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It seems to be a form of A. buxifolia with more elliptical phyllodes, not rare 
in the Mudgee district, but the transition between this form and normal buxifolia 
and lunata is so complete that I do not suggest that it may be looked upon as 
a variety. 
Size. — Quite a small shrub, never affording timber. It is usually 3 to 
6 feet high, a shapely shrub, one of the most beautiful of the genus, and hence in 
cultivation for over three-quarters of a century. In its native habitats it forms 
balloons of gold every spring. # 
The form originally named neglecta would appear to be larger than the 
normal species, forming a spindly shrub of 10-12 feet, but it remains to be seen if 
there are important differences. 
Habitat. —It is essentially a New South Wales species, with a very wide 
range, being found in the coast districts, mountain ranges and tablelands, and on the 
plains. It occurs in southern Queensland (Stanthorpe), and I expect to see it 
recorded from northern Victoria. 
Bailey (“ Queensland Plants ”) records it from Queensland on Mueller’s 
authority, but I believe that the specific locality I give in this work is the first one 
recorded for that State. 
Bailey also records A. lunata for Moreton Bay on the strength of a plant 
collected hy Allan Cunningham. I suggest that A.jimbriata is referred to, and the 
confusion is cleared up at pp. 63 and 64, Part XLIII, of the present work. 
New South Wales. 
Pollowing are southern localities :— 
Berrima (J. L. Boorman and J.H.M.); Bowral (W. Greenwood, No. 140) ; 
Bowral to Bullio (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.) ; Yass Junction (W. M. Carne, 
No. 12). A form with remarkably acuminate phyllodia. 
“ Dense bushes, 6-8 feet. In valley, head of Tuross River, Kybean.” 
(R. H. Cambage, No. 2,000.) 
Rhachis pubescent and with some slight differences in the individual flowers, 
which might be of importance if the pods (when available) should prove to be 
different. 
There is no doubt that it is very close to typical lunata , and may be safely 
placed with it. The locality is so close to the Victorian border that it is most likely 
that search will reveal this form in the southern State. 
Pollowing are localities at the foot of the Blue Mountains : Grose River and 
banks of Nepean River near confluence with the Grose (R. H. Cambage and J.H.M.); 
Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond (C. T. Musson). 
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