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GIANT ACACIA FROM THE BRUNSWICK RIVER. 
Flowers about 20, petals smooth, sepals glabrous. Pod J inch 
broad. Seed obovate, longitudinal, funicle folded and dilated 
under seed. 
A. OVARIA. 
Size : A small tree. Branchlets angular. Phyllodes oblong, 
falcate, 3-nerved, 2-3 inches long, \ to 1 inch broad. Inflorescence : 4 
Racemes short. Flowers 30, globose, petals smooth. Pod hard, 
3 to 5 jinches long, ^-f inch broad. Seed elongated, arillus almost 
encircling the seed in a double fold. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 
Plate xxi. 
Acacia Bakeri. 
Fig. 1. — Flowering twig. 
Fig. 2.— The large form of phyllode, common in this species. 
Figs. 3 and 4. — Individual flowers in progressive stages. 
Fig. 5. — Pistil. 
Fig. 6.— Pod. 
Fig. 7. — Seed in situ. 
Fig. 8. — Seed in longitudinal section. 
(Figs. 3, 4 and 5 enlarged.) 
