114 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Plurinerves — (Microneurse). 



Acacia pendula A. Oudii, Seeds from Boggabri (Mrs. 

 P. O. S. Holt). Plate IV, Numbers 1 to 3. 



Seeds brown, obovate to almost orbicular, 4*5 to 6 mm. 

 long, 3*5 to 5*5 mm. broad, about 1 mm. thick. The seeds 

 germinate quickly. 



Hypocotyl terete, green to light brown, up to 3 cm. long, 

 1 to 2 mm. thick at base, '5 to 1*5 mm. at apex. 



Cotyledons sessile, auricled, obovate to almost orbicular, 

 up to 8 mm. long, 5 to 7 mm. broad, thick or slightly fleshy, 

 upperside green, underside pale green. 



Stem terete, greenish-brown to grey, glabrous, or with 

 a slight glaucescence. First internode '5 mm.; second '5 

 to 3 mm,; third 1 to 5 mm.; fourth to eighth 2 mm. to 1 cm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Simply pinnate, (in one case there was 

 an opposite pair), petiole 3 to 6 mm., glabrous; leaflets 

 three to five pairs, oblong-acuminate, 4 to 8 mm. long, 1*5 

 to 2*5 mm. broad, upperside green, underside paler; rachis 

 6 mm. to 1 cm., with terminal seta; stipules smalh 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 1 cm., green, 

 glabrous, with terminal seta; leaflets three to four pairs, 

 oblong-acuminate, the apical pair obovate, 3 to 5 mm. long, 

 1 to 2*5 mm. broad, mucronate; rachis about 7 to 8 mm.; 

 stipules small. No. 2 may have two pairs of pinnae. 



Nos. 3 to 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 5 mm. to 2*8 cm., 

 green, glabrous, leaflets three to six pairs; rachis 7 mm. to 

 1*5 cm. 



Nos, 6 to 12. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 2*2 to 6*5 cm., 

 dilated from about *5 to 1*5 mm. broad; leaflets five to 

 seven pairs; rachis 1 to 2*5 cm.; stipules about 1*5 mm. 



Nos. 13 to 20. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 2*3 to 9*3 cm., 

 dilated up to 2 mm. broad, midrib distinct, leaflets six to 

 seven pairs; rachis 8 mm. to 2*3 cm. 



