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Phyllodia rarely exceeding l|in., linear-lanceolate or obliquely oblong, 
not very thick, without thick margins. 
Pod flat, 4 to 6 lines broad, not contracted between the seeds. Seeds 
along the centre. 
Glabrous or pubescent. Flowers under 15 in the head. 
Phyllodia linear, straight 34. A. linifolia. 
Hispid with long hairs. Flowers above 20 in the head 35. A. Leichhardtii. 
Pod rather thick, coriaceous, 2 to 2£ lines broad, contracted between 
the seeds. Flowers about 20 in the head 36. A. crxssiuscula. 
Pod flat, about 3 lines broad, often contracted between the seeds. 
Seeds close to the edge. 
Phyllodia linear or lanceolate, 1 to l£in. Flowers 15 to 20 in the head 37. A. decora. 
Phyllodia obliquely oblong or broadly lanceolate, rarely above lin. 
long. Flowers 8 to 15 in the head 38. A. buxifolia. 
Phyllodia falcate oblong or obliquely ovate, rarely above lin. long. 
Flowers 4 to 10 in the head 39. A. liuiata. 
Phyllodia ovate obovate or broadly oblong, usually under lin., or in 
Nos. 40 and 41 often ljin. long. 
Racemes much longer than the phyllodia. 
Glaucous and scarcely pubescent. Phyllodia ovate obovate or 
broadly oblong, 1 to ljin. long. Flowers numerous 40. A. podalyriafolia. 
Softly pubescent. Phyllodia elliptical falcate or broadly and 
obliquely oblong, ljin. or rather longer. Flowers numerous .. 41. A. uncifera. 
Glaucous and glabrous. Phyllodia falcate-ovate or curved-oblong, 
under lin. long. Flowers 10 to 20 42. A. cultriformis. 
Phyllodia incurved-falcate, ovate lanceolate or linear, coriaceous with 
thick margins. Flowers 4-merous, 2 to 4 or rarely 6 in the head. 
Racemes rarely exceeding the leaves 43. A. myrtifolia. 
Series VI. Plurinerves. — Phyllodia vertically flattened, obtuse or with an innocuous or 
recurved point (rarely pungent when the phyllodium is broad), with 2 or more longitudinal nerves. 
Flowers in globular heads on axillary peduncles, either solitary or clustered err shortly racemose. 
A. Triangulares. — Stipules setaceous or minute, not spinescent. Phyllodia small (under 
fin. long), broadly falcate-ovate or triangular with small points often pungent. 
Phyllodia triangular. Pod narrow, curved or twisted, glabrous. 
Branches usually spinescent. Phyllodia rather distant. Flowers 
20 to 30 in the head 44. A. sublanata. 
Branches elongated, rather rigid. Phyllodia numerous. Flowers 10 
to 15 in the head 45. A. amblygona. 
B. Brevifolise. — Phyllodia tinder 1 in. long, obovate ovate or broadly oblong, very obtuse, 
often undulate. Stipules inconspicuous. 
Phyllodia f to lin. long. Petals strongly striate. 
Phyllodia faintly nerved. Calyx shortly toothed. Pod thick and 
hard, hooked at the end, tapering into a long stipes 46. A. translucens. 
Phyllodia several-nerved. Sepals spathulate, free or separating. Pod 
thinly coriaceous, flat with thickened parallel margins, glutinous 
and villous 47. A. impressa. 
C. Oligoneurae. — Phyllodia above fin. and mostly above 1 in. long, oblong lanceolate or 
linear, straight or scarcely falcate, with 2 or 3 nerves, faintly or not at all veined between them 
(except A. Simsiij, and not glutinous. 
Peduncles solitary or clustered. 
Phyllodia rigid, prominently 3-nerved, rarely 2-nerved, long, linear. 
Calyx turbinate, lobed 48. A. elongata. 
Phyllodia less rigid, nerves 3 rarely 2, less prominent, and often veins 
between them, not glutinous nor dotted 49. A. Simsii. 
D. IVXicroneura. — Glabrous or glaucous and not glutinous. Phyllodia thick, veinless or 
with very fine scarcely prominent parallel veins, narrow or rarely short and obovate. 
Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, 1 to 3in. long. 
Flower-heads on short peduncles. 
Pod 2 to 3 lines broad, coriaceous, longitudinally striate 50. A. homalophylla. 
Pod curved sometimes into a complete circle, veined, 2 to 3in. long, 
fin. broad 51. A. Georgiiue. 
Pod 5 lines broad, thin, flat, transversely reticulate 52. A. pendula. 
Flower-heads sessile 53. A. Oswaldi. 
Phyllodia linear, fit. long or more. 
Veins only visible under a lens 54. A. coriacea . 
Veins very fine but prominent 55. A. stenophylla. 
Phyllodia linear-lanceolate, falcate, £ft. long or more 62. A. harpophyllu. 
