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XLIII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[ Acacia . 
114. A. spectabilis (good-looking), A. Cunn.; Benth. in Hook. Loud. Journ. 
i. 383, and FI. Austr. ii. 413. A tall shrub, glabrous and glaucous, or the 
branchlets and petioles shortly hirsute. Pinna? 2 to 4 pairs ; leaflets 4 to 8 pairs, 
obovate-oblong, very obtuse, 4 to 6 lines long, rather thick and obscurely veined ; 
gland depressed at the lowest pair of pinna?, often very obscure. Flower-heads 
in axillary racemes longer than the leaves, the upper ones often paniculate. 
Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, obtusely toothed. Petals united at the 
base only. Pod 3 to 4in. long, about ^in. broad, glaucous. — Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 
46; A. chrysobotrys, Meissn. Ind. Sem. Hort. Basil. 1842, from the character in 
Walp. Rep. ii. 906. 
Hab.: Brisbane River, A. Gunninyham ; between the Severn and Condamine Rivers, Leich- 
hardt; forest near Harvey’s Range and Maranoa River, Mitchell. Flowering in August. 
Var. (?) Stuartii. Leaflets 10 to 15 pairs and rather narrower, but glands as in A. spectabilis. 
— Towards the Macintyre. 
115. A. polybotrya (flowers on many branches), Benth. in Hook. Bond. 
Journ. i. 384, aiu! FI. Austr. ii. 14 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. xii. 6. A tall shrub, the 
foliage more or less pubescent. Pinna? usually 2 or 3 pairs; leaflets 6 to 10 pairs, 
narrow-oblong, obtuse, 3 to 4 lines long, rather thick with a prominent nerve 
near the lower edge, the rhachis terminating in a recurved deciduous point ; a 
gland at the base of the petiole, those between the leaflets rare and minute. 
Flower-heads numerous, small, in racemes much exceeding the leaves, the upper 
ones forming a terminal panicle. Flowers mostly 5-merous. Calyx short, 
obtusely lobed. Petals united at the base. Pod about 3^in. long, constricted 
between the seeds. Seeds longitudinal; funicle not folded. 
Hab.: Burnett River, F. v. Mueller; S. part of the colony, Bowman; limestone hills, 
Leichhardt; Ipswich, Nernst. Flowering in August. 
Wood pinkish, close-grained, hard, and beautifully marked ; would be a valuable cabinet 
wood. — Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No 142. 
Var. foliolosa. Softly pubescent. Pinnse 4 to 6 pairs, 2 to 3in. long; leaflets 15 to 25 pairs, 3 
to 6 lines long and less obtuse. 
116. A. discolor (two-colored), Willd. Spec. PI. iv. 1068; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 414. A tall shrub or tree, branchlets terete or angular, glabrous or pubescent. 
Pinnce 2 to 6 pairs, leaflets 10 to 15 pairs, oblong, obtuse or acute, 3 to 4 lines 
long, rather firm, 1-nerved, glabrous, pale underneath ; gland usually large on 
the petiole and a few small ones at the upper pairs of leaflets. Flower-heads in 
axillary racemes, the upper racemes forming a terminal panicle ; flowers 6 to 15 
in the head, rather large, 5-merous. Calyx short, broadly lobed, ciliate. Petals 
rather rigid, with prominent midribs, striate in the bud. Pod 1 to 3in. long, 5 to 
6 lines broad. Seeds longitudinal ; funicle filiform. — Mimosa discolor, Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 235 ; M. paniculata, Wendl. Bot. Beob. 57 ; M. botrycephala, Vent. Hort. 
Cels. t. 1 ; Acacia botrycephala, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3300 ; A. discolor, 
DC. Prod. ii. 468 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1750 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 601 ; Hook. f. FI. 
Tasm. i. Ill ; F. v. M. PI. Viet. ii. 34; A. maritima, Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. i. 384 (with more glabrous and angular branchlets) ; A. Sieberiana, 
Scheele in Linmea, xvii. 337. 
Hab.: Near Stanthorpe. 
117. A. decurrens (petioles decurrent upon the branches), Willd. Spec. PL 
iv. 1072 ; Benth. FI. Austr. ii. 414. Green Wattle. “ Gnjumgahn,” Nanango, 
Shirley. A handsome tree, glabrous or more or less tomentose-pubescent ; 
branches more or less prominently angled, sometimes almost winged. Pinnae 8 
to 15 pairs or sometimes even more, rarely reduced to 5 or 6, leaflets very 
numerous (30 to 40 pairs or even more), linear, from under 2 lines to nearly 5 
lines long, according to the variety. Flower-heads small, globular in axillary 
racemes, the upper ones forming a terminal panicle. 1 lowers 20 to o0 m the 
