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XLIII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[Acacia. 
under lin., rarely l|in. long, rather thick, with a scarcely prominent nerve and 
obscure veins, the marginal gland small or none. Racemes scarcely exceeding 
the phyllodia, with several small globular heads of 8 to 12 or rarely more flowers, 
mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, broad. Petals smooth. Pod straight or curved, 
flat, 8 or 4 lines broad. Seeds longitudinal, close to the upper suture ; last fold 
of the funicle thickened into a lateral club-shaped aril, the lower ones very small. 
— Hook. Ic. PI. t. 164. 
Hab.: Given as a Queensland plant in Mueller’s 2nd Syst. Cens. A. PI. 
Nearly allied to .1. lunata , and perhaps a variety with narrower straighter phyllodia, and some 
specimens appear almost to pass into A. decora. — Benth. 
39. A. lunata (moon-shaped), Sieb. in DC. Prod. ii. 452 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 878. A glabrous shrub of several feet, with angular branchlets, often glaucous. 
Phyllodia oblong-falcate or almost ovate, but very oblique, obtuse or with a 
minute oblique or recurved point, rarely lin. long, 3 to 6 lines broad, coriaceous, 
1 -nerved, obscurely veined, the margins scarcely thickened, the gland minute or 
none. Racemes longer than the phyllodia, with several small heads of 4 to 10 
comparatively large flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx short and broad. Petals 
smooth. Pod flat, glaucous, straight or curved, 3 to 4 lines broad. Seeds 
longitudinal, close to the upper suture, the last fold of the funicle thickened into 
a lateral club-shaped aril, the lower folds very small. — Bot. Reg. t. 1352 ; Lodd. 
Bot. Cab. t. 384 ; Sweet, FI. Austr. t. 42 ; F. v. M. PI. Viet. ii. 17 (partly) ; 
A. falcinella, Tausch. in Flora, 18-16, 419 ; A. brevifolia, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 
1235 ?; A. oleafolia, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 405; A. dealbata, A. 
Cunn. in Field, N. S. Wales, 345, not of Lindl.; A. furfuracea, G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. ii. 405. 
Hab.: Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham. 
Without the fruit this species may readily be confounded with A. prominent, which is probably 
growing near our southern border ; the phyllodia are however more coriaceous, with the veins 
less conspicuous and the flowers in the heads usually rather fewer and larger. — Benth. 
40. A. podalyriaefolia (leaves like some Podalyria), A. Cunn. in G. Don, 
Gen. Syst. ii. 405; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 374. A tall shrub, more or less mealy- 
glaucous, and minutely pubescent, rarely quite glabrous. Phyllodia obovate 
ovate or oblong, more or less oblique, obtuse or narrowed at one or both ends, 
mostly 1 to l^in. long, 1-nerved, with 1 or 2 marginal glands. Racemes much 
longer than the phyllodia, with several, often 10 to 20, small globular heads of 
numerous small mostly 5-merous flowers. Calyx turbinate, sinuate-toothed, not 
half so long as the corolla. Petals free or very slightly cohering, hirsute, with 
prominent midribs. Pod very flat, nearly fin. broad, 1 to several inches long, 
glabrous or pubescent. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; funicle rather long, in short 
folds under the seed, the last fold slightly thickened. — A. Fraseri, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 
171 ; A. Caleyi, A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 317 (a stunted specimen). 
Hab.: Brisbane River, Moreton Bay, A. Cunningham, Fraser, and others ; in the interior about 
Lake Salvator, &c., Mitchell; between the Suttor and Dawson Rivers, F. v. Mueller ; Wide Bay, 
C. Moore. 
Bark contains 12-40% of tannin. — Staiger. 
Wood of a pinkish colour, and nicely marked. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 133. 
41. A. uncifera (hook-bearing), Benth. in Mitch. Prop. Austr. 341, and FI. 
Austr. ii. 374. A shrub of about 5ft., softly velvety-pubescent; branchlets nearly 
terete. Phyllodia obliquely oblong or elliptical-falcate, narrowed at both ends, with 
a hooked point, 1^ to 2in. long, 4- to fin. broad, 1-nerved, with 1 to 3 minute 
marginal glands. Racemes rather longer than the phyllodia, with several 
globular heads, smaller than in A . podalyriafolia, on shorter peduncles. Flowers 
also smaller, otherwise like those of that species, of which this may prove to be a 
variety. Pod unknown. 
Hab.: Foot of sandstone rocks near Mount Pluto, Mitchell. 
