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Then there is a second label on this sheet, evidently by Allan Cunningham 
himself. 
“ Closely allied to the species marked A. adunca, from which it appears to differ in having a more 
prominent gland on the upper or inner margin of the petiole, and a hoary furfur covering the branches. 
“ A large shrub, frequency noticed in the broken country’ investing Mount Dangar cn the west branch of 
Hunter’s River, Aug. 1827.” 
Through the kindness of Colonel Pram, Miss M. Smith drew for me the 
Kevv specimen of which the above is a label. (See plate 1/3, fig. a.) I have also a 
specimen, as I have stated. 
I have searched such of Allan Cunnincrham’s MS. Journals as are available 
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to me, and I find no further reference to this species. 
I sent Mr. J. L. Boorman, Collector, Botanic Gardens, to Mount Dangar, 
and he obtained specimens which precisely match Cunningham’s type, and I have 
received it from other localities, which will be referred to under “Habitat.” 
It may be redescribed in the following words :— 
A tall shrub, loose in habit, with long pendulous stems rising from the ground, stems rarely more 
than 1 inch in diameter, glabrous, and often rather glaucous when young; branches usually acutely 
angled. Leaflets and phyllodia often on the adult plant at the same time. 
The pinnae usually 3 pairs, the leaflets 5 to 8 pairs, elliptical in shape, and 8 to 11 mm. in length. 
Phyllodia numerous,linear, sometimes slightly falcate, attenuated at the base, but rounded at the 
apex, and often ending in a small curved or 1 ooked point, moderately thick, 1-nerved and veinless, the 
nerve like margins often translucent ; commonly 3 inches long, but often 4 or 5 inches long, and sometimes 
as short as 2 inches; H to 3 inches broad, the marginal gland below the middle. Sometimes there is a 
second gland. 
Racemes shorter than the phyllodia, dense globular heads of 20 or more flowers. 
Calyx turbinate, nearly half as long as the corolla, readily separating into somewhat spafhulate 
sepals, which are ciliate on the upper part. 
Ovarium smooth. 
Petals separating, spathulate, the tips thickened and mealy. 
Pods 2 to 3 inches long and longer, and 2-J-3 lines broad, contracted between the seeds and the 
valves, with distinctly thickened margins. 
Seeds in the centre of the pods, longitudinally arranged, narrowish-ovate; the funicle, which only 
passes round a fdurth of the seed, thickened into a lateral club-shaped aril, said aril pointing towards the 
tip of the pod. 
It is certainly related to A. accola, Maiden and Betclie. 
A. alunca is loose in habit, and has long pendulous stems springing from the 
ground. A stem larger than I inch in diameter has not been observed. A. accola 
is pyramidal in shape, find more compact than A. adunca. It has stems 6 inches in 
diameter, but it is a smaller plant than A. adunca. The pods of A. accola are 
longer and broader. 
The inset of Plate 173 is of A. accola , and shows that there is considerable 
affinity between the two species in phyllodes (those of A. accola have, however, 
more commonly two glands) and arillus, but I am satisfied that they are distinct 
species. 
The locality, “Mount Hangar, Gungal,” for A!, accola in the original descrip¬ 
tion in Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.TP., xxxi, 734 (1906), should be yi. adunca. 
