248 G. King — Jfahnah for a Fhra of tJis Malafjan Penimnla. [No. 1, 
ample patent terminal panicles with puberttloiis main-raobia and com- 
pound puberuloua lower brandies ; the whole 6-8 in. lon^, 4-6 in. wide, 
peduncleH of individual heads "S-'TS in. long. Calyx campanulnte, 
teeth short, valvate. Corollu "05 in. long. Stamens 8-10, filaments free, 
'1 in, long. Ovary stalked; style filiform, aligma small terminal. Pod 
Tvith a slender stfilk '2 in. fong, flat, almost Rtraight, membranons, l'5-2 
in. long-, '25 in. wide, made up of G-S glossy, finely reticulated l-seeded 
joints that fall awny when miitnre from the persistent unarmed sutures. 
Dak. in Flor. Biit. TikL II, 29L M. 7tigrescens Maingny MSS. 
SiNfi.iPOiiE; Maiitgatf 582! Anderson 3i f Kurx ! King t DI^^TliIa. 
Occura also in China and in Borneo, but no doubt is an introduction 
from America ; it is only found near clearings. 
65. Acacia Willd. 
Spinose or prickly shrubs or treea, erect or climbinf»:. Leaves 
biplnnate^ with minute lenflets. FInwers in globose heads or cylindrical 
spikes, herraapbi'odite or polygamoua, nsually pentamerous. Cahj36 
campaiiiilfite or funnel-shaped, shortly toothed. Fetal s exsertcd, rniitfd 
in the lower half. 'Stamens free, indefinite, much eisertcd ; anthers 
minute, noi- glaud-cre.sfced. Oianj stiilked or sessile, many-opuied ; style 
liliform, sfcis^rna minute cfipitnte. Pod lijs^ulate or oblong, not jointed, 
usually compressed and dry, dehiscent or indehiscont, rarely tnrgid or 
siibcylindricnl, sutures straight or wavy, not thickened. Species 430 j 
the leafy groups cosmopolitan in the tropics, the great phy Hodincons 
series, winch comprises two-thirds of the genus, almost restricted to 
Australia. None of the apocies with spicate inEorescence occur within 
our area. 
Erect ahrtiba or emnW trees, with atipulnr apinea, Uraetcato 
iwliiiols luid cyliinlriu pods ... ..- L A. Faritesiana. 
CUmbing shrubs, with noU'Spitioflcent stipules, atid with 
prickly biiinchefl ; podicok niikfid ; pods tint: — 
Flower heads "4 in. acroBS j leaflets narrow oblong ... 2. A. pifeuffo'lnisia. 
Flower heads '2 in. across ; WHets tinonr ... 3, A, fwnnata. 
I. AcAOiA rArt.NEsiANA Willd. Sp, PI. IV, 1083. A shrub or low 
tree with slender zig-zag branches marked with grey dots. Leaves 
2-pinnate \ raclns downy 1-1*5 in, long with a minute petiolar gland ; 
pinna) 8-16, 1-15 in long ; leaflets 10-20 pairs, green, subglabrous, 
j igidly coriaceous, linear- oblong, "2.'> in. hmg, 05 in. wide ; stipules 
spinescent seldom over •2i5-"35 in. long on the branchlota, persisting and 
on old branches Bomotimes over 1 in. long, polished, white, straight. 
Floxoersin rounded heads "35 in. in diam., frugiant, bright yellow ; pedun- 
cles crowded on axillary nodes, slender» puberalous, "75-1 in. long, with 
a ring of small bracts at or near the apex. Cahjx campannlate, minute. 
