92 J. H. MAIDEN. 



phyllodes and portion of a valve of the Cambridge Gulf 

 specimen, and phyllodes, a pod and two seeds of the Sims's 

 Island specimen. 



The original speaks of the phyllodes as "finely striate 

 and many nerved." Bentham (B. Fl.) speaks of them as 

 with "about three nerves." The phyllodes of A. plecto- 

 earpa in the "Iconography" are smaller, and have uniformly 

 two nerves. They are, in my opinion, a different species ; 

 see p. 96. 



Mr. Fitzgerald collected specimens and considered them 

 to belong to a new species. His description follows, and 

 is worthy of publication although his plant is, in my view, 

 conspecific with A. plectocarpa. 



Mr. Fitzgerald's description begins here: — 

 A tall shrub to a tree; branchlets angular and along with the 

 phyllodia and rhachises viscid, otherwise glabrous or nearly so; 

 phyllodia lanceolate to narrow-lanceolate, slightly falcate, termin- 

 ating in a short oblique point, attenuated at the base, of thin 

 texture, with three conspicuous longitudinal nerves and numerous 

 iiner ones closely packed between and slightly anastomosing; spikes 

 slender, dense, two together or the uppermost three together, and 

 forming a terminal leafy panicle; flowers small, 4-5-6- merous, the 

 calyx and often the corolla and rhachis closely invested with a 

 short golden-coloured pubescence; calyx lobed almost to the base, 

 the sepals linear, half as long as the corolla; petals broad, connate 

 to above the middle, not ribbed or striate; pod straight, linear, 1 

 viscid, compressed, the sutures narrow; valves thinly coriaceous, 

 very much undulate; seeds oblique, almost orbicular, dark brown; 

 funicle filiform and straight to near the base of the seed where it 

 forms several dilated folds which constitute an irregular cupular 

 pale coloured basilar arillus. 



Lennard, Isdell, Harm, Fitzroy and Charnley Rivers, (W.V.F.) 



1 The word linear is misleading, in view of the further statement that 

 the pod of 4 - 5 inches long is one-third inch broad. Such an expression 

 as "moderately broad" would be better. — J.H.M. 



