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slightly tapering to the point of attachment. A not very 

 conspicuous gland rather low down on the phyllode. Minute 

 lanceolate stipules observed in the phyllodes when the 

 flower-buds are very young. 



Flowers. Racemes scarcely exceeding the phyllodia or 

 shorter. Inflorescence golden yellow. Budsnearlyspherical. 

 Heads of flowers shortly stalked. About seven flowers in 

 the head, 5 or 6-merous. 



The calyx spreading, angled, nearly hemispherical, almost 

 truncate (i.e., the lobes of the calyx very blunt), the tips 

 of the sepals slightly hairy. 



The corolla twice as long as the calyx, the petals broadish, 

 glabrous, separating to the base, where they are strongly 

 united; often imbricate, which is very unusual. 



The stamens with short filaments. 



The bracts at the base of the flower of a bright red- 

 brown when quite fresh. 



Pistil glabrous. 



Fruit not seen. 



Habitat. Shrub about four feet high, in early bud. Slate 

 formation, Oowra Creek, near Cooma, (Macanally Range) 

 N.S.W. (R. H. Oambage, No. 1878, 10th February, 1908). 



In bud a little more advanced. The glaucous character 

 of the buds is very evident. Banks of the Snowy River at 

 Tom bong, near Bombala (W. Forsyth, May 1908). In flower 

 (R. Bornstein per R. H. Oambage, No. 1878a, September, 

 1908. Identical with 1878 above). In flower. Fairly 

 plentiful on the sides of Mount (Macanally) and en route 

 to the Macanally Mines (J. L. Boorman, 25th September, 

 1913). Mr. Boorman also collected it in December, 1914, 

 when it was past flowering, but no pods could be obtained. 

 With the exception of the Tombong specimens, all the 

 specimens came from the same district, which may be 



