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(4-4*5 inches) long, 7-8 mm. broad, straight or slightly 

 falcate, the apex a rather sharp point* texture rather thick, 

 margins thickened, with a prominent midrib, and two less 

 prominent, but usually quite distinct, parallel veins, one on 

 each side of the midrib. One prominent gland on the 

 midrib, an unusual situation, near the base of the phyllode. 

 Flower-heads few, in short racemes, on peduncles of about 

 1 cm., with numerous 5-merous flowers. 



Calyx very transparent, not ciliate, without midribs, 

 truncate, rather more than one-third as long as the petals; 

 the petals easily separating to the base, and without mid- 

 ribs. Pistil smooth. 



Pods linear, slightly twisted and moniliform, longer than 

 the phyllodes, with pale-coloured, smooth, thickened valve- 

 margins. Seeds narrow, the funicle usually bent twice and 

 terminating in a slightly swollen arillus. 



Mioginew, in flower and fruit. Type. (J.H.M M Oct. 1909). 



The following specimens are referable to this species: — 



1. Minginew, in flower only, and phyllodes narrower 

 than the type (W. V. Fitzgerald, September, 1903). 



2. Yandanooka, south of Minginew, in flower only. (A. 

 Morrison, September, 1904). 



3. Northam, in flower only (J. H. Gregory, 1900). 



4. Geraldton, in flower and fruit, with phyllodes narrower 

 than the type. (Dr. J. B. Cleland, 1907). 



In honour of William Faris Blakely, Botanical Assistant, 

 Botanic Gardens, who has given me most valuable assist- 

 ance in the elucidation of this genus. 



Affinities. 



1. With A. bivenosa DO. Perhaps its closest affinity is 



to A. bivenosa DO., and particularly to that form of it 



originally named A. xanthina by Bentham. A. Blakehji is 



primarily uninerved, although the secondary veins are some- 



