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J. H. MAIDEN. 



Juliflorse (Stenophyllse). 



8. Acacia Ourrani n. sp. 



Frutex videtur, ramulis longis tenuibus subteretibus, pilis 

 sericeis mollibus tectis. Phyllodiis 12-17 cm. longis linearibus 

 obtuso-acutis, planis striatis pallido sericeo tomento pilorum dis- 

 persorum. Floribus pentameris, calyce fere ad basem lobata infra 

 vix constricta, parte superiore pilosa, inferiore sparse pilosa. 

 Pistillo parte superiore pilosa, inferiore sparse pilosa. Leguminibus 

 rectis 4-6 cm. longis 3 — 4 mm. latis, pilis albis dense tectis, 

 pedunculis pedicellisque pariter pilosis. Seminibus longitudinaliter 

 dispositis, funiculo circa semen bis plicato, plica una breve altera 

 longa. Species A. Burkittii F.v.M. proxima videtur. 



Apparently a shrub with long wisp-like roundish branch- 

 lets, slightly compressed towards the tips. Silky-downy 

 all through, except on the old wood. 



Phyllodes long (12 to 17 cm.), linear, blunt pointed, flat- 

 tish, striate, with a pale silky tomentum of scattered hairs. 

 Rhachis densely matted in hair. Stipules not observed. 



I have not seen a complete spike of flowers, although 

 Mueller, ("Iconography of Australian Acacias," under A. 

 cyperophylla, left hand figure), figures spikes which are 

 shortly stalked, are barely 1 cm. long, and which may be 

 intended for A. Currant. 



All the specimens that I have seen are a mat of over-ripe 

 flowers, but Mueller, by placing it on the A. cyperophylla 

 plate assumes that it is spicate ; (spikes short and about 

 three times as long as broad; he figures it pedunculate in 

 the enlarged details). 



Flowers pentamerous; the various parts of the flower 

 are glabrous or nearly so at the bases, and get increasingly 

 hairy towards the tops. 



Calyx lobed nearly to the base, hardly constricted below, 

 hairy on the upper half, very sparsely on the lower half. 



