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J. H. MAIDEN. 



To the bibliography given in this series of papers, this Journ. 

 xlix, p. 465, add "The secretion of nectar by extra-floral glands 

 in the genus Acacia (Wattles)." W. M. Carne in "The Australian 

 Naturalist" (Sydney) April 1913, ii, 198. 



Pnngentes (Unineryes). 



A. nigripilosus n. sp. 



Frutex parvus. Phyllodiis nitentibus, lineare-subulatis, rigidis, 

 apice acute acumine, planato-angularibus, ad G cm. longis, glandula 

 prominente basin versus. Pedunculis minus 5 mm. longis, capi- 

 tulis breviter oblongis, vel floris in bracteis imbricatis deciduis, 

 scariosis inclusis. Sepalis lobis angustissimis spathulati. c , apice 

 paucis pilis, petalora ca. dimidio a'quantibus. Petalis pilis 

 subfuscis vel nigrescentibus parte superiore. Ovario glabro. 

 Legumine stipitato, nioniliforme, 6 cm. x 5 mm. Seminibus 

 longitudinaliter dispositis, ovatis, funiculo breve, in arillum 

 irregularem carnosum crassatum. 



A shrub four feet high, branchlets slightly angular. 



Phyllodia shiny, linear-subulate, rather rigid, sharply 

 pointed at the apex, flattish-angular, with a strongly 

 marked central nerve on both sides, and a prominent nerve 

 on each side; up to 6 cm. long (the collector says 2*5 - 

 7*5 cm.), prominent gland near the base. 



Stipules almost aristate, brown, scarious, only seen on 

 the young shoots. 



Peduncles solitary or in pairs, under 5 mm. long, bearing 

 oach a shortly oblong head of about twenty-one flowers, 

 mostly 5-merous, enclosed in imbricate early deciduous 

 scarious bracts. 



Sepals frail, with very narrow spathulate lobes separated 

 almost to the base, early deciduous, and carrying a few 

 hairs at the tips, about half the length of the petals. Petals 

 frail, united about half way up with brownish or blackish 

 hairs on the upper half, and conspicuous also in the bud. 

 Ovary glabrous. 



