NOTES ON ACACIA. 



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Noted under A. juncifolia in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., my 

 «rror. 



"A bush new to me. It is very like Punti (A. Burkittii). 

 Mr. R. Mackay of Runnymede says it is edible, and that 

 all stock are fond of it. He calls it Needle-bush." Runny- 

 mede Station, between Glenariff and Coolabah (A. W. 

 Mullen l.s., No. 2). 



Pilliga Scrub (Dr. J. B. Cleland). Forest Reserve 41288, 

 Pilliga Scrub, vicinity of Goona Creek, Co. of White 

 (Forester T. W. Taylor, No. 57). Merimborough, Pilliga 

 Scrub (E. H. F. Swain, No. 28). Shrub of seven feet, Rocky 

 Creek, Pilliga Scrub (W. A. W. de Beuzeville, No. 3). A 

 tall weak-growing shrub of 6 — 8 feet, having thin stems 

 and a pendulous habit, growing in moist sandy places near 

 the banks of a creek, and at times in the small islands the 

 result of floods. Cuttabri, Pilliga Scrub (J. L. Boorman). 



Angledool (Miss Newcomen, in Rev. Dr. Woolls' herb- 

 arium). 



Victoria. 

 Gerang (J. Lanyon, through H. B. Williamson). 



South Australia. 

 Mount Livingston (Mr. Langley. Said to have been 

 determined by Prof. Tate as A. papyrocarpa Benth.) 



Affinities. 

 1. With A. rigens A. Cunn. Its nearest affinity appears 

 to be with this species, but the most obvious differences 

 appear to be as follows: — A. Havilandi is a smaller plant, 

 with more brittle phyllodes, which have more numerous, 

 less prominent nerves and paler flowers, and a boomerang- 

 shaped bract and a straight or curved pod, in contradis- 

 tinction to the capitate one and the smaller twisted or 

 curly pod of A. rigens. The flowers and flower-details and 

 seeds are very much alike. 



