NOTES ON ACACIA. 



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Peduncles 



Number* 

 in head 



Bract 



Sepals 



Petals 



Ovary 



Pod 



Seed 



Funicle 



1 

 riqens. 



Very short. 



Twenty. More 

 or less viscid. 



Conoid-capitate 



S path ul ate, 

 hairy, but 

 chiefly upper 

 half. 



About half as 

 long as corolla 



Glabrous. 



Hoary-pubes- 

 cent. 



Narrow linear, 

 twisted, 7 "5 em. 

 long; 3 mm. 

 broad. Slightlj 

 contracted be- 

 tween seeds. 

 Puberulous. 



Ovate, black, 

 longitudinal. 



Several folds, 

 turbinate 

 almost cup- 

 shaped aril. 



In pairs,covered 

 with golden 

 hairs; 5 mm. 



long. 



Thirty 



Conoid-capitate. 



Spathulate, 

 hairy, but 

 chiefly upper 

 half. More 

 hairy than 

 others. 



Scarcely half 

 as long as 

 corolla. 



Hairy all over 



Hhsute. 



Medium width, 

 twisted into a 

 double curve. 

 Grey tomentum. 

 Retic ulately 

 veined. 1 dm. 

 long, 6 mm. 

 broad. 



Longitudinally 

 arranged. 

 (Not seen). 



3 



Lodei 



In pairs, 



densely hairy. 



Thirty-six. 



Fan-shaped at 

 top. 



Spathulate, 

 hairy, chiefly 

 at top. 



Half as long as 

 corolla. 



Smooth. 



Densely hairy 



Markedly mon- 

 iliform, 8 cm. 

 long, 4 mm. 

 broad. Glau- 

 cous. Much 

 contracted be- 

 tween 



Brownish-black, 

 ovoid. 



Pendulous, with 

 small anllus 

 (like 4), encir- 

 cling seed for 

 half its length 

 (like 4). 



4 

 Sowdeni. 



In pairs or 

 threes. 5 mm. 

 lonff. 



Twenty-five. 



Oblique topped. 



Spathulate or 

 almost linear. 

 Hairy at tips. 



About half as 

 long as corolla. 



Very sparsely 

 besprinkled 

 with hairs. 



Hirsute, par- 

 ticularly upper 

 portion. 



Broadish, cur- 

 ved, chartace- 

 ous, 11 cm. long, 

 5 mm. broad. 

 Pale brown, re- 

 ticulate. 



Brown, ovoid. 



Pendulous, etc. 

 (like 3). 



A. LODERI n. sp. 

 Arbor parva, ligno brunneo, cortice lamelloso-fibrosa. Phyllodiis 

 numerosissimis linearibus ca. 10 vel 11 cm. longis, 2 mm. latis, 



N-December 3. 1919. 



