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Stem terete, tomentose, greenish-brown to grey. First 

 internode *5 mm.; second *5 to 5 mm.; third '5 to 6 mm.; 

 fourth and fifth 1 mm. to 1*3 cm.; sixth 1 mm. to 1 cm.; 

 seventh and eighth 1 to 8 mm. 



Leaves — No. 1- Simply pinnate, petiole 2 mm. to 1 cm., 

 glabrous; leaflets two to three pairs, oblong-acuminate to 

 obovate, 4 to 8 mm. long, 2 to 3 mm. broad, often mucro- 

 nate, upperside green, underside paler; rachis 2 to 4 mm., 

 with terminal seta. 



In one case the first leaf had two pairs of leaflets except 

 that one of the basal leaflets was transformed into a pinna 

 with two pairs of small leaflets. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 4 mm. to 1*2 cm., green, 

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

 oblong-acuminate, 2 to 5 mm. long, 1 to 2 mm. broad ; rachis 

 5 to 6 mm.; stipules minute. 



Nos. 3 to 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 7 mm. to 2*8 cm.; 

 leaflets three to six pairs, up to 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad ; 

 rachis 8 mm. to 2 cm.; stipules about 1 mm. long. 



Nos. 6 to 8. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1*1 to 4*2 cm. 

 long, often dilated to about 1 to 1*5 mm. broad, with a 

 strong nerve along or near the lower margin; leaflets five 

 to nine pairs; rachis 1*2 to 3 cm. 



Nos. 9 and 10. These may be linear phyllodes, or abruptly 

 bipinnate, petiole 1 to 5*4 cm., dilated to about 1*5 mm.; 

 leaflets five to ten pairs; rachis 7 mm. to 3*5 cm. 



Nos. 11 to 20. Linear phyllodes, about 3 to 7 cm. long, 

 1 to 3 mm. broad, with distinct midrib, and finer parallel 

 vein above not confluent at the apex, and where the lamina 

 is broad enough an even finer nerve may be seen with pocket 

 lens below, the phyllode terminating in a short mucrone, 

 straight, or curving slightly outwards. In later phyllodes 

 there may be at least three veins on each side of the 

 central nerve. 



