212 J. H. MAIDEN. 



pungente, 10 — 15 cm. longis. Spicis sessilibus, geminis, ovoideis 

 vel oblongis, 6 vel 7 mm. Floribus 5-meris. Calyce spathulato 

 vel angusto-lobato, apicibus pruinoso, corollse dimidium sequante. 

 Petalis plains, facile disjungentibus. Legumine stipitato, lineare, 

 terete, inter semina vix constricto, ca. 8 cm. longo. Seminibua 

 jongioribus quam latis, longitudinaliter clispositis, funiculo longo, 

 rlliforme, arillo lato, oblongo. 



Ad almost glabrous shrub, with scarcely angular branch- 

 lets, very soon terete. 



Phyllodia slightly resinous or gummy, linear-subulate* 

 rigid, with a short pungent point, 10-15 cm. long, terete 

 and minutely striate, with very fine parallel nerves, scarcely 

 visible without a lens, slightly wrinkled and hoary at the 

 base. 



Spikes sessile, in pairs, dense, ovoid or oblong, not above 

 6 or 7 mm. long. 



Flowers 5-merous, the floral-bract capitate or spathulate, 

 with a rugose apex. 



Calyx spathulate or narrow-lobed, sometimes the sepals 

 less divided to the base, rugose or hoary at the tips, thin, 

 nerved, fully half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth, 

 partly united, but easily separating. Ovary hoary. 



Pod shortly stipitate, linear, terete, scarcely contracted 

 between the seeds, smooth, slightly resinous, about 8 cm. 

 long. 



Seeds longer than broad, longitudinally placed in the 

 pods, with a long filiform funicle (which suspends the seed 

 when the pod is open), terminating in a broad hemi-ellipsoid 

 to oblong arillus embracing the bottom of the seed. 



Type, Ooolgardie, Western Australia (1899 - 1900). 

 Description of fruits from Kunonoppin (Dr. F. Stoward, 

 No. 75). I have not seen the specimens, but it is probable 

 that the pods and seeds described by the late Dr. A. Mor- 



