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J. H. MAIDEN. 



I dedicate this species in honour of Mrs. Agnes Kettle- 

 well who, with Mrs. Clunies-Ross and myself founded the 

 Wattle Day League, who was the first Honorary Secretary 

 of the Sydney Branch and who still remains in office. 



Affinities. 



1. With A. prominens A. Ounn. This new species comes 

 very near to A. prominens, but has a longer and narrower 

 phyllode with a quite different gland, which has the orifice 

 at the top, and descending, instead of in the middle of the 

 gland as in A. prominens. In the new species there is 

 generally a narrowing of the phyllode where the gland 

 occurs, until the gland touches the midrib. 



The flowers in both species are nearly glabrous, with 

 scattered hairs on the calyx, but in the new species the 

 calyx is more angular and the petals more or less constricted 

 where they meet the top of the calyx. The seeds are alike 

 in both species. 



2. With A. Clunies-Rossice Maiden. The two species 

 are separated by the tomentum of the phyllocles in A. 

 Clunies-Rossice, and the very different shapes of the glands. 

 The structure of the flower is very different in the two 

 species, the shape of the calyx and the relative proportions 

 of its parts to the corolla, being marked and fundamental. 



I am much obliged to my assistant, Mr. E. Oheel, for 

 useful criticism in regard to this species. 



Uninerves (Racemosse). 



6. Acacia Glumes-Rossis n. sp. 



Frutex 15' vel altior. Phyllodiis fere oblanceolatis, subfalcatis, 

 plerumque apice fere curvata, apicibus juvenibus exalbidis bre- 

 vibus pilis argenteis. Phyllodiis 4-5 cm. longis, 5 mm. - 1 cm. 

 latis, nervo nedio distincto paucis nervis lateralibus obscuris. 

 Glandula unica reniforme phyllodiae basin versus. Capitulis in 

 racemis phyllodios non superantibus, circa 9-floris, rhache pilosa. 



