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into a club-shaped lateral aril, the other folds minute. — Mimosa linifolia, Vent. 
Jard. Cels. t. 2 ; Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 394 ; M. linearis, Wendl. Bot. Beob. 56, and 
Hort. Herrenh. 8, t. 18, not of Sims; A. abietina, Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1051 ; DC. 
Prod. ii. 453; A. linifolia, Bonpl. .Jard. Malm. 56, t. 16; DC. Prod. ii. 
453 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2168 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 383 ? (this fig. looks more like 
A. subulata). 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, F. v. Mueller, and others; Wide 
Bay, Leichhardt ; Broadsound, Bowman. Flowering in July. 
Wood of a light colour, red in the centre, close-grained and tough. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods 
No. 132. 
35. A. Leichhardtii (after L. Leichhardt), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 372. 
Branches slender, terete, hispid with long spreading hairs. Phyllodia linear- 
lanceolate, falcate, mucronate, rarely above lin. long, the midrib and nerve-like 
margins prominent and ciliate, otherwise veinless, the marginal gland about the 
middle, often wanting. Racemes much longer than the phyllodia, slender, with 
numerous small heads of 20 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx turbinate, 
shortly lobed, half as long as the corolla. Petals smooth. Pod very flat, 2 to 
4in. long, about 4 lines broad, hispid with long hairs, but not seen ripe. 
Hab.: Expedition range, Leichhardt. 
36. A. crassiuscula (somewhat thick), Wendl. Comm. Acac. 31, t. 8 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 372. A shrub of several feet, glabrous and often rather 
glaucous when young ; branches usually acutely angled. Phyllodia numerous, 
linear, often falcate, with a small oblique point or the lower ones obtuse and 
almost lanceolate, rather thick, 1 -nerved and veinless, the nerve-like margins often 
but not always ciliate, 1^- to 2in. long in some specimens, above 3in. in others, 
1| to 2 or in larger ones 3 lines broad, the marginal gland below the middle. 
Racemes shorter than the phyllodia, with several small dense globular heads of 
20 or more flowers. Calyx turbinate, fully half as long as the corolla, ciliate and 
readily separating into spathulate sepals. Petals often separating, with prominent 
midribs. Pod linear, rather thick, about 2^ lines broad, contracted between the 
seeds. Seeds in the centre of the pods, but not seen perfect. — DC. Prod. ii. 453 ; 
Hook. f. FI. Tasm. i. 108; A. adunca, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 406; 
A. Sieberiana, Tausch. in Flora, 1836, 420, not of DC. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, Fitzalan. 
Although evidently distinct from all other species I have examined, it is impossible to define 
this one satisfactorily until the fruit shall be more certainly known. It is certainly very distinct 
from the Western plant referred to in “ Plant® Preissian®.” — Benth. 
37. A. decora (handsome), Pieichb. Icon. E.vot. t. 199; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 
372. A shrub of several feet, glabrous or slightly glaucous-tomentose ; branchlets 
angular. Phyllodia lanceolate or linear, narrowed at the base, straight or 
slightly falcate, 1 to 2in. long, thicker than in A. linifolia, 1-nerved, slightly 
penniveined, with nerve-like margins and usually with a gland below the middle. 
Racemes usually numerous, longer than the phyllodia, with several globular 
heads of about 20 flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx shortly lobed, not half so 
long as the corolla. Pod straight or curved, flat, about 3 lines broad. Seeds 
longitudinal, close to the upper suture ; last fold of the funicle thickened into a 
lateral club-shaped aril, the lower folds very small. 
Hab.: Keppel Bay, R. Brown; Dawson River, F. v. Mueller ; near Mount Pluto, Mitchell. 
Perhaps a variety of A. buxifolia, differing only in the longer phyllodia and more numerous 
flowers in the heads. Some specimens from the Melbourne Botanic Garden, apparently of this 
species, have the phyllodia still longer and narrower. — Benth. 
Gum eaten, Cloneurry. — Palmer. 
38. A. buxifolia (box-leaved), A. Cunn. in Field, N. 8'. Wales, 344; Benth. 
FI. Austr. ii. 372. A glabrous shrub with angular branchlets. Phyllodia 
obliquely oblong-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, narrowed at each end, usually 
