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f Acacia. 
as long as the phyllodium. Stipules setaceous. Peduncles longer than the 
phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of numerous dowers, mostly 5-merous, 
the bracts protruding when young. Calyx very short, with small acute teeth. 
Petals several times as long, striate, pubescent, united above the middle. Pod 
sessile or very shortly contracted at the base, quite flat, straight or slightly 
curved, 1 to l'iin. long, 2^ to 8 lines broad. Seeds nearly orbicular, oblique, the 
last fold of the funicle thickened into a fleshy aril. 
Hab.: Hammersley Range. 
Yar. glabrescens. Pubescence much shorter or disappearing. Phyllodia rather longer, but 
silicate, with recurved points, as in the ordinary form. Calyx rather more prominent. Pod 
sessile. — A. asperulacea, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 123. 
12. A. galioides (Galium-like), Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 844, and 
FI. Austr. ii. 342 ; F. r. M. Ic. Dec. iii. 7. Pubescent or tomentose, with verticil- 
late finely subulate phyllodia, as in A. lycopodifolia , but the phyllodia are more 
slender, slightly striate only, not sulcate with prominent nerves, 2 to 5 lines long, 
recurved at the end but apparently without viscid points. Flowers mostly 5- 
merous, in globular heads on peduncles exceeding the leaves, as in that species, 
but the calyx is at least one-third as long as the corolla, and the pod is always 
borne on a stipes of 2 to 3 lines. Seeds in centre. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; and a variety with rather stouter 
phyllodia, Sweers Island, Henne (Benth.) 
13. A. Baueri (after the brothers Bauer), Bentli. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 
344, and FI. Austr. ii. 342 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. iii. 4. Apparently an undershrub, 
with erect or ascending stems, under 1ft. high, the terete branchlets minutely 
pubescent, otherwise glabrous. Phyllodia in whorls of 5 to 7, linear-subulate, 
terete, without prominent nerves, but often a slight furrow underneath, recurved 
at the end and obtuse or with a minute point, about 4 to 6 lines long. Stipules 
minute or none. Peduncles rather longer than the phyllodia, bearing a very 
small head of 10 to 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous and scarcely f line long. Calyx 
fully half as long as the corolla, with acuminate teeth. Petals with a prominent 
midrib, but not striate. Pod falcate, narrowed at each end, If to 2 lines broad, 
hard, longitudinally striate. Seeds longitudinal, 2 to 3 lines long, $ line broad. 
Hab.: Fraser Island, Miss Lovell. 
The aspect of the plant is that of A. subternata, but the phyllodia are vertieillate as in the 
preceding species, although fewer in the whorl. — Benth. 
14. A. bruniades (like a Brunia), A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 404 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 343. A heath-like shrub, glabrous or the terete branches 
minutely pubescent. Phyllodia crowded, but scattered or irregularly vertieillate, 
linear-terete, 2 to 4 lines long, with short straight points, without prominent 
nerves or furrows. Stipules minute or none. Peduncles longer than the 
phyllodia, bearing each a globular head of rather small flowers, mostly 5-merous. 
Calyx turbinate, angular, half as long as the corolla, with short obtuse minutely 
ciliate lobes. Petals free, smooth with rather prominent midribs. Pod not seen. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, .4. Cunningham ; Mounts Hooker and Lindsay, Fraser. 
15. A. conferta (leaves crowded), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 
i. 345, and FI. Austr. ii. 343 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. iii. 8. A tall heath-like shrub, 
with terete slightly pubescent branches. Phyllodia crowded, scattered or irregu- 
larly vertieillate, linear, compressed, 3 to 4 or rarely 5 lines long, rigid, mostly 
obtuse, without nerves or with slightly thickened nerve-like margins, f to 1 line 
broad. Stipules minute or none. Peduncles longer than the phyllodia, bearing 
each a globular head of numerous small flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals linear- 
spathulate, distinct or slightly united at the base. Petals distinct, smooth, but 
