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•calyx-lobes, which are hairy only at the tips of the lobes, 

 -and glabrous petals. Further it has a densely hairy ovary 

 in contradistinction to the glabrous one of A. Froggattii, 

 and also a long, narrow, glabrous pod. 



Plurinerves (Microneura). 

 A. eremea n. sp. 



Frutex erectus vel arbor parva. Phyllodiis pulchris, argenteis, 

 laneeolatis, angustis, 5-7 cm. longis, 4 mm. latis, crassis, tenuis- 

 sime striatis, nervis parallelisms. Pedunculis geminis vel pluribus, 

 ca. 5 mm. longis, piiis aureis tectis, capitulis globosis ca. 30 floris. 

 Sepalis spathulatis, pilis sparse tectis, corollse minus dimidio 

 sequilongis. Petalis per totum hirsutis, marginibus ciliatis. 

 Ovario hirsuto. Legumine latuisculo, breve tomento tecto, reticu- 

 lariter venoso, ca. 1 dm longo, 6 mm. lato; seminibus longitudin- 

 aliter dispositis. Semina non vidimus. 



An erect shrub or small tree with beautiful silvery foliage, 

 the result of a very short tomentum, branchlets at first 

 slightly angular. 



Phyllodia straight, or slightly falcate, lanceolate, narrow, 

 tapering to both ends, with a rigid point, 5-7 cm. long, 

 4 mm. broad, thick, very finely striate with parallel nerves 

 only to be seen under a lens. An ill-defined gland at the 

 base. 



Peduncles in pairs or more, covered with golden hairs 

 and about 5 mm. long, bearing globular heads of about 30 

 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Bracts conoid- capitate. 



Sepals spathulate, besprinkled with hairs, particularly 

 towards the top, scarcely half as long as the corolla. Petals 

 hairy all over, and ciliate at the edges, free. Ovary hirsute. 



Pod of medium width, twisted (?), covered with a very 

 short tomentum and very finely and reticulately veined, 

 about 1 dm. long and 6 mm. broad, the valves moderately 

 convex over the seeds, which are slightly contracted 

 between them ; seeds longitudinally arranged. 



