124 J. H. MAIDEN. 



10. Floral bract. 7 to 10 from Isdell River, Mount Barnett 



homestead, West Kimberley, North West Australia. (W. V. 

 Fitzgerald). 



11. Pod. 



12. Seed, with funicle and arillus. 11 and 12 from same locality 



as 6. 



Acacia Hammondi Maiden, n. sp. 

 Plate IV. 



1. Twig, showing two veined phyllodes, an interrupted flowering 



spike and a rhachis after flowering. 



2. Flower. 



3. Pistil. 1 to 3, Lower Victoria River, Northern Territory 



(Mueller, No. 93). 



4. Twig, showing phyllode and pods. 



5. Larger phyllode. 4 and 5, Roper River, Northern Territory 



(Mueller, No. 25). Bentham, when doing Acacia for the 

 Flora Australiensis, wrote up Mueller's 93 and 25 as "A. 

 plectocwpa var." Presented by Kew. 



6. Twig with phyllodes and pods. 



7. Portion of pod, greatly enlarged, showing seed with funicle 



and arillus. 6 and 7 from Etheridge River, Northern Queens- 

 land, W. E. Armit, No. 624. 



I desire to acknowledge most valuable assistance I have 

 received from Miss Margaret Flockton and Mr. W. F. 

 Blakely, my assistants, in the preparation of this paper. 



