222 J. H. MAIDEN. 



interruptis, angustis, pedunculatis, 5 vel 6 cm. longis, rache glabra. 

 Calyce truncato, margine sublobato, pubescente parte superiore 

 petalis minus dimidio sequilongo. Petalis valde recur va bis, ciliatis. 

 Ovario hirsute*. Leguminibus rectis vel paullo curvatis, linearibus, 

 13 cm. longis, 4 mm. latis, valvularum marginibus pallidis, inter 

 ■semin.es constrictis. Seminibus longitudinalibus, elongato oblongis, 

 funiculo breve pendulo, tenuissimo arillum paullo crassatum 

 formante. 



A tall, erect tree, with a hard furrowed bark and a trunk 

 diameter of two feet. Timber brown. Branchlets slender, 

 angular when young, but soon becoming terete. 



Phyllodia glabrous, bright green, narrow-lanceolate, 

 falcate, narrowed at both ends, up to 16 cm. long, about 

 8 mm. broad in mature leaves, coriaceous, with two or 

 three fine nerves rather more prominent than the numer- 

 ous fine veins between them. 



Spikes interrupted, narrow (with peduncles of 5 mm. to 

 1 cm.) up to 5 or 6 cm. long, solitary or in pairs, rachis 

 glabrous. Flowers bright yellow, mostly 5-merous. 



Calyx truncate, with the margin somewhat lobed, pube- 

 scent in the upper part, about a third as long at the petals. 

 Petals very recurved; also ciliate. Ovary hirsute, particu- 

 larly on the upper part. 



Pod shortly stipitate, straight or slightly curved, undu- 

 late, linear, up to 13 cm. long, 4 mm. broad, valves with 

 slightly thickened, pale-coloured margins, narrowed 

 between the seeds. 



Seeds longitudinal, embossing the valves moderately, 

 shining, black, elongate-oblong, without an areole, some- 

 times slightly ridged, with short pendulous, thread-like, 

 pale-coloured funicle which, after one or two folds, forms a 

 slightly thickened arillus, enveloping the top of the seed. 



Type, Dr. T. L. Bancroft's No. 5, Eidsvold, Queensland. 



