NOTES ON ACACIA. 85 



"Near the Ennasleigh River. W, Armit." 



"Differs from A. conspersa already in compressed-angular 

 glabrous branchlets, in obliterated stipules, more than one primary 

 venule of the phyllodes, in very sticky less turgid fruits and in 

 untwisted funicles; from A. gonoclada in usually narrower phyl- 

 lodes, longer spikes, less crowded flowers, more velvet-like vestiture 

 of the rhachis, and unconnate sepals. From both it may further 

 differ in carpologic characteristics, but the ripe fruit remained 

 hitherto unknown." (Mueller, MSS. in Herb. Melb.). 



After writing the description, Mueller refused to publish 

 it, marking it "A. delibrata an*." A sight of the type shows 

 that A. delibrata is a very different plant, and I take the 

 responsibility of reversing Mueller's decision, and publish- 

 ing his description. Its affinity is to A. plectocarpa, and 

 while I admit the material is incomplete, it seems to me 

 that it is in the interests of science to give this figured 

 form a name under the circumstances. 



Named in honour of W. E. Armit. Biographical notes on 

 Mr. Armit will be found in Proc. Aust. Assoc. Adv. Science, 

 xii, 374, (1909). Mr. Banfleld of Dunk Island, North Queens- 

 land, kindly tells me that his name was William Edington 

 Armit. He died in Papua. His son, Mr. L. P. B. Armit 

 is an official of that dependency. 



Range. North Queensland only, so far as we know at 

 present. 



Armit's label says "Ennasleigh," Sands' Queensland Map 

 of 1886 (New Atlas of Australia) "Einasleigh," and Whit- 

 worth's Bailiere's "Queensland Gazetteer " (1876) has 

 "Einsleigh." Mr. Allan A. Spowers, Surveyor General of 

 Queensland, says the official spelling is Einasleigh. He 

 says that Prank Jardine named it in remembrance of a lady, 

 Annie, transposing the first two syllables. 



44 It is a large shallow river, from three quarters to a 

 mile wide, flowing about forty miles east of Georgetown in 



