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erinacea are fewer, and the calyx very short and scarcely 

 hairy, and about one fourth of the length of the petals, 

 being very much shorter proportionately than those of 

 A. Basedowii. 



Uninerves (Racemosae). 



A. Hamiltoniana n. sp. 



Frutex erectus dumosus, 5 - 6' oranino glaber, ramulis angular- 

 ibus. Phyllodiis lanceolatis, in acumen tenue angustatis, plerum- 

 que 4 — 4-5 cm. longis 5 mm. latis, coriaceis, uninerviis, marginibus 

 crassis nervis similibus, venulis inconspicuis, glandula (quum 

 praesente) basin versus. Racemis multis capitulis ca. 20 floris,. 

 5-meris. Sepalis crassis, spathulatis, angularibus, apice et angulis 

 pubescentibus, corollse dimidium sequantibus. Petalis glabris. 

 Ovario piano. Legumine 8 mm. lato inter semina contracto, valvis 

 marginibus crassatis, seminibus longitudinaliter dispositis. Arillo 

 clavato, funiculo breve. 



An erect bushy shrub of 5 or 6 feet, quite glabrous, 

 exhibiting a bluish-green cast when growing,, branchlets 

 angular. 



Phyllodia lanceolate, straight or a little curved, some- 

 times tending to be spathulate, terminating in a fine point, 

 the end of the phyllode sometimes bent obliquely, usually 

 \\ to If inches long, rigidly coriaceous, one-nerved, with 

 thickened nerve-like margins, the veinlets inconspicuous, 

 with or without marginal glands, the gland when present 

 being about one-fifth of the way up from the base. 



Racemes not exceeding or equalling the phyllodes, with 

 numerous heads of about twenty flowers, all 5-merous. 



Sepals thick, spathulate, angled, fringed at the top and 

 along the angles with fine hairs, half as long as the corolla. 

 Petals glabrous. Ovary smooth. 



Pod \ inch broad, the valves with a raised rim along the 

 margin, the pod contracted between the seeds, which are 

 longitudinally arranged. 



