188 J. H. MAIDEN. 



A "shrubby bush, "glabrous, the young branchlets angular 

 and glandular-hairy, the phyllodia spreading, or appressed 

 to the stem. 



Phyllodia linear subulate, 2-2*5 cm. long, slightly 

 flattened, tapering to a fine recurved point, nerveless or 

 with a single nerve. Stipules aristate. Flower-heads 

 globular, about 6 mm. in diameter, solitary, supported in 

 the axil by a peduncle of 5 mm., more or less besprinkled 

 with golden hairs. Flowers 20-25 in the head, 5-merous. 



Calyx thin and translucent-yellowish, with short, broad, 

 truncate lobes. Petals similar in colour and texture to the 

 calyx, smooth, thrice as long as the calyx. Ovary smooth. 



Pod up to 7 cm. long, straight or only slightly curved, 

 about 3 mm. wide, scarcely contracted between the seeds, 

 the valves chartaceous and convex over the seeds. Seeds 

 oblong, longitudinal; funicle bent once or twice, thickened 

 at the end into a long clavate or shortly turbinate fleshy 

 aril. 



The type from Ph. Oumbill, Co. Baradine (flower, October 

 1918). Ph. White, Co. White, 30 miles south of Narrabri 

 (fruit, December 1918). (Forester T. W. Taylor). 



Range. 



So far, this species has not certainly been found out of 

 New South Wales, though it will probably be found in dry 

 sandy soil in Queensland. 



With the exception of the aberrant form from Gulgong 

 (possibly not a correct locality), near Mudgee, perhaps 70 

 miles south of the Pilliga, most of the specimens come from 

 the Pilliga Scrub, Besides the locality of the type, the 

 National Herbarium, Sydney, has it from the following 

 localities. 



Deep sandy soil, Apple tree (Angophora) and Pine 

 (Callitris) country, Baradine Creek, Pilliga Scrub. (Dr. 



