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J. H. MAIDEN. 



Lat. 30°, Long. 142° 7, a few miles south of Milparinka. Id 

 this specimen the flowers are from 2 to 7 in a node. 



Queensland. 



"Locally called Boree. Has silvery appearance." Thomp- 

 son River, Longreach. (R. H. Cambage, No. 3971). In 

 early pod, slightly falcate. Recorded provisionally as A. 

 homalophylla. 



Affinities' 



A. homalophylla A. Ounn. A. homalophylla is a medium 

 sized, erect tree, known as Yarran. The phyllodia present 

 considerable external resemblance, except that those of A» 

 homalophylla are not silvery. The sepals of that species 

 are truncate-undulate, not spathulate, while the pods (see 

 Plate 189, fig. E of my "Forest Flora of New South Wales") 

 are straight not twisted, and not reticulately veined as in 

 A, eremea. 



A, lineolata Benth. If flowers are available, the two 

 species can readily be separated, as the heads are almost 

 sessile in A. lineolata. The pods of that species remain 

 unknown. The phyllodes of the two species present a good 

 deal of similarity in shape and texture, but those of A* 

 lineolata are smaller and more glabrous. 



Phyllodia 



1 

 rigens. 



A Needle-bush 

 up to 10 or 15 

 feet. Green. 



Filiform, com- 

 pressed, nearly 

 terete, rigid. 

 "About three 

 -nerve d." 

 Finely striate. 

 3-4 inches (75 

 - 10cm.) long, 

 or 2 - 2i (5-6-5 

 cm.) (Benth). 



Erect shrul up 

 to 1 5 feet. Very 

 silvery. 



Straight, lan- 

 ceolate. Bigid, 

 very finely 

 striate. 5—7 

 cm. long, 4 mm, 

 broad. 



3 



Loderi. 



A hoary or 

 glaucous dense 

 shrubby tree, 

 up to 20 feet. 

 Wood deep 

 brown; bark 

 flaky-fibrous. 



Linear, finely 

 striate with 

 parallel nerves, 

 besprinkled 

 with short hairs 

 10 or 11 cm. 

 long, 2 mm. 

 broad. 



4 



Sowdeni. 



Mallee-like 

 small tree, up 

 to 20 feet. Very 

 silvery when 

 young. 



Linear. Moder- 

 ately rigid. 

 Finely striate 

 with parallel 

 nerves, be- 

 sprinkled with 

 short hairs when 

 young. 6-8 cm. 

 long, 3 mm. 

 broad. 



