ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 101 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 2 to 3 mm. 

 pale green, becoming dark green, glabrous or slightly pilose; 

 leaflets four to five pairs, oblong, acuminate, 3 to 4 mm. long, 

 1*5 to 2 mm. broad, at first reddish, becoming green, mid- 

 rib showing under lens; rachis 5 to 6 mm. long, glabrous, 

 excurrent; stipules almost reduced to scales, about 1 mm. 

 long, glabrous. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole about 8 mm. long, 

 hispid; leaflets four pairs, a little broader than those of the 

 iirst leaf, margins ciliate; rachis 8 to 9 mm., pilose, excur- 

 rent; scales indistinct. 



No. 3. Bipinnate, petiole 1 to 1*4 cm., hispid to pubescent, 

 excurrent ; leaflets four to five pairs, margins ciliate, the 

 pinna sometimes unequally pinnate; rachis pilose, excur- 

 rent; scales pubescent. 



Nos. 4 and 5. Bipinnate, petiole about 1*5 cm. long, 

 becoming channelled above or vertically flattened, in the 

 latter case with a strong nerve along the lower margin, 

 pubescent; leaflets five to eight pairs, pilose, margins ciliate, 

 the pinna sometimes unequally pinnate; rachis hispid, 

 excurrent: scales pubescent. 



No. 6. Bipinnate, petiole pubescent, vertically flattened 

 and showing a prominent nerve either along the centre, or 

 in the earlier stages near the lower margin of the young 

 phyllode, fairly straight, and connecting with the base of 

 the pinnae, the upper margin convex; rachis hispid to 

 pubescent, excurrent ; scales pubescent. 



No. 7. Bipinnate or sometimes reduced to an obovate 

 phyllode, 1*7 to 2 cm. long, 7 mm. broad, with distinct 

 central nerve, and nerve-like margins, and indistinct lateral 

 veins, mucronate, hispid to pubescent. 



Nos. 8 and upwards. Usually phyllodes. 



