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slightly falcate, with 2 or 3 principal nerves more or less confluent at the base, 
petiole portion short, very glandular-angular, with a small sunk oval gland on 
margin of the lamina quite at the base, apex usually obtuse and glandular- 
apiculate. Judging from a pod attached to one of the specimens received, the 
flowers are borne in globose heads on somewhat short peduncles, or perhaps 
sometimes forming few-branched panicles. Pod fiat, woody, about 4in. long and 
over 1-J-in. broad in the upper oblong half, thence somewhat abruptly tapering to 
an acute, straight, or curved base ; sutures bordered with a narrow edge, the 
valves prominently transversely veined outside and reticulate almost alveolate 
inside. Seeds transverse along the centre of the pod and sunk in the substance 
of the valves, oval-oblong, about 5 lines long ; funicle straight, expanding at 
the top into a cup-shaped arillus enclosing about one-third of the seed. 
Hab.: Mouth of the Batavia River, Dr. W. E. Roth. 
69. A. sericata (silky), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Bond. Journ. i. 380, and 
FI. Austr. ii. 391. Pale, with a very minute almost mealy down, or glabrous and 
glaucous ; branchlets terete or nearly so. Phyllodia broadly falcate; obtuse but 
narrowed at both ends, mostly 3 to 4in. long, 1 to liin. broad in the middle, or 
on barren shoots much longer and narrower, with 3 or 4 principal nerves, of 
which 1 or 2 confluent with the lower margin of the base, transversely reticulate 
between them, the outer or upper margin often sinuate. Flowers not seen. Pod 
very flat, glaucous, 8 to Sin. long, 1 to l|in. broad, sutures bordered with a 
narrow edge ; valves coriaceous, hard when ripe, with raised reticulations. Seeds 
transverse, not seen perfect. — A. platycarpa, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 145. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria (specimens with unripe fruit), F. v. Mueller ; Etheridge, Armit. 
70. A. flavescens (yellowish), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Bond. Journ. i. 
881, and FI. Austr. ii. 391 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. viii. 9. Young shoots clothed with 
a hoary or yellowish almost fleecy tomentum, soon wearing off ; branchlets 
angular. Phyllodia broadly falcate, acuminate, cuneate at the base, 4 to 8in. 
long, 1 to 2 or even 3in. broad, with usually 3 nerves, the lowest carried on to a 
terminal gland, the 2 others ending in small glands on the upper margin, veins 
transversely reticulate between them. Flowers in small globular heads, on short 
peduncles in an irregular terminal panicle, and apparently 5-merous, with narrow 
sepals, but very imperfect in our specimens. Pod straight or curved, very flat, 
3 to 5in. long, fin. broad, coriaceous, reticulate, with slightly thickened margins. 
Seeds transverse ; funicle forming short slightly thickened folds under the seed. 
Hab.: Sandy Cape, Broadsound, Northumberland Islands, R. Brown; Percy Islands, A. 
Cunningham ; sandstone ridges of Kongili, Leichhardt ; Mount Wheeler, Thozet. 
Wood of a brown colour, prettily marked, close-grained, and hard. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. 1 Foods 
No. 138a. 
71. A. oraria (coast tree), F. v. M. Fragm. xi. 66, Ic. viii. 1. A scaly- 
hoary small tree with spreading head ; the branches towards the ends acute- 
angular. Phyllodia 1^ to Sin. long, or often much longer, broad and falcate-oblong, 
3-nerved with reticulate veinlets between them, with a basal gland. Flowers in 
globular heads on slender peduncles, solitary or several in each of the upper axils, 
sometimes the peduncles bearing secondary peduncles with heads of flowers, about 
30 flowers in a head. Sepals 5, free or connate, hairy. Petals 5, not keeled. 
Pod 3 to 5in. long, £ to fin. broad, hard transversely and reticulately veined, 
curved, sometimes forming a ring. Seeds longitudinal. Funicle twisted and 
almost encircling the seed. 
Hab.: Near the beach, Cairns, Port Denison, and Rockingham Bay, F. v. Mueller. 
Wood close-grained, the outer whitish, inner dark-brown, and nicely marked. — Bailey’s Cat. 
Ql. Foods No, 138- 
