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J. H. MAIDEN. 



The type of A. signata comes from the Murchison River, 

 Oldfield. 



I have it also from Minginew (E. W. Hursthouse through 

 W. V. Fitzgerald, as A, acuminata). 



Dr. F. Stoward has sent it from Bruce Rock to Merriden, 

 September, 1916, in flower; December, 1916, in flower and 

 fruit, and also on poorest sandy land, about 10 miles south 

 of Merriden and Totadgin district. December, 1916, in 

 fruit. The above description has been drawn up from Dr. 

 Stoward's specimens checked with the scanty specimen of 

 the type, which Prof. Ewart has had the kindness to lend 

 me. The flowers are described for the first time. 



Affinities. 



1. With A. acuminata Benth. 



Bentham (B. PL, ii, 404), speaking- of A. signata, says 

 "Foliage of A. acuminata,, but the fruit different." 



A. acuminata is the "Jam" or "Raspberry Jam" tree 

 that every West Australian knows. Its young foliage has 

 a golden pubescence, whtle the margins of the phyllodes 

 are often ciliate. 



A. signata is never more than a shrub or very small tree. 

 It is usually less floriferous, its phyllodes are usually 

 broader and have more of the lustre of parchment, with 

 red branchlets and red phyllode-margins. Its branchlets 

 are more angular. Its venation is finer, the pods have a 

 more waxy or hoary lustre. 



2. With A. lasiocalyx.Q. Andrews. 



The phyllodes differ in dimensions and in venation, but 

 the flowers are quite different, the calyx of A. lasiocalyx 

 being truncate and the pistil smooth, as compared with a 

 pubescent pistil in A. signata. 



The pods of A. signata are somewhat smaller than those 

 of A. lasiocalyx, and the seeds are more orbicular and 



