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Petals united two-thirds of the way up, hairy on the 

 upper half, very sparsely on the lower half. 



Pistil hairy on the upper half, sparsely hairy on the lower 

 half. 



Bracts large, coarse, some of them bent, and all covered 

 in hair. 



Pods stipitate, straight, 4-6 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; 

 covered with a mat of white hairs, the stem also, but not 

 matted. The peduncles and pedicels are also hairy. 



Seeds longitudinally arranged in the pod; the funicle 

 folded twice round the seed, in a long and a short fold. 



Habitat. Oobar, N.S. Wales (Rev. J. Milne Ourran, P.G.S.). 

 So far as I know, only two specimens are in existence and 

 they are in the Melbourne Herbarium. 



1. Is labelled (A. cyperophylla by Mueller), and "Oobar 

 N.S.W., Rev. Milne Ourran, 1887." It is in pod and has 

 over-mature flowers. 



2. It is further labelled "Acacia No. 308. Bark peels 

 off portion enclosed (not available, J.H.M.) with remains 

 of withered flowers." 



The label of specimen No. 2 is in Father Ourran 's hand- 

 writing, which I know well. Nos. 1 and 2 are identical in 

 origin, though whether sent at the same time I do not know. 

 I wrote to Father Ourran for further particulars of the 

 plant, and for additional material but, owing to his absence 

 from Sydney, I have had no reply. 



I then wrote to the Ven. Archdeacon Haviland, now of 

 Oobar, formerly of Bourke, and an authority on the plants 

 of both places. He replied, " I am at a loss to know where 

 he (Father Ourran) could have got it; I am pretty well 

 certain it was not in either Bourke or Oobar districts." 



This introduces an element of doubt into the locality, but 

 it was not stated how near the township at Oobar the 



