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No. 153. 
Acacia fimbriata, A. Cunn. 
The Fringed Wattle. 
(Family LEGUMINOSvE : MIMOSE^E). 
Botanical description. —Genus, Acacia. (See Part XV, p. 103.) 
Botanical description. —Species, A. fimbriata , A.. Cunn. in G. Don, Gen. Hist, 
of the Dichlamydeous Plants, Vol. ii, 406. 
The original description is as follows :— 
Phyllodia straight, linear, obtuse, mucronulate, 1-nerved in the middle, and furnished with one 
gland on the upper margin at the base ; branches angular, the angles fringed, as well as the phyllodia; 
heads of flowers racemose, axillary. Native of New South Wales. Phyllodia IV inch long and 2 lines 
broad. 
Fringed Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
It may be more fully described as follows :— 
A small shrub or small tree (up to 25 feet), more or less covered with short hairs, particularly in 
young specimens or newer growth. 
Phyllodia linear to linear-lanceolate, or occasionally slightly falcate, softly mucronate, 
1-11 inch long, 1-3 lines broad, or rarely more than 3 lines broad, but varies somewhat in 
width and length of phyllodes, with a nerve-like margin more or less minutely ciliate. but 
the cilia absent or few in old specimens. Central and marginal nerves rather prominent, 
the lateral nerves somewhat obscure. Gland usually present, but mostly small and situated 
near the base of the phyllodia. 
Racemes axillary, variable in length, but usually slightly exceeding the phyllodia, with 8-10 
flower heads. The individual flower-heads usually with from 9—12 flowers. 
Calyx pubescent, with five rather deeply cleft, obtuse crenate lobes, with a small protuberance 
near the apex. 
Petals smooth, glabrous, separating nearly to the base, the apex slightly reflexed. 
Pod linear, flat, 2-2£ or rarely exceeding 3 inches long, and 3-5 lines broad. 
Seeds arranged longitudinally along the centre of the pod, with a very slight fold in the funicle, 
which eventually is thickened into a club-shaped aril. 
The confusion between A. fimbriata, A. Cunn., A. prominens, A. ( nnn., 
and A. linifolia, Willd. 
Such a confusion has been made, amongst botanists, for many years. 
A. fimbriata, A. Cunn., appears to me to be a very distinct species, but it has been 
looked upon as a broad-leaved form of A. linifolia, and often goes under the name 
of A. linifolia, var. prominens. 
