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ones growing from its side; rachis about 3 mm. with 
terminal seta; stipules reduced to scales. 
Nos. 4 to 10. Linear, pungent-pointed, slightly rigid 
- phyllodes, 1°5 to 4°5 cm. long, °5 to 1°5 mm. broad, ‘with 
prominent midrib, particularly on the underside, margins 
nerve-like which together with the prominent midrib give 
the phyllode a four-angled appearance. The early phyllodes 
are sometimes flatter and broader than later ones. 
This isthe seventh seedling described in this series where 
the No. 3 leaf has been reduced to a phyllode. (See Part 
VII, pp. 109, 116). 
PUNGENTES—(Spicatee). 
ACACIA VERTICILLATA Willd. Seeds from Botanic Gardens, 
Sydney (J. H. Maiden, Cultivated). (Plate II, Numbers 
3 to 5): 
Seeds greenish-brown, oblong, 3 to 4 mm. long, 1°5 to 2 
mm. broad, 1 mm. thick. 
Hypocotyl terete, pale green, 6 mm. to 1°5 cm. long, 
about 1°7 mm. thick at base, 1 mm. at apex, glabrous 
except sometimes with a few roots. 
Cotyledons sessile, auricled, oblong, apex rounded, 5 mm. 
Jong, 2°5 mm. broad, upperside green, underside paler, some- 
times remaining till the phyllodes appear. 
Stem terete, green, sometimes slightly striate, glabrous. 
First internode ‘5 mm.; second 1 mm.; third 1 to 2 mm.; 
fourth to seventh 1 to 4 mm. | 
Leaves—No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 4 to 6 mm., 
green, glabrous; leaflets three to four pairs, oblong-acumin- 
ate, about 4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, upperside green, 
underside paler; rachis 3 to 4mm., with terminal seta; 
stipules reduced to scales, 
No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 5 mm. to 1cm., 
giabrous, with terminal seta; leaflets four pairs, oblong- 
