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The Flax-leaved Wattle. 
Botanical description. —Species, Acacia linifolia, Willcl., Sp. PI. iv, 1051. 
It has been described in the following words by Bentham: — 
A tall shrub, glabrous or minutely pubescent, sometimes glaucous when young ; branchlets 
angular. 
Phyllodia linear or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at each end, 1 to 1^ inches long, ]£ to 2, rarely 2| 
lines broad, rather thin, 1-nerved, slightly veined, the slender nerve-like margins and midrib 
often minutely ciliate, with a small gland above the base. 
Racemes scarcely exceeding the phyllodia or shorter, comprising several small globular heads of 
about 8 to 12 flowers, mostly 5-merous. 
Calyx short, broadly lobed. 
Petals smooth, separating nearly to the base. 
Pod linear, very flat, 2 to 4 inches long, 4 to 6 lines broad, and not contracted between the 
seeds ; valves thinly coriaceous, with nerve-like margins. 
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Seeds longitudinal along the centre of the pod, the last fold of the funicle thickened into a 
club-shaped lateral aril, the other folds minute. ( B.Fl . ii, 371.) 
A. linifolia is never more than a spindly shrub. 
The flowers of A. linifolia are loose, and six or nine or rarely more in the 
head. They are paler than those of A. fimbriata. The phyllodes varya little in 
width. 
Habitat. —The species appears to be confined to New South Wales, hut 
range requires much inquiry yet. 
It is very common in the Sydney district, and is represented by the following 
specimens in the National Herbarium, Sydney :— 
Bargo, Picton district (J.H.M.). I would iike specimens from further south. 
Going west, it is common in the Blue Mountains, e.g., Springwood (J. L. 
Boorman), Woodford (J.H.M.), Leura Palls (A. A. Hamilton), north of Wolgan 
Shale Mine, top of mountain (R. H. Cambage), which remains the most westerly 
locality recorded. 
Going north, I have it also from Woodford, Lower Hunter (Jesse Gregson). 
The western forms are close to the type; some of those from the coastal 
districts have phybodes a little broader and coarser. 
