F.iauury j BfJlflCKTT. .Vl.niW of \Ulihc RAUlfe 171 



After Elsteruwick and Ripponlca the natives Ite&frj to disappear and except 

 for aii OCCSWiO^l eoeatyot, a bank op. the Windsor side of Balaclava RfctfWW 

 ihrubs 01 various kinds, bui evidently mostly e&cai>ecs torn the ^aniens and 

 jurklandn .«bovc. 



This h*t is of course incomplete, as it is difficult lo recojfnue all species 

 irom a movinj? train, but what arc in evidence are sufficient to raise hof>es 

 iluu all the native* which were once widespread in the district may not 

 disa i>i;»ear entirely. 



One wonder* ft it auoM he jiussiMe to persuade the RaiWvay Oeponmti'.t 

 to maintain auri p)ant more indJiereTirms species which were chardtKrislJc of 

 the districts through which me ii«es mn. Such plants r.vel** require any 

 attention vikien once established, except to he left alone! 



A REMARKABLE MEW ACACIA FOR VICTORIA 

 (The "Jumping- JccV J w 3 nle • 



fcy k. V. Smith, National Herlxiriiim ot Victoria 



AC AC J A ENTEROCARPA X. V. Sm'h, 



species nova iit&ignis oh phyllodia tigma subteretia Dfowinenler nervals 

 piittg¥JiTia<Hie * (■ottftividew Beritlr. periuiiCtioTc simulaus. .sett w 

 cfcaracteribuA sequentibuR facile disthiguitur. hulritu depregso late 

 diffuse ^u^que ad 2 m.) ; tfrrfMftj 'caArlui aPute ohyllodiomm) i-cabti- 

 dis; phyflodn' articuio {sine nulvhio manifesto ad caulcni decurreuti) 

 et apice puugenti subito et oblique wutoftctuj p tittoiVtofis erdsaoribfra ct 

 dense pilosis; fiwihns majoribus, sepalis latioribus. pctalis acutirtrihrus. 

 fdamentis multo lonp'oribus ct dciisiwa imricaii*; fttitlu inte&miifofmi 

 sed complanatn, in piano tiuo iterum atque itenroi rurstim-prorsum ad 

 ?e flexo t plica toque (in ruodo ruiraliili "jumpine-jack rrackf-r" pcrstinu 

 Ian*), si exietidatur ±30-40 X L>3 mm. nn'ticnti, margunhus periiidu- 

 ratis v^lidioribus , semine sine fumculo cvidenti. 



Vef/otio; VlC'fOKlA— regio West Wimmera, in traclibcs desertis inter 

 Khill ei ScrvipetaM. 



TV" PI in Hero. MEL: "Buck-shot gravel soils ot railway reserve about 2 

 utiles west ui Diapur, where line 3>a;-*cs through Law foil Range" {E*U 

 Mmr—HOLOXYVVS cum fructihor- Dec. 1950"; PARATYP1 Dec. 1950. 

 at cum floritms Sci>t. 1950), 



A low sprawling bush up to 2 u. high, but spreading to 6 or 7 ft. in diameKf , 

 with bahaniie aroma Phyltodcs rigid, spreading, narrow-linear to almost 

 terete, up to 4 cm. long and about 1 nun. wide with elliptical crosi-secriou. 

 articulated al stem In a PrnfiJJ rough thickening, the apex contracting .suddenly 

 aild obliquely mcti a rigid puiiycnt point, .V^rrurr raised and prominent (some 

 bolder than others'), 5 to each facf, with 1 on each sidr forming cdjcje ot 

 tihyllodi', strongly ni.^tked witti asperities and bearing tines oi ininule inter- 

 veuinr£ glandular projections. Stents Rtrottgly ribbed, the ribs marked with 

 closely Spaced asperities. Fiowrr-licods gloludav, in axillary clvfi?TX4 6i 2 or ? t 

 with ratlier prominently projecting birds. t\uiu).H*lrs about 4 mm, fcliff, rather 

 thick dcn&ely silky-hairy. Phnvcrx about 20 pet head. S-parute, Shtmrns 

 numerous, mucb tettCEc than flowors, densely intricate. Petals broad-l'oiceolaie 

 and noioted. ScfiflU brai-dl.v *pathulate, with riliaTe-ronKbened tips. Pads are 

 the mtjist stnktng feature ot the plant, bearing a remarkable resemblance to 

 an inrpstine (hence the specific epithet; . albQ to a nre-ci*ncker of the "jurmjHnfc- 

 jacV sort; they are narrow < about 1,5-2 mm. vvidei, somewhat flattened, 

 compactly folded backwards and forwards (in one plane) about Ave linic^ 

 slightly coiisiri'-ied between the s^eds, witb scaUet^d 5*tr»ace hair« and a pro- 

 mniemly thickened pale- yellow margin; total length ot the folded frwit 19 

 about I M0 mm., but, n cMended. the actual Ivnglh would be 30-40 rum. (rach 



