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That there is some resemblance to A. obtnsata Sieb. is proved by the fact 
that they are sometimes confused in herbaria. Comparison of Plates 196 and 177 
will be useful. A. obtnsata is a smaller plant, while the phyllodes are smaller, and 
of a different shape. The number of flowers and the shape of the sepals are 
different, while the pod and aril are very different. 
Botanical Name. A cacia, already explained (see Part XV, p. 104) ; 
gladiifonnis, from two Latin words, gladius, a sword, and a derivative of forma, a 
shape. 
Vernacular Name. I do not know any vernacular name actually in use, 
and have suggested "Sword-shaped Wattle," on which the specific name was 
based, though it is not specially appropriate. The sword is somewhat of the shape 
of the scimitar. 
Timber. This shrub has no importance as a timber producer ; I have 
never seen the trunk more than a few inches in diameter. 
Size. A shrub, which is usually dwarf ; I have never seen it larger than 
12 feet high. 
Habitat. It is peculiar to New South Wales. The type specimen came 
from " Kocky hills, interior of New South Wales, Cunningham" I have not 
certainly seen the type, although a specimen labelled " Acacia gladiiformis Cunn. 
MSS. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. i, 354, No. 108, fide C. J. Meisner " is probably 
one. The drawing closely resembles this specimen. In absence of further 
particulars, I may say that " interior of New South Wales " was, in Cunningham's 
time, a term used (although not exclusively) for any locality west of the Blue 
Mountains. Beutham (B.F1. ii, 366) quotes A. and R. Cunningham, Blue Mountains 
and rocky hills to the westward." A. Cunningham probably (but not certainly) 
collected his specimens on Oxley's Expedition, while R. Cunningham was killed 
near Dandaloo, his furthest west. 
It is essentially a western New South Wales form, although Mr. R. T. Baker 
records it from only a few miles from the coast (George's River, near Campbelltown, 
C. W. D(trley). He also records it from Rylstone, and also from near Bathurst 
(W. J. Clnnies Ross). 
Following are some notes and some specific localities : 
Dubbo to Tomingley (J.H.M., J. L. Boorman). 
About 5 feet high, on sandy soil east of Bidden-road, 7 miles N.E. from 
Gilgandra (R. H. Cambage, No. 1,098). 
A small shrub or tree of 8-10 feet, solitary plants growing in Box country, 
Eucalyptus lieiiiiphloin var. tilbem, and also in company with Calythrix tetragona, 
l/ixxdiifhc strigosa, &c. Has much the appearance of A. hakeoides, but larger in all 
its parts, and less branching in habit. Goonoo, Talbragar River, Dubbo district 
(J. L. Boorman). 
