ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 417 
Nos. 3 and 4. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1 to 3°3 cm. 
long, pilose, excurrent; leaflets two to five pairs; rachis 
6 mm. to 1°5 cm. long, faintly pilose, excurrent; stipules 
acuminate, 1°5 to 2 mm. long. In one case, No. 3 had two 
pairs of pinne. 
Nos. 5 and 6. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1°4 to 3 cm. 
long, sometimes vertically flattened to 1 mm. broad, No. 5 
having a strong nerve along the lower margin, and No. 6 
sometimes having a definite midrib below the centre of the 
lamina, in the upper portion of which is a finer vein, mar- 
gins nerve-like, pilose, excurrent; leaflets four to six pairs; 
rachis 8 mm. to 1°7 cm. long; stipules as in Nos. 3 and-4. 
No. 6 may sometimes be a phyllode, 
Nos. 7 to 10 may be pungent pointed phyllodes, from 5 
mm. to 1°2 cm. long, °6 to 2 mm. broad, with midrib just 
below and finer vein above centre, the upper vein some- 
times coinciding with the margin, especially towards the 
apex, pilose; stipules about 1°5 to 2 mm. long, pointed, but 
at this youthful stage scarcely spinescent. No. 7 may be 
abruptly bipinnate, petiole up to 3 cm. long; leaflets four 
to six pairs. 
UNINERVES—(Armatee). 
ACACIA ASPERA Lindl. Seeds from Temora, (Rev. Father 
J. W. Dwyer per J. H. Maiden), and Wyalong, N.S. 
Wales. (Plate XXXII, Numbers 1 to 3.) 
Seeds black, oblong-oval to oblong, 5 mm. long, 2 to 2°5 
mm. broad, 1°5 mm. thick. 
Hypocotyl erect, terete, pinkish-brown or very pale 
brown, 1°2 to 2°6 cm. long, 1 to 1°5 mm. thick at base, °7 
to 1 mm. thick at apex, glabrous. 
Cotyledons sessile, slightly auricled, oblong-oval to 
oblong, apex rounded, 6 to 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, outer 
or underside green, with one or two raised longitudinal 
Aa—October 2, 1918. 
