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capitulis globosis^ ca. 20-iioris; floribus 5-meris; braeteolis lineari-spathulatis ; 
scpalis lineari-spathulatis obtusis, sparse et breviter pubescentibus; petalis 
quam sepala dui^lo longioribus, oblanceolatis; acutis, levibus, eonnatis cleinde 
liberis. 
Frutex 1-3 m. altus; jdijllodia 1 cm. longa^ 1 mm. lata; pedunculi 1 cm. 
longi; ]}etahi 2 mm. longa. 
blab, in distr. Minilya jn’ope Wandagee, in frutieetis rii)ariis fluminis 
Minilya lutosis solum, flor. m. August. F- J. S. Wise et C. A. Gardner n. 
3283. 
The affinity of this species is with A. si^ineseens Benti}., from which it 
differs in the smaller phyllodia Avhich are rarely present, the long peduncles 
and more numerous flowers, in the free sepals and proportionately longer 
calyx. A. spinescens is not recorded from Western Australia. 
Acacia anrea C, A. Gardn. s}). nov. 
Section 01 ig on e ii rce. 
Frutex; ramulis phyllodiis junioribus peduneulisque hirsulis; phyllodiis 
erectis vel patentibus, obovatis, obliquis, plurinerviis, nervis erassis, pro- 
minenter reticulato-ramosis, apice mucronulatis, basi abrupte contraelis, 
breA’iter ])etiolatis: stipulis ovatis, deciduis; pedunculis tlavido-hirsutis, 
axillaribus, solitariis, 2-ramosis, duobus l)racteis e basi ramorum secondarium ; 
bracteis ovatis, brunneis, concavis, hyalinis; capitulis globosis, ca. 3()-floris, 
densis, lloi'ibus b-meris; sepalis subliberis, oblongis vel oblongo-cuneatis, 
obtusis, extns dense pnb(\scentibus ; petalis liberis, quam sepala vix duj>lo 
longioribus, lineari-oblongis, basin versus attennatis, apice crassiusculis, 
aureo-pubescentibiis. 
Pliyllodiu usque 1 cm. loiiga, b mm. lata; pctioli 1 mm. loiigi; pediineuli 
commiiiii 1 mm. longi, jiediimnili sccoiidarii 6 mm. longi; capituli 4.5 mm. 
diam.; sepala ca. 1 mm. longa; petala 1.7 mni. longa. 
Ilab. in distr. Stirling, pi-ope Gnarniing, comm. W. E. BlackalL 
The affinity of this species is Avith A. Kmrpana Maiden and A. defiexa 
Maiden. It dilfers from the former in the compound inflorescence, the shape 
of the phyllodia, the fi’ee sepals and the petals; from A. defiexa it differs in 
the inflorescenee, the shape of the phyllodia and the broader calyx-lobes. 
Acacia Yorkrakinensis C. A. Gardn, sp. nov. 
Section Jnliflorre. 
frutex 2-,l meti'alis altus; I'amis ereclis vd patentibus, gracilibiis: ramulis 
angulatis, pruinosis, demum brunneo-purjnirascentibus, nitentibu.s; ])liyIiodiis 
erectis, oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis. paido falcato-curvatis. glauci.s, ainee 
obtusatis vel acutis, iiibu’dum obli(]ue mucronntis, basi breviter contractis, 
brevissime sed distincte petiolatis, rigidis, tenuiter longitudinaliter multi- 
striatis, costa cent rale A'ix (-onspicua, inarginibus ])romineutibus, erassis, 
pur p lira scent ibus ; st ijuilis nullis ; pedunculis axillarilms vel terminal ibus, 
binis vel raramiosis preeipue in i>artibus superioribus ; st)icis cylindraems, 
densis, (piam pediuu-uli aeiiuilongis \'el brevioribus; ealyce late cupuliformi, 
extus albo-pubes('enti, bi'eviter 5-lobato, loliis obtusis, ciliolatis, demum 
subliiieris; petalis liberis anguste oblanceolatis, acutis, calyce duplo longiori- 
bus; legumine non viso. 
Phyllodia 2-5 cm. (superiora minus), usque P2 cm. lata; pedunculi 1-1,3 
cm. longi; spicae usque 1.7 cm.; petala 2.5 mm. longa. 
