NOTES ON ACACIA. 26$ 



only are the flowers in " globular heads very slightly cylin- 

 drical," but some are so distinctly cylindrical as to justify 

 removal of the species to the Juliflora3. I think its position 

 is next to A. signata. 



The pods are hitherto unknown, and may be described as 

 follows: — 



Stipitate, linear-moniliform, the seeds longitudinally 

 arranged, the valves thin, with a marginal thickening, 6 - 

 7 cm. long, with a width of 3 mm. where distended by the 

 seeds, and half this width between the seeds; seeds shining* 

 elongated, suspended by a delicate ribbon-like funicle which 

 terminates in a slightly expanded arillus. (Poor sandy land, 

 ten miles south of Merredin, March, 1917. Dr. F. Stoward,. 

 No. 82). 



XXI. A. Stowardi n. sp. 



Frutex glaber. Phyllodiis lato-linearibus, rectis vel paullo 

 falcatis in acumen obtusum leniter curvatum" terminantibus, 4-6 

 cm. longis, 3 mm. latis, rigidis, crassis, tenuiter striatis, nervis 

 numerosis tenuibus parallelibus, nervo medio prominentiore. 

 Pedunculis 5 mm. longis, solitariis, capitulo ovoideo v. spica sub- 

 cylindrica v. sub-laxa, 1*5 cm. longo. Floribus 5-meris. Calyce 

 sinuato-dentato corollam minus dimidio sequante, glabro. Petalis 

 dimidio longitudinis cohaerentibus, glabris. Pistillo pruinoso. 

 Leguminibus tenuibus sub-obliquis, 4 v. 5 cm. longis, 1 cm. latis, 

 valvar um marginibus angustis incrassatis, valvis leniter nervosis. 

 Seminibus ovatis, obliquis v. fere transversis, funiculo duplo plicatis 

 in arillum leniter incrassatum terminante. 



A glabrous shrub, the young tips slightly resinous, the 

 young branchlets angular, but soon becoming terete. 



Phyllodia broad-linear, straight or slightly falcate, ter- 

 minating in a slightly curved blunt point, gland near base, 

 sometimes narrowed at the base into a distinct yellowish 

 curved petiole, mostly 4-6 cm. (say \\ - 2-J inches) long* 



