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12. Phyllodcs oval, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, straight; peduncles with short, 
golden pubescence; branchlels and sometimes phyllodcs resinous 
13. Secondary nerves forming a regular, line, but not always distinct, reticulum; 
racemes mostly 2-headed, rarely with one head 9. A. verricula 
13. Secondary nerves scarcely visible, not obviously reticulate A. loxophylla 
1. Phyllodcs less than four times as long as wide 
14. Phyllodes undulate, rounded, obviously mucronate abruptly 
15. Phyllodes usually 2 cm long or longer; peduncles mostly 12-20 mm long; 
calyx lobes 3/4-united... 1. A. awestoniana 
15. Phyllodes less than 2 cm long; peduncles less than 12 mm long; 
calyx lobes free A. dictyoneura 
14. Phyllodcs not at all undulate, acute, obtuse or rounded-truncate, if mucronulale 
obscurely so 
16. Racemes mostly 2-headed 
17. Phyllodes elliptic to oblong-elliptic, usually obviously lomentulose, 
about 2-3 times longer than wide, not strongly resinous; bracteoles 
exserted in bud 4a. A.flavipila var .flavipila 
17. Phyllodes oval to elliptic, glabrous or at least obscurely subglabrous, 
mostly less than twice as long as wide, base as well as oficn veins 
strongly resinous- viscid; bracteoles not exserted 4b. A.flavipila var. ovalis 
16. Racemes 1 -headed or heads solitary in phyllode axils 
18. Flower heads solitary, inflorescence axis absent 
19. Nervature of phyllodes ± obscured by dense, lanatc pubescence ... A. lanuginophylla 
19. Nervature of phyllodes clearly evident, secondary nerves impressed, 
reticulate 2 .A.cassicula 
18. Flower heads solitary on an axis 
20. Phyllodes less than three times longer than wide, oval, elliptic, or 
oblong-elliptic, straight; peduncles with short, golden pubescence; 
branchlets and sometimes phyllodes, densely resinous A. loxophylla. 
20. Phyllodes three or more limes longer than wide, 
narrowly arcuate-oblong; peduncles with crisped white pubescence; 
branchlets and phyllodes not resinous A. kingiana 
Descriptions 
1. Acacia awestoniana Cowan & Maslin, sp. nov (Figure 1, A-C) 
Frutex effusus 2.5-3 m altus, ad 4 m diametro, cortice truncorum propc basin cinerco, 
longitudinalitcr fissurata, ramulis teretibus, glabris, plcrumquc ad nodos apicesque valde resinosis. 
Stipulae persistentes, plus minusve foliaccae, obliquo-ovaiae, 2-2.5 mm longae, 1-1.5 mm latae, 
glabrae. Phyllodia obliquo-ovalia ad elliptica, complanata, ad aptcem obtusa ad truncata et 
brevi-acuminata, ad basem rotundata sed inaequilatcraliter attenuata, pulvino 1-2 mm longo, lamina 
15-30 mm longa, 11-22 mm lata, coriacea, patentia, undulata, glabra, atro-viridia, 3-nervata per 
