lae-te rlavis, uuetu fcrmo recto <nun<iuain spiraliter involute*) et pr»«ci- 

 pi\c 'crmm* arillo alhido uw ad bx$tu softjnts restrin^Hur, 



I'ACATIQ: VlCl OKTA (in MiuntiJ^us oriemaJibu*)— "Rciuli Crock ne>ir 

 Bonang, on forest ranges i//0L0TT/ , L ? .S cum IVyritM*? in Tlorb 

 Mtllv—W-'. filmier, he|rt. 1940): 'Toley Range in Melb. & Metrop. 

 Board or Works O'Sbannasiy Re*cfv<, about 10 talks nonh-essl of 



Warhurton, at upper limit of Iiucalyf>ius itynans forest, about 3,500 ft. 

 J ± 1100 m. altj" (PAh'strrPf twin (ructibus in Herb. MEL. NSW— 

 y r7 «^«(j I* Feb, 1954) 



StrtAll .montane or suhalpine forest trve 3-0 m. JKkW ft.| high; bark oh've.- 

 rufescent, rather smooth (neviT roitfth and hSsurcd a* in A. vnrlnnorjhv 

 R Br. ) . branches dense, the ultimate brauchlets wu/ttlar and ujabrou*. Biptn- 

 i»atc ioiiAfif discarded after the fir^t seedling leaves wirhei\ PAWfiftftu greyish 

 (from a minute innate mealiness), 10-16 x 1.5*4 rm., narrowly to broadly 

 fusiform, aetite or subacute, conspicuous Jy petiolate: gland small and obscure. 

 3? junction, of petiole and blade (a& in A. mefanQjyfoit) ; nervation consisting 

 of 3 or 4 vety bold, piomiuePl, paiallel veins U/. 4-t>, seldom prominent. t« 

 //. yttslattttxylnti], Ffirioet-hruds globoid, hrighl yellow, about 30-fhnvered 

 (not pallid-creamy and with up to 50 flowers, a* in A- wchw-oxyfou'), each on 

 a eomuicutn-itriy wbitc-hajry peduncle VJQ rnrru long \cf. minutely mealy in 

 A $itr fatt-ovy I &tt] {luih'iiiiujf fhncers 5-partite, 1.5 rmil. louy at expansion: 

 subtending bract eole broadly snathuhte, shortly granular- fimbriate, CVnVr 

 ■with obconie lube half as lone as corolla, broadly- and shallowly-lobed at the 

 ■summit, with minutely lacmfoic and slightly granular margins. »Vtffi polyadf 

 40-55 niic. diameter, composed of 10 grains, Pad 4-10 rm. x 5-8 mm. t linear, 

 straight or slightly curved [cf coiled and often twisted in A. vwhno.rylo?;], 

 hardly constricted between the .se-crk, pale brownish, subcoriaceous bm 

 flexible, SV-fi/f up to Hi, longitudinal, black and shining, elliptic, about 

 •C s. 2.$ runt , aril white, entirely basal, teeming a double, often sigmoid luUl 

 beneath the seed and passing insensibly into a Short funicle [4*/. the lonp 

 rtddbb aril which almost surrounds thr seed in .1. ui*tan<>.vvhn\. 



Disru-ssi&n 

 The new special has hitherto been miidewnoined in Viaoria J»i a (oiw ot 

 BladoVOOd t -ffOOrt mflatwxyhn'^ with ^liirh it jppfrjflftimcs ^rows. AHhroigh 

 superficially similar in habit and Coliaee, it may readily l>e disti'iguished l>y 

 the nmch SflfoblHcT bark, greyish phyllndcs, bright yi-llow flower-heads on 

 hairy peduncles and, especially, by the ^moll white aril which U merely a 

 ha^al atachment and does not embrace the *ccd. At present ir appears to be 

 confined to moutwue and Mtbalpme sittwhous (hente the epithet *'Jttg£t$1wP\ 

 in <4IWj1 Victoria. In addition to the t^vo isolated type localities ttiven above, 

 this wattle ha-, beftii noted a* abundant on slopes of the Haw flaws and Ml. 

 riur-iall-Tooroitgo forfeit 3rra. where copious seedling- resrrowth followed 

 the disastrous fires of Tairuary 1939. 



*\CACtA Qii'JUSlFOLlA A. OlifMC in />•'</ Ceo#r Mem. j\.S W. 34.S 

 £Ajif, mS) 



A \"t\\tlkth Su*j. c< DC F^Odr. Xyst, Hat* V2cjiM t'cu- ?' -»5* <A'ov. Ift2jj 

 BmUi Acuom oWttstfoltn and A. mturtcxta were s^nouyt»ii»ed by Renthsm 

 [J'tora s\u& 2 J98 (18fi4)] h* nierc forms, w»'b narmw and liroad phyllodes 

 ^e^prdivtly, under typical A lotigif»li>i (Andr.) WtHd. That they are in- 

 separable specifically has hecu con firmed through a recent earetul companion 

 of types a( Kw by Or. Ronald Melvilk (I l/ll/l^S), and the- name 

 A, uu-.'Kjriyo/ta must stand becnu>e >li- valid publication antedate* that of 

 A. wtcrttxtti-hy r.even mouth? in 1825. Bui Hcntlum was incorrect ui as*un>- 



