NOTES ON ACACIA. 95 



almost J inch broad. Seeds about 2"' long, one side very often 

 convex, the other more flattened. The species resembles Acacias 

 drepanocarpa, julifera, and delibrata, in its phyllodes, in the pod 

 however, it is very different. (Description ends here). 



The limits of length given for the phyllodes are remark- 

 able, and point to mixed material. They are up to a foot 

 long, and are not near to those of A. plectocarpa, but 

 rather resemble those of A. coriacea and stenophylla, 

 members of the Plurinerves (Microneura). The specimen 

 in fruit in the plate of A. pachycarpa in the "Iconography 

 of Acacias" is typical, and the differences between these 

 phyllodes and those of plectocarpa are at once observable. 

 The flowering twig of A. pachycarpa depicted has certainly 

 different phyllodes, and perhaps it may not be correct. 

 Coming to the fruits, Bentham says those of A. plectocarpa 

 may be "almost as broad and thick as in A. pachycarpa" 



It is desirable that A. pachycarpa be re-collected, before 

 we can fully indicate its affinities. 



A. Hammondi n. sp. 



(Juliflorse — Falcatse.) 



(A. plectocarpa F.v.M. of the "Iconography of Australian 

 Acacias " non A. Ounn.) 



In addition to the type specimens of A. plectocarpa, Sir 

 David Prain had the goodness to give me fragments of A. 

 plectocarpa A. Ounn., written up by Bentham as var." as 

 follows : — 



a. Roper, Mueller, No. 25. Phyllodes and pods. 



b. Lower Victoria River, Mueller, No. 93. Phyllodes 



and flowers. Both are Northern Territory localities. 



Reference to Journ. Linn. Soc, in, 138, shows that 



Mueller himself referred them to A. delibrata A. Ounn., 



which is additional evidence that he had either never seen 



or had forgotten A. delibrata. 



