NOTES ON ACACIA. 



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NOTES ON ACACIA, (WITH DESCRIPTION OP NEW 

 SPECIES), No. I. 



By J. H. Maiden, f.l.s. 



[Bead before the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales, December 1, 1915.] 



SYNOPSIS. 

 Introductory. 



Extra-floral Nectaries (glands). 



Funicle and Arillus. 



Proposed New Species : — 



1. Acacia Carnei (Pungentes — Uninerves). 



2. 



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Mabellce (Uninerves — Racemosse). 



3. 



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Flocktonice ,, ,, 



4. 



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Chalkeri „ ,, 



5. 



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Kettle wellice ,, „ 



6. 



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Clunies-Rossice „ ,, 



7. 



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Boormani ,, ,, 



8. 



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Currani (Juliflorse — Stenophyllse). 



Notes 



on Various Species: — 



a. 



Acacia crassiuscula Wendl. (see under A. Flocktonice). 



6. 



3) 



leptopetala Benth. 



c. 



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linearis Sims. 



d. 



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pycnantha Benth. 



e. 



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lineata A. Cunn. 



/. 



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imbricata F.v.M. 



9- 



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Bynoeana Benth. 



h. 



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ixiophylla Benth. 



i. 



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7/iontana Benth. 



Introductory. 



I have been led to a detailed study of Australian Acacias 



partly because half a century has elapsed since Bentham's 



revision of the genus, during which period additional species 



have been recorded from every State in the Commonwealth, 



