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J. H. MAIDEN. 



Proposed New Species. 



Pungentes (Uninerves). 



1. Acacia Oarnei n. sp. 



Frutex diffusus, ramis subteretibus, ramulis pubescentibus. 

 Phyllodiis tetragonis pubescentibus, super et infra sulcatis minime 

 profundis, angulis rotundatis. Phyllodiis rigidis vix curvatis, in 

 apicem acrum rigidum acute attenuates, 4-5 cm. longis, 1-1*5 

 mm. latis. Capitulis non numerosis, 45 - 50 noris. Calyce simile 

 poculo formata villoso. Petalis ovato-spathulatis calycem duplo 

 superantibus, paucis villis diffusis tectis. Pistillo villoso. Legumine 

 non viso. Species A. quadrisculatce F.v.M., proxima videtur. 



A straggling shrub, with nearly terete branches, the 

 branchlets covered with a fine tomentum. 



Phyllodes tetragonous, covered with a fine tomentum, 

 sometimes of scattered hairs. The sides of the phyllodes 

 with shallow grooves, with rounded ridges at the angles. 

 The phyllodes rigid, hardly curved, terminating somewhat 

 abruptly in a sharp, rigid point, reddish-brown at the tip. 

 Length of phyllodes 4 — 5 cm., 1 - 1*5 mm. wide or thick. 



Flower-heads not numerous. Peduncles always (?) 

 solitary, about *5 cm., bearing each a globular flower-head 

 of 45 — 50 flowers. 



Flotvers 4 or 5 merous. 



Calyx cup-shaped, hairy. Petals ovate-spathulate r 

 slightly incurved, twice the length of the calyx, clothed 

 with a few scattered hairs; pistil hairy. 



Pod not seen. 



Habitat. Thackaringa, twenty-two miles from Broken 

 Hill, towards the extreme western part of New South 

 Wales. Joseph Edmund Oarne No. 16, October 1907. 



I have pleasure in associating this interesting species 

 with the name of my old friend Mr. Oarne, Government 



