408 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



excurrent; leaflets two to four pairs, often irregular in 

 size and not always strictly opposite; rachis pilose, 

 excurrent; stipules as in No. 1. 



No. 4. Sometimes a phyllode 3*5 cm. long, up to 6 mm. 

 broad; or it may be bipinnate, with petiole up to 2*3 cm. 

 long, vertically flattened to 2 mm. broad towards the 

 middle, with the strong nerve or midrib along the lower 

 margin, and a gland on upper margin, pilose, excurrent; 

 leaflets three to six pairs, up to 8 mm. long, and 3 mm. 

 broad, margins ciliate; rachis pilose, excurrent. 



Nos. 5 to 10. Phyllodes so far as seen, falcate-lanceolate, 

 with gland near the base of upper margin ; No. 5 having 

 one prominent nerve along centre of lamina, with numerous 

 fine veins on both sides and nerve-like margins ; No. 6 and 

 upwards usually having two or more prominent nerves. 

 The ashy-grey or hoary appearance so common on mature 

 phyllodes of this species is absent from the early phyllodes, 

 which are pale green. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 

 Plate XV. 



Acacia leiophylla, Benth. 



1 . Cotyledons, and opposite pair of pinnate leaves, one developing 



in advance of the other. From Western Australia, cultivated 

 in Botanic Gardens, Sydney, (J. H. Maiden). 



2. Opposite pair of pinnate leaves and bipinnate leaves. 



3. Bipinnate leaves and phyllodes. 



4. Seeds. 



Acacia Flochtonice, Maiden. 



5. Cotyledons. Yarranderie. 



6. Pinnate leaf, bipinnate leaves and phyllodes. 



7. Pod and seeds. 



