496 J. H. MAIDEN. 



What I have seen from Tasmania attributed to A. linearis 

 has phyllodes 3-4 cm. long, instead of the phyllodes of 

 8-13 cm. of the typical form. Typical A. linearis has 

 scarcely visible lateral veins, while in the Tasmanian plants 

 attributed to A. linearis the lateral veins are almost 

 reticulate and the texture apparently thicker. I concur 

 in Mr. Rodway's opinion to merge such a form as this in 

 A. mucronata Willd., and suggest that A. linearis Sims be 

 not adopted as a Tasmanian plant without further evidence. 



d. Acacia pycnantha Benth. 



Bentham records this species only from South Australia 

 and Victoria. The New South Wales specimens I have 

 seen have not been entirely satisfactory, and, being an 

 important species for tan-bark, it has been tested from end 

 to end of New South Wales, and it is growing in innumer- 

 able places where it is not spontaneous. It is therefore 

 desirable to give authentic records for New South Wales. 



Tree of twelve feet, on slopes at head of Outtagee Lake 

 and Creek, near Bermagui, South Coast. 



In flower August, and fruit December 1915 (W. Dunn). 



I asked Mr. Dunn, who is a shrewd observer, if there 

 was any possibility of the plant having been artificially 

 sown and he replies emphatically in the negative. 



e. Acacia lineata A. Cunn. 



This was originally described in G. Don's "Gen. Hist, of 

 Dichlamydeous Plants," n, 403, 1832. The locality for the 

 type was not stated in that work (it can of course be 

 laboriously traced in Allan Cunningham's Mss.), but Ben- 

 tham quoted "Liverpool Plains, Wellington Valley etc." 



It is somewhat variable and occurs from the Mallee 

 country of Victoria through the mid-west of New South 

 Wales to southern Queensland. It is not noted from 



