NOTES ON ACACIA. 109 



viscid, sometimes above 3 in. long; spikes to 2 in. long, on 

 slender peduncles of above 1 in., usually solitary; sepals 

 very small, slightly ciliate; pod frequently 2 \ in. long, 2 

 lin. broad, very viscid, glabrous or scantily pilose. Among 

 sandstone and quartzite rocks (W.V.F.). 



44. A. limbata F.v.M. 

 Dillen's Springs. Erect, 3-4 feet. On stony flats (W.V.F.), 



45. A. conspersa F.v.M. 

 Peduncles solitary or several together, \ in. or more in 

 length, pubescent; spikes slender, about 1 in. long; flowers- 

 hirsute, mostly 5-merous; sepals linear, almost free, nearly 

 or quite as long as the corolla; petals connate to above the 

 middle, with scarcely evident midribs, the tips thickened, 

 (no locality quoted). (W.V.F.) 



46. A. OLIGONEURA F.V.M. 



Edkins Range; Oalder River. Erect, 6 — 8 feet. In 

 sandy soil. (W.V.F.) 



What is A. oligoneura F.v.M.? 



It was described by Mueller in Journ. Linn. Soc. in, 139 

 (1859), in words, of which the following is a translation:— 



Glabrous, with graceful angular-compressed branches, with 

 phyllodes chartaceous, subsessile, elongated, narrow-lanceolate, 

 acuminate gradually towards the apex, and narrowed towards the 

 base, slightly falcate, trinerved, reticulately veined, glandular at the 

 base, the veins close to the base confluent with the lower margin, 

 no marginal glands, rhachises axillary, solitary or fasciculate, 

 short, cylindrical, glabrous, peduncles slender, calyx broadish 

 membraneous, dentate, a third of the length of the corolla, pods — 

 (wanting). 



In Arnhem Land near Mac Adam Range, No. 96; Victoria River, 

 No. 95. 



Phyllodes mostly 4-6 inches long, half an inch broad. Flower- 

 ing spike half an inch long or a little more. 



