ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 415 
Leaves—Nos. 1 and 2. Abruptly pinnate, forming an 
opposite pair, petiole slender, 5 to 8 mm. long, green, 
glabrous; leaflets two to three pairs, oblong-acuminate, 
6 to 7 mm. long, 1°5 to 2 mm. broad, upperside light green, 
underside at first reddish-brown, becoming pale green, 
venation obscure, midrib showing under pocket lens on 
underside; rachis 3 mm. long, glabrous, excurrent ; stipules 
1 mm. long. 
No. 3. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1°3 to 2 cm. long, 
slender, green, glabrous, excurrent; leaflets three to four 
pairs, the number not being constant on each pinna of the 
same leaf, obovate to oblong-acuminate, 3 to 5 mm. long, 
i to 2 mm. broad; rachis 6 to 9 mm. long, glabrous, excur- 
rent; stipules linear, 1°5 mm. long. 
Nos. 4and 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1 to 2°4 cm. 
long, slender; leaflets four pairs, often mucronate; rachis 
7mm. to 1 cm. long, glabrous, excurrent; stipules as in 
No. 3. 
Nos. 6 to 8. Usually abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1°5 to 
2'3 cm. long, glabrous, or with scattered hairs, excurrent; 
leaflets four to five pairs, obovate to oblong-acuminate, 
often mucronate; rachis 8 mm. to 1°3 cm. long; stipules 
linear-acuminate, with an almost spinescent point, up to 
about 2 mm. long. 
Nos, 9 to12. These may be phyllodes vertically broadened 
to about 1 mm., sometimes almost, but never quite terete, 
from about 7 mm. to 1°5 cm. long and continuous with the 
stem, not articulate, striate with two or three nerves, 
straight, or sometimes falcate or recurved, tapering into a 
pungent point; stipules present on most plants but absent 
from some. No. 9 may be abruptly bipinnate, petiole up 
to 2°3 cm. long, leaflets four to flve pairs. 
