ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. XV11. 



2. Photograph of the Moon, by J. Nangle, f.r.a.s. 



3. Various forms of Acacia discolor, also specimens with 

 notes of Eruca sativa, Hibiscus esculentus, Taraxacum 

 officinale, Peucedanum graveolens and Fceniculum vulgare, 

 by E. Oheel. 



The specimens of Acacia discolor Willd., showed considerable 

 variation, and suggested that it may be possible to separate the 

 forms under distinct names as originally described by Bentham. 

 The forms may be briefly described as follows : — 



(1) Branches nearly terete, the young branches thickly clothed 

 with pubescence. Specimens which agree with the above descrip- 

 tion were collected by Banks and Solander in 1770, and from 

 Port Jackson by R. Brown in 1802- 1805; Centennial Park, E. 

 Cheel, July, 1898; Bullahdelah, J. L. Boorman, August, 1911; 

 Bellingen, Assistant Forester Swain, March, 1910. The above 

 agree with the description given in Bot. Mag. t. 1750; Benth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., i, p. 384; DC, Prodr. ii, p. 468, and 

 Don in Hist, of Gard. and Bot., ii, p. 419. 



(2) Branches more or less angular and quite glabrous. Speci- 

 mens which agree with the above description are much more 

 common, having a wide range from Port Jackson to the Blue 

 Mountains and Southern Tablelands into Victoria and Tasmania. 

 It is interesting to note that plants of this form may be found 

 with very pale yellow coloured flowers growing side by side with 

 those plants producing the normal darker yellow ones. 



These seem to agree with the description of A. discolor Willd. 

 var. Fraseri Benth., in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., i, p. 384, which 

 he appears to have suppressed, as the name does not appear in his 

 "Flora Australiensis." The description of A. maritima Benth. I.e. 

 also agrees with this form, and it would appear to be advisable to 

 adopt the name Fraseri as a varietal name in preference to mar- 

 itima for this series. 



A. discolor Willd. var. (?) angustifolia Benth., Fl. Aust., ii, p. 

 414. Specimens in the National Herbarium from Conjola, W. 



