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XLIII. LEGUMINOSJE. 
[ Acacia . 
ones between them. Spikes solitary or in pairs or threes, very shortly peduncu- 
late, 4 to fin. long, slender but rather dense. Flowers small, mostly 5-merous. 
Sepals narrow-linear, spathulate, ciliate, free or slightly united at the base. 
Petals united to the middle. Pod long, remarkably moniliferous, the valves 
thickly coriaceous, convex, oblong, and about 3 lines broad over the seeds, much 
contracted between them. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle short, the last 
fold expanded into a small obliquely cup-shaped aril under the seed. 
Hab.: Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller ; Dayman’s Island, Endeavour Straits, W. Hill. 
Wood dark-brown, tough and strong. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 139d. 
Scarcely to be distinguished from A. julifera, A. plectocarpa, and some others, except by the 
fruit. — Benth. 
94. A. julifera (flowers in spikes), Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 874, 
and FI. Austr. ii. 405. A tall shrub or tree, usually glabrous except the inflores- 
cence ; branchlets slender, angular when young, but soon terete. Phyllodia 
narrow-lanceolate, falcate, narrowed at both ends, 4 to 6in. long, f to 4-in. broad, 
coriaceous, with 1 to 3 fine nerves and the nerve-like margins rather more pro- 
minent than the numerous fine veins between them. Spikes dense, shortly 
pedunculate, 1 to 14in. long, solitary or two or three together on a short common 
peduncle. Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, more or less lobed, pubescent, 
woolly or rarely almost glabrous. Pod long, 1^ to 2 lines broad, spirally twisted 
into numerous coils either loose and irregular or closely packed into a short 
cylinder ; valves flat or slightly convex. Seeds longitudinal ; funicle slightly 
thickened from the base, at first straight, forming 2 or 3 more dilated folds under 
the seed. 
Hab.: Cumberland Islands, If. Brown; Rodd’s Bay, A. Cunningham; Rockingham Bay, W. 
Hill; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy. 
Very difficult, without the pod, to distinguish from A. doratoxylon and A. plectocarpa. 
Phyllodia more falcate than in the former. Branchlets much less angular than in the latter. — 
Benth. 
95. A. Solandri (after Dr. Solander), Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 406. A tall shrub 
or tree, glabrous or the young shoots slightly silky ; branchlets nearly terete. 
Phyllodia as in A. julifera, narrow-lanceolate, falcate, 4 to 6in. long, 3 to 4 lines 
broad, with 1 to 3 slightly prominent and numerous very fine parallel nerves. 
Spikes 2 to 3in. long, slender, interrupted and glabrous or nearly so. Flowers 
distant as in A. linearis, but much smaller and all or mostly 5-merous. Calyx 
short and truncate. Petals smooth. Pod unknown. 
Hab.: Bay of Inlets. Banks and Solander (Herb. R. Br.), and possibly a form with woolly 
calyxes from the head of Boyd River, Leichhardt, the specimens imperfect. I am unable to 
adopt for this species Solander’s ms. name of salicifolia, as there already exist an A. saligna and 
an A. salicina. — Benth. 
96. A. leptostachya (slender spikes of flowers), Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 406 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. x. 3 Hoary or silvery white with a very 
minute pubescence or nearly glabrous ; branchlets slender, slightly angular. 
Phyllodia linear or lanceolate mostly falcate, narrowed at each end but obtuse, 1 
to 2 or rarely 3in. long, 1 to 5 lines broad, straight or slightly oblique at the base, 
coriaceous and finely striate with numerous nerves all equal or 2 or 3 rather more 
prominent. Spikes mostly in pairs, very shortly pedunculate, slender, f to above 
lin. long, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers usually distant, mostly 5-merous. 
Calyx short, truncate. Petals smooth, united at the base only. Pod about 3in. 
long, curved, very narrow. Seeds longitudinal. Funicle once folded. 
Hab.: Newcastle Range, F. v. Mueller ; Edgecombe Heights, Port Denison, Dallachy ; Port 
Denison, Fitzalan ; Broadsound, Herb. F. Mueller. 
Until the fruit is known the affinities of this species must remain uncertain. F. v. Mueller 
considers it as a form of A. glaucescens, but the phyllodia are quite different, and the specimens 
have more the aspect of some of the species with transverse seeds. — Benth. 
