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times almost continuous, and thus may simulate a pluri- 

 nerved phyllode. Similarly the "bivenose" character of 

 A. xanthina is not always present. 



As a rule the phyllodes of A. Blakelyi are narrower than 

 those of A. bivenosa (and even of the narrower A, xanthina 

 form), while the conspicuous gland of the former is not 

 present in the latter species. 



The flowers of the two species resemble each other a 

 good deal in structure, but the pods are very different, 

 those of A. bivenosa considerably resembling those of A. 

 salicina. 



2. With A. rostellifera Benth. There is no doubt that 

 itjias often been confused, on general resemblances, with 

 A. rostellifera Benth. In that species we have one-nerved 

 phyllodes, with two to four glands on the edge of the 

 phyllodes, axillary flowers, calyx finely ciliate and a hairy 

 pistil. It is sharply separated from A. Blakelyi, which has 

 a gland in an unusual position, — on the midrib. 



As regards fruits, while I have excellent ones as regards 

 A. Blakelyi, I have only fruits from a cultivated shrub of 

 A. rostellifera, the spontaneous specimens corresponding to 

 the seeds, having been misplaced. I therefore speak with 

 diffidence in regard to them, since the pods of A. rostellifera 

 have not been described. The cultivated pods referred to 

 have valves very much wider than those of A. Blakelyi, 

 while the arillus is smaller. 



IX. A. pyrifolia DO. var. Morrisoni, var. no v. 



Globe Hill, Ashburton River (banks of river). (Dr. A. 

 Morrison, 6th October, 1905). 



In a short paper in the Scottish Botanical Review, April, 

 1912, p. 98, Dr. Morrison described this form as a new 

 variety, but omitted to give it a name, and I rectify this 

 omission by naming it after our lamented friend. 



