416 R. H. CAMBAGE. 
PUNGENTES—(Spicatze). 
ACACIA OXYCEDRUS Sieb. Seeds from Galston Road, 
Hornsby, and Faulconbridge, N.S. Wales. (Plate XXXI, 
Numbers 7 to 9). 
Seeds brownish-black, oblong to almost cylindrical, 4mm. 
long, 2 mm. broad, 2 mm. thick. 
Hypocotyl erect, terete, pale green, 1°1 to 3 cm. long, 
1°5 to 2°5 mm. thick at base, 1 to 2 mm. thick at apex, . 
glabrous. In one case a root grew toa length of 7 mm. at 
about 6 mm. from the base of the hypocotyl. 
Cotyledons sessile, not auricled, oblong, apex rounded, 
6 mm. long, 2°5 to 3°5 mm. broad, outer or underside pale 
yellow, sometimes reddish towards apex, slightly wrinkled 
longitudinally, inner or upperside yellowish-green, becom-. 
ing dark green, glabrous. 
Stem terete, green, hirsute. First internode °5 mm.; 
second 1 to 7 mm.; third 1 mm. to 1 cm.; fourth 1 mm. to 
1°4 cm.; fifth 1 mm. to 1°5 cm.; sixth 1 mm. to 1°3 cm.; 
seventh 3 mm. to 12 cm.; eighth 1 to 8 mm. 
Leaves—No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 3 to 8 mm. 
long, green, faintly pilose; leaflets three to five pairs, 
oblong-acuminate, mucronate, 5 to 7 mm. long, 1°5 to 2°5 
mm. broad, midrib and secondary vein, as weil as lateral 
venation, showing under pocket lens; rachis 7 mm. to 1°1 
cm. long, glabrous, excurrent; stipules about 1 mm. long, 
tapering from a broad base to a fine point. Out of about 
twenty seedlings raised, one example from Hornsby had an 
opposite pair of simply pinnate leaves. 
No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 6 mm. to 1°6 cm. long, 
pilose, excurrent, leaflets two to four pairs, oblong-acumin- 
ate, mucronate, 5 to 6 mm. long, 1°5 to 2 mm. broad, the 
basal pair sometimes smaller; rachis 4 mm, to 1 cm. long, 
faintly pilose, excurrent. 
