500 
XLIII. LEGUMINOS^E. 
[Acacia. 
65. A. homaloelada (alluding to the smooth hranchlets), F. v. M. Fragm. 
xi. 84, ic. Dec. viii. 5. A glabrous shrub of about 5ft., the branches flattened 
and drooping, scarcely exceeding 2 lines broad. Phyllodia thick chartaceous, 
falcate-lanceolate, narrow, much above the centre, 2 to 4in. long, 4 to 8 lines 
broad, 3-nerved, and the gland near the base. Peduncles axillary in clusters of 
from 2 to 5, slender, J to fin. long, each bearing a globular head of many flowers. 
Bracts or sepals 5, with rhomboid-acuminate heads on rather long claws. Corolla 
infundibuliform, 5-toothed, glabrous, scarcely over 1 line long. Pod nearly 
straight, 2 to 4in. long, 4 to 5 lines broad. Seeds rotund, much compressed. 
Funicle three-parts surrounding the seed but not thickened or folded any more 
than necessary at the base. 
Hab.: Hinehinbrook Island, J. Dallachy (F. v. M. l.c.) 
66. A. binervata (two-nerved), DC. Prod. ii. <152; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 
390. A tall shrub or a tree attaining sometimes 30 to 40ft., glabrous, with 
slightly angular branchlets, soon becoming terete. Phyllodia falcate, oblong or 
lanceolate, narrowed at each end, mostly 3 to 4in. long, with 2 or 3 longitudinal 
nerves and pinnately veined between them, the marginal gland below the middle 
rather conspicuous. Peduncles rather slender, 3 to 8, at first in an axillary 
raceme, but after flowering the raceme often grows out into a leafy branch with 
the peduncles at the base, each bearing a globular head of about 20 flowers, 
mostly 5-merous. Calyx scarcely half as long as the corolla, sinuate-toothed. 
Petals smooth. Pod long, flat and very thin, about Jin. broad. Seeds obovate, 
longitudinal along the centre of the pod ; funicle folded and dilated under the 
seed but not surrounding it. — A. umbrosa, A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 
405 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3338; Maid, and Camp., FI. PI. N.S.W., No. 19. 
Hab.: Southern localities. 
Allied in some respects to A. penninervi s, differing in the venation of the phyllodia, in the pod 
and seeds, &e. 
Some specimens of Mitchell’s have narrow much more coriaceous phyllodia and very small 
flower-heads, but without the fruit it cannot be determined whether they are a distinct species 
or not. — Benth. 
67. A. Bakeri (after Pt. T. Baker), Maid. L. Soc. N.S.W.,2nd Series, x. 337, 
pi. xxi. A tall erect tree, bark moderately smooth, branchlets somewhat flattened. 
Phyllodia sessile, broad-lanceolate, much narrowed towards each end, obtuse, 
usually 3 to 4in. long and lin. broad, but sometimes much larger, 3-nerved, with 
an occasional short one terminating in a gland near the base, penniveined 
between the nerves, margins thickened and undulate, thin-coriaceous. Peduncles 
slender, 6 lines long, mostly in clusters of 3 to 10, forming axillary racemes 
mostly exceeding the phyllodia, bearing small loose heads (about 20) of few, pale- 
colored flowers, mostly 4-merous. Calyx short, pubescent or softly villous, 
separating at length into spathulate lobes. Petals pubescent, softly villous. 
Pod straight, flat, about 8in. long, Jin. broad, thin, very slightly contracted 
between the seeds. Seeds flat, ovate, longitudinal ; funicle short and filiform, 
neither folded nor enlarged.— Maiden l.c. 
Hab.: Eumundi, N. Coast Railway, where it forms tall erect trees on the hillsides. 
I have not seen flowers of the Queensland tree, therefore some doubt remains as to its identity ; 
it may prove only A. binervata, DC.; from which Mr. Maiden says his new species differs in 
having flattened, not terete, branchlets ; petals and sepals villous, not smooth and glabrous ; 
funicle short and filiform, not folded or enlarged, whereas in A. binervata the funicle is said to 
be folded and dilated under the seed. 
Wood of a yellowish colour, prettily marked, close-grained, hard and tough ; a pretty timber 
for cabinet-work. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 137c. 
68. A. R>Othii (after Dr. Roth), Bail. Ql. Agri. Journ. vi. 39 (with a fig.) 
“ Lar,” Batavia River, Both. Branchlets slender, compressed. Phyllodia mem- 
branous, linear-lanceolate, 6 to 7in. long, 6 to 8 lines broad near the centre, 
