102 R. H. CAMBAGE. 



Uninerves — Angustifolise. 

 Acacia verniciflua, A. Ounn. Seeds from Yerranderie. 

 Growing on Permo-Oarboniferous sandstone and shale. 

 (Plate IX, Numbers 1 to 4.) 



Seeds black, oblong, 3*5 to 4 mm. long, about 1*8 to 2 mm. 

 broad, 1 mm. thick. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, pale green, about 1*3 to 2*5 cm. 

 long, 1 to 1*5 mm. thick at base, about '7 to *9 mm. at 

 apex, glabrous. 



Cotyledons sessile, sagittate, oblong, apex rounded, about 

 5 mm. long, 1*5 to 2*2 mm. broad, at first erect but becom- 

 ing horizontal within two or three days, outer or underside 

 at first greenish yellow, becoming green in about a week, 

 with one or two raised nerves from base along central 

 portion, inner or upperside yellowish-green, becoming dark 

 green in one week, glabrous; sometimes remaining until 

 the phyllodes are present. 



Stem terete, green, glabrous, or with a few scattered 

 hairs; first internode *5 mm.; second 2 to 3 mm.; third 3 to 

 7 mm.; fourth 5 mm. to 1 cm. 



Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole about 4 mm. r 

 green, glabrous; leaflets two to three pairs, oblong, 

 acuminate, 3 to 5 mm. long, 1*5 to 2 mm. broad, green 

 above, underside paler, oblique midrib showing under lens; 

 rachis 3 to 4 mm. long, green, glabrous, excurrent; stipules 

 minute. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 6 to 9 mm. long, some- 

 times with a strong nerve along the lower edge, green, 

 glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, excurrent; leaflets 

 two to three pairs, the terminal pairs opposite, the 

 remainder sometimes alternate; rachis 3 to 6 mm. long, 

 glabrous, excurrent; stipules reduced to scales 1 mm. long. 



No. 3. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole about 1 cm. long, with 

 a few scattered hairs, usually slightly flattened vertically^ 



