162 the Vkfyhn ft&famUil Vol. 71 



NOTES ON TWO SPECIES OF ACACIA IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA 



By Ma»y D TrKDM-J?" 1 ' 



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Arbor 7.5 Jti m alia; fimco griseo, Iwv* , ttflnttfis juveuililms pilis argen 

 iris tiei^c puherulis; ramulis vix cosUtiv; foliis ptmiaiiK, S-lS-HtgU, fetaadulft 

 nut i ji;/;ilihii< J-3 glaudula parvy *d basin pinna rum inter ptigos mferiures 

 foli&rthii ; foliolis i£.VMngi$, 4-X mm. longis, 0.8-1.2 mm. latis, an^uste taiKC- 

 oUlis, supra jglabhs. mlia tamper lere -pubescent' bub, apioe acuta, margmibu* 

 abaci*; floribus ftovU, in racernis, capitulis globoM*. circa 20-uom; calyce 

 mpulari, mintmn. panic aiifciilatn, cihatu; |H-tahs 5, tih+*riK. glabrta, ac litis, 

 calycis longUudirtcm circa duplo mpf rantibus : ovano glabro; kgnmine stioi- 

 Uto, luteari-otdongo. (>AZ «wfi> lottgu, 06-1 cm lato, glauco, 0SrtV imWttlo, 

 inter wmiie eoustricto; sctnimbut nitcrix, longitudinal) hus*. fumcutn jtnimim 

 rilit'onin Icmdc in arilhiui pilcifnriucm super scttiinis apiccni intcrcra^ato. 



Hohtfypc; Bodalla Stale I v orest, west of Naioonia, 1(X> it. alt, spreading 

 tree 2,S to M) fl high, flowers yellow, hark dark green, when mature turniruj 

 greyish, H. F Cnn-ttablr, Kl.9.1953 <\-SVV. 25649), looted in the National 

 Herbarium, Sydney- 



Tree about 25 to 100 ft. high: trunk grey, smooth; young braikches ilenselv 

 pobcrulons with silvery hair-*; brunches scarcely ridged; leaves pinnate, & 

 to Ift-ju^ate. With 2 to 5 jnterju^ary glandi, g small gland at the h-isc q| the 

 iowfr pairs of pinnae ; pinnules 2°- to 38 pairs, 4 to 8 mm long, 0.8 to 1.2 mm. 

 broad, narrowly lanceolate, glabrous a'(*ave. mostly indecent bHow, Hie apex 

 acuK, the margins ciliate; the Mowers yellow, in racemes, fine heads globular, 

 about 20 m a head; the ealy* cupula*, very small, slightly angular, filiate, 

 petals 5. free, glabrous* acute, twice, as Jong as (be calyx, the ovary glabrous, 

 ihfi pod srfpitate. linear-oblong, 6 to 12 cm loitg r G.i> 10 I cm bread, glaucous 

 scarcely puberulous, constricted between the Jseedh ; the seeds black. longitu- 

 dinal, the funicle hliEorni at nrst, then thickened into a fleshy pileiform aril 

 over the top of the seed. 



Dittnbntioti Lower South Coast ot New South Wales and Efetit Gippsland, 

 Victoria. New South Whiles : Kotlalla Stale Forest, H. C. Buckeridgo, 

 3I1.I95J (NSW aft77); fitft), Sunny Creek, height 50 (t, grey WotUiv 

 hnrlc, M. fiowyer, 8.9J95J (NSW. 2^76> Gulf Creek. Nerrigundah, 150 

 O. alt., erect *prea<rtr«e ttoe. 25-30 U. high, smooth Iwrk of light colour, £. F- 

 Consuble, lti.9.1^ "<NSW 2nfr74) ; ditto, U. C- Ruckeridge, U.19SJ 

 CNSVV. 35&7SJU Quaama, Slater, 11.12L1VJ4 (NSW. 8656). VictOffa: 

 5oo\vy River area, near YVulgulmerany, alxiul 2,000 ft alt., on rocky outcrop, 

 N. A 'Wakefield. No. I'lSo. 17.1.I94S (NSW 4886): Nowa No\va. Prmets 

 Highw-iv W Hunter, ft. 1940 (,N r SW. B642) . DeddiU. W. Himier. 11,1940 

 (M1£U). 



This spring-flowcrinp sperie-S forms miite. extensive forests in BaHt Gipps- 

 laiiit. Victoria, wliere.is m New Soiitll Wales it is found in the County ol 

 Dampier and southwards toward* in* Boga-Brogo Pa** on Prince's High- 

 way, a> well as being scattered fahly generall> in Bodnlla State ForeM ami 

 in Crown lantU w€6t to OelOWi'y in the Turo*s River basni, east oi the Main 

 Divide. It will grow on low ridges, in gullies and ou steep slopes up to 1,001 

 ft in alrituuV lint it t* crmimonest on the hillside*; of sleep gulliec and over 

 the Siiddtes of a ridge. According tu Afr. RuckiTKtge's field noics. A- siiveztti& 

 favour* slate formations, whereas .^1 mflf7u.nwtf is nredominatit on granite 

 country in the Rodalla State Forest. r« onen count ry scattered trce^ grow 

 short trunks will* plenty oi hmbs oul generally it ^rows to thickets wliich 

 prodnc* tall barrels uu- to 60 ft high clear of limbs. Mature trees grow t<i 

 60 or 8(> It- in height buL sometimes up to 100 U Vety jieqv> leereneration 

 follows bush fires but without firet, regeuerdhon is practically tid 



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