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XLIII. LEGUMINOSiE. 
[Albizzia. 
clothed with a rusty pubescence. Leaves oblong, from 6 to over 12in. long, with 
numerous pinme and a depressed gland frequently between some of the upper 
pairs ; leaflets very numerous, linear, obtuse, 8 or 4 lines long, with the nerve 
near the upper margin, the base almost lobed on the lower side ; petiole angular, 
pubescent, with an oblong prominent gland towards the middle. Flowers not 
seen. Pods about Gin. long and lin. broad, prominently veined with forked 
netted veins, the margins thickened, slightly pubescent, colour of pod reddish- 
brown. Seeds orbicular, along the centre of pod. 
Hab.: Mackay, Bowen, Endeavour River, and other parts of tropical Queensland. 
This species is closely allied to A. lophantha, Benth. 
Yields a gum which contains 5C - 4% of arabin and 25% of metarabin. — Lauterer. 
Wood light-coloured for several inches in from the bark, the rest resembling Bed Cedar. A 
valuable wood for many purposes. — Hailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 145a. 
2. A. basaltica (usually found on basaltic country), Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 422 ; F. r. M. Ic. Dec. xii. 9. Dead Finish. A shrub ; branchlets nearly terete, 
rusty with a minute glandular pubescence. Pinme 1 or 2 pairs, the common 
petiole rarely |in. long and often very short ; leaflets 5 to 10 pairs, oblong or 
almost ovate, very obtuse, mostly 2 to 8 lines long, coriaceous, minutely hoary- 
pubescent. Peduncles in the upper axils scarcely exceeding the leaves, bearing a 
dense globular head of about 20 to 30 flowers, mostly 5-merous, about 1J line 
long. Calyx pubescent, shortly lobed, about two-thirds as long as the corolla. 
Staminal tube nearly as long as the corolla, the filaments much longer. Pod 
about Bin. long, 4 to 5 lines broad, coriaceous, very flat, with thickened margins. 
Seeds flat, orbicular. — Acacia basaltica, F. v. M. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iii. 146. 
Hab.: Basaltic plains, Peak Downs, F. v. Mueller ; Bowen Kiver, Bowman ; Zanna Creek and 
Comet River, Leichhardt. 
Wood towards the bark bright-yellow, heartwood dark-red ; close-grained and very beautiful. 
An excellent cabinet wood.— Bailey’s Cat. Ql. Woods No. 140. 
3. A. Thozetiana (after M. A. Thozet), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. FI. Austr. 
ii. 422 ; F. v. M. Ic. Dec. xii. 10. A tree, attaining 50 to 60ft., with a dense 
spreading head, glabrous or the young shoots hoary. Pinnse 1 pair, with a short 
common petiole ; leaflets 2, 3, or very rarely 4 pairs, cuneate-oblong or broadly 
linear, very obtuse, the end ones half to lin. long, the lower ones much smaller. 
Peduncles in the upper axils £ to lin. long, bearing each a globular head of 20 to 
30 or more flowers, 5-merous or sometimes 4-merous, minutely hoary-pubescent, 
about 1J line long. Calyx tubular, more than half as long as the corolla, but 
narrower than in the preceding species. Pod attaining 6 to 8in. in length and \ to 
Jin. in breadth, very flat, with thickened margins. Seeds very flat, orbicular, 
bordered by a narrow wing. — Acacia Thozetiana, F. v. M. Fragm. iv. 9. 
Hab.: Wide Bay, Bidwill, Leichhardt; Fort Cooper, Rockhampton, 'Thozet; Thozet’s Creek, 
Dallachy. 
Wood of a red colour, hard, heavy and durable ; very tough and close-grained. — Bailey’s Cat- 
Ql. Woods No. 147. 
4. A. procera (lofty), Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 88, and FI. Austr. 
ii. 422. A tall tree, the young shoots slightly silky-pubescent, at length glabrous. 
Pinnae usually 3 pairs, distant along a common petiole often Ift. long ; leaflets 6 
to 8 pairs, obliquely oval-oblong, usually obtuse, often nearly lin. long and lin. 
broad, very unequally narrowed at the base, penniveined but not very prominently 
so, minutely hoary-pubescent or glabrous above. Peduncles about lin. long, in 
clusters of 2 or 3, in a loose terminal panicle, each bearing a globular head of 15 
to 20 sessile flowers, mostly 5-merous, and scarcely more than 3 lines long, 
including the stamens. Corolla slender, less than 2 lines long, divided to the 
