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in the Pigeon House specimens, glabrous or with a few 
scattered hairs; leaflets five to eight pairs, underside some- 
times reddish; rachis 7 mm. to 1°9 cm. 
Nos. 5 to 7. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 5°5 cm. 
often slender in the Brookvale and Woodford plants, dilated 
up to 1 mm. in the Pigeon House specimens and having a 
prominent midrib on both sides, ina few cases with a faint 
gland, glabrous to pilose; leaflets seven to twelve pairs; 
rachis 7 mm. to 3°7 cm. 
Nos. 8 to 13. On some of the Pigeon House seedlings 
these may be linear phyllodes, but on the Brookvale and 
Woodford plants they may be abruptly bipinnate, petiole 
1°3 to 8 cm. long, less than 1 mm. broad, with a prominent 
midrib in all cases; leaflets seven to fifteen pairs; rachis 
7 mm. to 5 cm. 
Some of these leaves may be twice pinnate. 
Nos. 14 to 23. Often phyllodes, but on Brookvale seedlings 
may be abruptly bipinnate, in some cases with two pairs 
of pinne, petiole up to 8 cm. long, 1 mm. broad; leaflets 
up to fourteen pairs; rachis up to 5°6 cm. 
Nos. 24 to 30. Linear phyllodes, with a prominent midrib, 
and a finer parallel vein on each side, glabrous to pilose, 
up to 10 to 12 cm. long, about 1°7 mm., 1 mm., and *7 mm. 
broad in the Pigeon House, Brookvale and Woodford seed- 
lings respectively. 
The phyllodes of this species close up towards the stem 
at night. | 
PLURINERVES—(Ner vosee). 
ACACIA IMPLEXA Benth. Seeds from Jervis Bay, Camden, 
and Howell, New South Wales. (Plate IV, Numbers 
4 to 6). 
Seeds shiny black, oblong-oval to oval, 4 to 5 mm. long, 
2°5 to 3°5 mm. broad, 1°5 to 2 mm. thick. 
