BY J. II. MAIDEN. 
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Its botanical position is perhaps between A. binervata and A. 
flavescens, which latter it approaches in nervation of its phyllodes. 
From the great size of this tree it was at first thought to be A. 
excelsa, but the nervation, size and shape of phyllodes as well as 
the inflorescence and pods do not agree with that species. 
Analysis Showing Affinities to and Differences from Cognate 
Species. 
A. EXCELSA. 
Size : A large forest tree. Branchlets terete, glabrous. Phyl- 
lodes oblong, falcate, obtuse, mucronate, narrowed at the base, 2 to 
3 inches long, J to J inch broad, thinly coriaceous, 5- to 7-nerved 
or faintly veined between them. Inflorescence : Peduncles solitary 
in pairs or clusters. Flowers 20 to 30, petals distinct, smooth: 
sepals distinct; 5-merous. Pod 3 lines broad. Seed ovate, longi- 
tudinal; funicle short and filiform, neither folded nor enlarged. 
A. lauripolia, Willd. 
Size : A tree. Branchlets scarcely angular. Phyllodes obliquely 
ovate-oblong, 7-8 nerved, emarginate at the apex, and oblique at 
the base. Inflorescence : Peduncles usually solitary. Pod falcate, 
moniliform. 
A. Bakeri. 
Size : A large brush tree. Branchlets flattened, angular. 
Phyllodes obtuse, broadly lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, 2 to 
6 inches long, J to 3 inches broad, thinly coriaceous, 2- or 3-nerved, 
pinnately veined, margins thickened between the veins, hi flor- 
escence : Loose, elongated panicles or racemes, peduncles in cluster*. 
Flowers few, never more than 20, petals villous, sepals villous, 
spathulate, 4-merous. Pod nearly 6 lines broad, thin, straight. 
Seed ovate, longitudinal, funicle short and filiform, neither folded 
nor enlarged. 
A. BINERVATA. 
Size ; A tree. Branchlets terete. Phyllodes as in A. Bakeri? 
but 3 nerves predominate. Inflorescence : Axillary racemes, 
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