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J. H. MAIDEN. 



the seeds, dark brown, narrowed in breadth between the seeds 

 about towards the middle, seeds more or less globular, dark yellow, 

 shining. Unripe pods somewhat smooth, glaucescent. Phyllodes 

 5-8 cm. long, 2-4 mm., broad. Peduncle 1 - 2 cm. long. Ripe 

 pod 10-12 cm. long, up to 13 mm. broad above the seeds. Ripe 

 seed -5 - *8 mm. in diameter. Habitat in the Austin district near 

 Carnarvon at Shark's Bay, most frequent in the sandy muddy sea 

 coasts, flowered in the month of August (D. 3653). There is an 

 incomplete indeterminate specimen of the same species in the 

 Berlin Herbarium, collected by Gaudichaud at Shark's Bay about 

 1830. 



The species bears a strong affinity to A. salicirta Lindl., and is 

 not certainly distinguished from that species except in the fruits 

 and seeds (which are very distinct); it differs, however, in having 

 much narrower phyllodes. 



The late Dr. A. Morrison collected it at Onslow, Ash- 

 burton River, so that it is recorded from Shark's Bay 

 (Carnarvon), round the coast as far as Nickol Bay, but it 

 has not yet been recorded from the Northern Territory. 



VIII. A. Blakelyi n. sp. 



Frutex parvus, suberectus, ramulis rotundatis, paullo curvatis,, 

 glabris; phyllodiis lineari-lanceolatis, 10 — 11*5 cm. longis, 7-8 

 mm. latis, recti s v. paullo falcatis, crassiusculis, marginibus incras- 

 satis, costa media prominente, duabis venis parallelibus minus 

 prominentibus, uno utroque latere costae mediae; costa media 

 gland ulam phyllodiae basin versus gerente; capitulis paucis in 

 brevibus racemis, floribus numerosis, 5-meris; calyce tenue, non 

 ciliato, truncato, plus triplo petalis aequilongo; petalis basi facile 

 disjungentibus; pistillo laeve; legumine lineare, paullo contorto,. 

 moniliforme, phyllodiis longiore, marginibus pallidis, seminibus 

 angustis, funiculo bis curvato et in arillum paullo inflatum 

 terminante. 



A small sub-erect shrub. Branchlets rounded and slightly 

 curved, glabrous. Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, 10 - 11*5 cm. 



