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D. Flowei', showiiig — (o) Culyx, (!>) Corolla, (C) Stamens, (d) Style. 



E. Flower, opened out, showing — (a) Calyx, (b) Corolla, (c) Stamens, 



(d) PistU. 

 I''. Ripe pod. 

 6. Seed. 



Variety Leichhardtii. 

 H. Leaf. 

 1. Portion of leaf miicli magnified. Note the comparative absence of 



hairs from the pinnules. The hairs on the rhaehis are hardly 



sufficiently accentuated. 

 J. Ripe pod. This is the smallest pod of all the varieties, but, as I 



have them from only one locality, I should not like to say that the 



pods are always so small. 

 K. Seed. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 88. 



A. decurrens, var. pauciplandulosa, a — c. 

 „ var. mollis, d — g. 



„ var. dealbata, h — l. 



„ var. lanigera, m — p. 



Variety pauciglandulosa. 



.V. Leaf, natural size. Note how the pinnae are separate from each 



other on the rhaehis. 

 B. Portion of leaf much magnified. Note the shortness of each pinnule, 

 c. Pod. Note its comparatively large size. 



Variety mollis. 



•D. Portion of leaf, natural size. , 



E. Portion of leaf, showing the individual leaflets, magnified. 



F. Pod. Note that it is much constricted between the seeds. 



0. Seed. 



Variety dealbata. 



H. Portion of leaf, natural size. 



1. Portion of leaf, magnified. 

 J. Seed. 



K. and L. Pods, l is a pod examined by Bentham ; hence his remark,^ 

 " not contracted between the seeds." m is a perfectly authentic 

 pod of this species, and is introduced to show how the character 

 " not contracted between the seeds," which is usually employed to 

 make an important difference between vars. mollis and dealbata, 

 breaks down. 



Variety lanigera. 



M. Leaf, natural size. Notice its Intense hairiness. It is drawn from 



the type (Harvey Range, near Dubbo). 

 N. Portion of leaf, magnified. 

 0. Portion of leaf, natural size. It is drawn from the Gloucester 



specimen, E. Betche. 

 p. Pod ; drawn from the type. Notice its intense hairiness. No pod 



of another variety is hairy at all, so far as I know. 



Acacia Baileyana, P.v.M. 



COOTAMUNDRA WaTTLE. 



In 1889 I wrote : " During the last year or two a wattle has sprung into 

 -gndden prominence. The florists' windows have been full of it ; sprays of it' 

 gold readily at high prices, for its decorative properties were at once 

 realised; seeds and plants of it were eagerly purchased; everybody now has 



