ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 149 



green, sometimes with raised line along centre, soon 

 becoming revolute and cylindrical. 



Stem terete, greyish-green to greyish-brown, slightly 

 pubescent. First internode % 5 mm.; second '5 to 1 mm.; 

 third 1 to 2 mm.; fourth 2 to 4 mm.; fifth and sixth 3 mm. 

 to 1 cm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 3 to 4 mm., 

 glabrous; leaflets three pairs, rarely four, oblong-acuminate, 

 about 5 mm. long, 1*5 to 2 mm. broad, venation obscure, 

 upperside green, underside paler to reddish-brown, rachis 

 5 to 6 mm. glabrous, excurrent. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 6 mm. to 1 cm., 

 glabrous, excurrent; leaflets two to four pairs, usually three, 

 oblong-acuminate, the terminal pair often obovate, 4 to 

 5 mm. long, 1*5 to 2 mm. broad; rachis 6 to 8 mm., green, 

 glabrous, excurrent; stipules flat acuminate scales, about 

 *7 mm. 



Nos. 3 to 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 9 mm. to 1*3 cm., 

 terete, often with small gland about middle, pilose to 

 slightly pubescent; leaflets three to six pairs, in one case 

 No. 5 had seven pairs; rachis 6 mm. to 1*2 cm., glabrous to 

 pilose; stipules 1 mm. 



No. 6. This is usually a phyllode, but may be bipinnate 

 and very similar to Nos. 4 and 5. 



Nos. 7 to 30. Linear phyllodes about 7 mm. long, with 

 outward curving points, pilose to slightly pubescent, 

 crowded or in a few cases approximately verticillate, the 

 longest internodes on a seedling being those between leaves 

 4 and 6. 



Uninerves — (Brevifolise). 



Acacia lineata A. Cunn. Seeds from Wyalong, growing 

 on granite formation. (Plate VI, Numbers 1 to 3). 



Seeds greyish-black, oblong, 4 to 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, 

 about 1 mm. thick, aureole 3 mm. long. 



