Acacia.] 
XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
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55. A. stenophylla (narrow-leaved), A. Cunn.\ Benth. in Hook. Loud. 
Journ. i. 366, and FI. Austr. ii. 385 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. vi. 5. Dalby Myall. A 
very hard-wooded tree, quite glabrous, with angular branchlets. Phyllodia 
long-linear, acuminate or falcate, much narrowed at the base, bin. to 1ft. long, 
about 2 to 2£ lines broad, thinly coriaceous, not at all hoary, finely striate, 
with numerous prominent parallel nerves. Peduncles under ^in. long, usually 
in short racemes of 3 to 6, but sometimes solitary, bearing each a globular head 
of 20 to 30 or more flowers, mostly 5-merous. Calyx half as long as the corolla, 
with short broad densely ciliate lobes. Petals pubescent. Pod 6 to 8in. long, 
moniliform ; valves coriaceous, 4 to 5 lines broad and convex over the 
seeds, but not striate, much narrowed between them. Seeds ovate, longitudinal ; 
funicle in short folds, the last slightly thickened into a small aril. — F. v. M. 
PI. Viet. ii. 26. 
Hab.: Maranoa and Narran Rivers, Mitchell. 
A. sericoplvylla, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 122, is probably a narrow-leaved form of this 
species. — Benth. 
A useful cabinet wood, dark, prettily marked, close-grained and very hard.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. 
Woods No. 135. 
56. A . viscidula (sticky), A. Gunn.; Benth. in Hook. Lund. Journ. i. 363, 
and FI. Austr. ii. 387. A shrub, more or less pubescent and resinous-viscid ; 
branchlets terete or nearly so. Phyllodia narrow-linear, with a small usually 
hooked point, rather incurved, narrowed at the base, 2 to 24-in. long, 1 to 14 line 
broad, coriaceous, several-nerved. Peduncles very short, generally in pairs, 
rarely clustered. Flowers numerous, in dense globular or slightly ovoid heads, 
mostly 5-merous but often 4-merous. Bracts acuminate. Sepals narrow- 
spathulate, quite free or scarcely connected at the base. Petals pubescent. Pod 
linear, straight, acuminate, pubescent, about 2 lines broad ; valves nearly fiat, 
with thickened margins. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle with the last two 
or three folds thickened into an obliquely cup-shaped or apparently 2-lobed aril 
at the base of the seed. 
Hab.: Glasshouse Mountains and Stanthorpe. 
Var. angustifolia. Phyllodia about f line broad. Flower-heads smaller. 
57. A. ixiophylla (glutinous), Benth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. i. 364, and FI. 
Austr. ii. 387. A glabrous or pubescent glutinous shrub of several feet. Phyllodia 
oblong, lanceolate or broadly linear, usually oblique or falcate, obtuse or with a 
small callous recurved point or gland, f to 14 or rarely nearly 2in. long, 2 to 3 or 
rarely 4 lines broad, coriaceous striate, with numerous fine but prominent nerves, 
anastomosing when the phyllodium is broad. Peduncles in pairs on short 
racemes of 3 or 4, bearing each a small globular head of 15 to 20 or rarely more 
flowers, mostly 5-merous. Sepals narrow-spathulate, quite free. Petals free or 
readily separating. Pod very flexuose, hispid or glabrous, 2 to 3 lines broad. 
Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle dilated into an obliquely oblong or club- 
shaped aril, not one-third as long as the seed, and very shortly filiform and 
folded below it. — A. tjlutinosa, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 6 (the western specimens). 
Hab.: In the interior towards Mount Pluto, Mitchell; between Severn and Condamine Rivers, 
Leichhardt ; Stanthorpe. 
58. A. dictyophleba (veins netted), F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 128; Benth. FI. 
Austr. ii. 388 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. viii. 7. Glabrous but very resinous ; branchlets 
nearly terete. Phyllodia cuneate-oblong to lanceolate-falcate, very obtuse, with a 
small callous point, much narrowed at the base, 2 to Sin. long, 2 to 5 lines broad, 
very coriaceous, with several nerves and intermediate reticulations, all much 
raised, and scabrous with a resinous exudation. Peduncles solitary, 6 to 8 lines 
long, bearing each a very dense globular head of 5-merous dowers. Calyx more 
