 inches) long, 4 mm. wide, v-ith rudimentary, shghtly oblique septa, 

 between the seeds. 



Seeds shining black, oblong-ovate, 5 mm. long, with haU the breadth, 

 almost strictly longitudinally arranged in the pod, funicle short, the last fold 

 broadened, ridged, and dilated into a shallow turbinate aril under the seed. 



The type is Howard Creek, loth June, 1916 (G. F. Hill) (In flower). Co- 

 types are Nos. 578 and 598. 



