Acacia of Tasmania. 
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Abundant on the summit of Grass Tree Hill, between Hobart 
Town and Richmond ; at the base of Mount Wellington; and in 
Epping Forest, about ten miles north of Campbell Town. This 
is a small shrub, growing usually procumbent or suberect, and 
seldom exceeding a foot in height, although the bushes are some¬ 
times large; in a clayey gravelly soil, and flowering in August 
and September. 
Another species, apparently closely allied to this, grows near 
George Town, and at West Head, Port Dalrymple; but 1 have 
not detected it in flower. 
2 . A. siculceformis (Cunn. MSS.), glabra, ramulis compresso-tere- 
tibus, phyllodiis breviter linearibus, v. lineari-lauceolatis rigidis pun- 
genti-mucronatis uninerviis aveniis nitidis basi angustatis, pedunculis 
capitulo tnuhifloro longioribus.—Fruticulus ramosissimus, ramulis te- 
nuibus rigidis fuscis. Pbyllodia 6-9 rarius 12 lin. longa.—Camden 
and Argyle Counties; ltocky Hills N. of Lake George, Cunningham. 
Var. ? Imsiceoides, pedunculo abbreviate, calyce dimidium carol he 
superante, legumine stipitato lineari piano marginato loevi 6-18 lin. 
longo vix 2) lin. lato, valvulis membranaceo-coriaceis.—V. Diemen's 
Laud, Lawrence , Gunn, n. 207.—Perhaps a distinct species, but Cun¬ 
ningham’s specimens are not sufficiently advanced to establish any 
positive character to separate them. 
This is the only species of Acacia I have found on the moun¬ 
tains so high as four thousand feet above the sea level. On the 
Western Mountains it is very common, growing prostrate amongst 
the rocks and stones, and associated with the usual shrubby alpine 
plants. The branches seldom exceed about two feet in length. 
It occurs also on the South Esk River, and on the River Derwent 
above Cluny. 
3. A. diffusa (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 632.), glabra, ramulis angulatis, 
phyllodiis linearibus angustis rigidis crassis pungenti-mucronatis uni¬ 
nerviis siccitate substriatis aveniis basi vix angustatis, pedunculis sub- 
geminis capitulo 12-20-floro 2-3-plo longioribus, calyce corolla pluries 
brevior e.—A. prostrata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 631.—Pbyllodia divaricata, 
pollicaria. Pedunculi tenues, seinipollicares, et longiores. Corolla 
campanulata 3-4-fida. Legumen 2-4-pollicare, stipitatum, lineare, sub- 
falcatum, planum, marginatum, glabrum, valvulis membranaceo-coria¬ 
ceis. V. Diemen’s Land, Scott, Gunn, n. 131. 
