ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 



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Leaves — No. 1. Abruptly pinnate, petiole 2 to 5 mm. long, 

 hispid; leaflets three to four pairs, oblong-acuminate, 

 usually mucronate, about 5 to 7 mm. long, and nearly 2 to 

 2*5 mm. broad, underside reddish-green, becoming pale 

 green, upperside light green, midrib fairly distinct, second 

 vein showing under pocket lens ; rachis 7 to 8 mm. long, 

 pilose, excurrent; stipules small. 



No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 3 to 5 mm. long, hispid, 

 excurrent; leaflets four to six pairs, margins sometimes 

 ciliate ; rachis pilose, excurrent ; stipules 1 mm. long. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole about 6 mm. 

 long, hispid to pubescent, excurrent ; leaflets and rachis 

 similar to those of No. 2; stipules small. 



No. 5. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole slightly flattened 

 vertically, about 6 to 7 mm. long, pubescent; leaflets six 

 to seven pairs, margins sometimes ciliate, rachis hispid, 

 excurrent ; stipules small. 



No. 6. Reduced to a phyllode or abruptly bipinnate, with 

 dilated, hispid, falcate petiole, the tapering, hispid, excur- 

 rent point being sometimes 3 mm. long, prominent central 

 nerve running to the base of the pinnae on upper margin of 

 flattened petiole ; leaflets about seven pairs, rachis hispid, 

 excurrent. 



No. 7. Usually a phyllode obliquely-elliptical 6 to 8 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad, hispid, upper margin almost semicircular 

 lower margin straighter and somewhat nerve-like, central 

 nerve curving and prominent, mucronate; lateral veins 

 numerous but indistinct. 



Plurinerves — Oligoneurse. 



Acacia Dawsoni, R. T. Baker. Seeds from Queanbeyan. 

 (Plate X, Numbers 9 to 11.) 

 Seeds black, oblong, 3*5 to 4*5 mm. long, nearly 2 mm. 

 broad, 1 mm. thick. 



