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XL1II. LEGtJMiNOSJE. 
[Acacia. 
narrowed at both ends, 5 to 8in. long, 1 to 2in. broad, very oblique, some of the 
principal nerves confluent with the lower margin at the base, and numerous fine 
parallel veins between them, very rarely or not at all anastomosing. Spikes 
solitary or clustered, slender, not very dense, lin. long or rather more. Flowers 
mostly 5-merous. Calyx thin, sinuate-toothed, glabrous, about half as long as 
the corolla. Petals smooth but with the midrib prominent in the bud, united to 
the middle. Pod oblong, fiat, thick, hard, obliquely veined, 2 to 3in. long, f to 
nearly lin. broad, obliquely truncate at the base, occasionally slightly twisted. 
Seeds oblique ; funicle not seen. 
Hab.: Goold Island, M‘Gillivray ; Sweers Island, Henne ; Cairns, E. Cowley ; Albany Island, 
W. Hill. 
Wood prettily marked, hard, and dark-coloured.— Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 141a. 
107. A. auriculiformis (ear-shaped), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Bond. 
Journ. i. 377, and FI. Austr. ii. 411 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. ix. 10. A small tree, 
glabrous and glaucous, with slightly angular branchlets. Phyllodia falcate- 
oblong, narrowed at both ends, 5 to 8in. long, 1 to 2in. broad, like those of 
A. crassicarpa, but the finer veins less crowded and occasionally anastomosing, 
the principal nerves, as in that species, A. polxjstachya and others, confluent with 
or near the lower margin at the base. Flowers not seen, unless some of the 
flowering specimens referred to A. polystacliya belong to this species. Pod hard, 
almost woody, as in A. crassicarpa, but very much twisted in an irregular spire, 
with the outer edge often sinuate as in some Pithecolobiums : valves obliquely 
veined, 6 to 8 lines broad. 
Hab.: Albany Island, W. Hill. F. v. Mueller. 
108. A. latifolia (broad-leaved), Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. i. 382, and 
FI. Austr. ii. 411 ; F. r. M. Ic. Dec. ix. 7. “ Yoo-a-bal,” Princess Charlotte’s 
Bay, Roth Glabrous and glaucous ; branchlets with 2 or 3 very much raised 
acute or almost winged angles. Phyllodia obliquely ovate-rhomboid or falcate, 3 
to Gin. long, 1A to 2in. broad, with 3 to 5 nerves confluent at the base at or near 
the low r er margin, which is often slightly decurrent, pinnately net-veined between 
them. Spikes pedunculate, loose, 1 to 2in. long. Flowers mostly 4-merous. 
Calyx very short, broad, truncate or obscurely toothed. Petals smooth, above 1 
line long, united at the base but readily separating. Pod shortly stipitate, linear, 
straight or curved, 2 to 4in. long, nearly 3 lines broad, flat with nerve-like 
margins, but not seen ripe. Seeds oblong, longitudinal ; funicle scarcely folded, 
thickened into an oblique lateral aril. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brawn; Princess Charlotte Sound, Dr. W. 
E. Roth. Flowering in December. 
Fibre obtained from bark used in making fishing nets. — Roth. 
109. A. holosericea (silky in all parts), A. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Syst. 
ii. 407 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 411. “War-roon,” Cooktown, Roth. Hoary or 
white with a close silky pubescence ; branchlets with 3 much raised angles. 
Phyllodia obliquely oval-oblong, obtuse or mucronate, 4 to Gin. long, 1 to 3in. 
broad, or the lower ones much larger, with 3 or 4 prominent nerves confluent 
with the lower margin at the base, and pinnately net-veined between them. 
Spikes sessile, often 2in. long or more. Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx small, 
shortly lobed, pubescent. Petals pubescent, united at the base. Pod long-linear, 
irregularly or spirally twisted, 2 to 2-i- lines broad ; valves convex. Seeds ovate, 
longitudinal ; funicle folded and dilated into a cup-shaped or turbinate aril at the 
base. — A. neurocarpa, A. Cunn. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 168. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; Endeavour River, Banks and Solandcr ; 
Rockhampton and Port Denison, Thozet. Dallachy, and others; Edgecombe Bay, Dallachy. 
Wood hard, of a whitish colour. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 141c. 
Yar. puhescem, F. v. M. Everywhere softly pubescent, even the pod.— Victoria River, 
F. v. Mueller. 
