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with a few scattered hairs. Pistil glabrous except at the 

 top where it is crowned with a few hairs. 



Affinity. — With A. umbellata A. Ounn. ' (A. acradenia 

 F.v.M.) 



The phyllodes of A. umbellata are of a finer texture than 

 those of A, curvicarpa; the striate lines are edged with 

 short hairs and the gland at the base does not project; it 

 does project in^l. curvicarpa. Very resinous; glabrous in 

 A. curvicarpa. The flowers are very similar to those of 

 A. umbellata; pistil hoary. 



The seeds of A. curvicarpa are placed longitudinally in 

 the thin, curved pods, filling them, are attached to the 

 outer curve; the broad arillus suddenly tapers off into a 

 thread-like funicle. The pod of A. umbellata is slightly 

 falcate, thick, and so resinous that it is very difficult to open 

 it. The seeds resemble those of A. curvicarpa, and are 

 disposed the same way in the pod, but are smaller. 



Bipinnatae (Botryocephalae). 

 53. A. pachyphloia W.V.F. n. sp. 



Frutex altus vel arbor, ramulis fere teretibus, glabris. Foliis 

 bipinnatis, pinnis 2 v. 3 paribus petiolo commune sequilongis. 

 Foliolis 10-15 paribus, ovato-lanceolatis ad oblongis, cinereis, 

 venis ascendentibus. Floribus in capitulis globosis, racemosis foliis 

 breviores formantibus. Legumine breviter stipitato, lato-lineare, 

 glabro, compresso. Yalvis coriaceis, irregulariter striatis. Semin- 

 ibus longitudinalibus, ovatis, brunneis. Funiculo crasso. arillo 

 clavato sub basi. 



A tall shrub or tree; branchlets almost or quite terete, 

 glabrous; leaves bipinnate, the pinnae in 2 - 3 distant pairs, 

 at least as long as the common petiole; leaflets 10 — 15 

 pairs, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, callous-pointed, somewhat 

 coriaceous, of a greyish hue, the veins ascending; flowers 

 in globular heads and forming racemes shorter than the 



