Acacia: of Tasmania. 
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beautiful light-green masses, growing ten to twelve feet high, with 
a diameter at the ground considerably more, as from the weak¬ 
ness of the branches it spreads much. Near West Head, Tamar, 
few objects can be prettier than the Boobyalla trees, when in 
flower. It is certainly one of the handsomest species we possess. 
From Acacia mucronata it differs in the yellower green of its 
leaves, brighter yellow of its flowers, different arrangement of the 
phyllodia on the branches, and general habit. The legumes and 
seeds, too, separate it from all the preceding species. It flowers 
early in September. It was called Boobyalla by the aborigines, 
and the seeds formed an article of their food.—(Vide Tasmanian 
Journal, vol. i. p. 37.) 
Series II.— Bothycepiialje. — Inermes,foliis bipinnatis, capi- 
tulis racemosis, pedunculis solitariis. 
19. A. maritime, (Bentkam, sp. n.), glaberrima, ramulis angulatis, 
pinnis 2-3-jugis, glandula petiolari magna scutellaiformi, jugalibus pau- 
cis v. nullis, foliolis 10-15-jugis oblongo-lanceolatis mucronulatis dis- 
tincte uninerviis supra viridibus subtus pallidis, capitulorum racemis 
(omnibus?) axillaribus folio brevioribus, floribus glabris, calyce corolla 
striata subtriplo breviore, legumine oblongo-lineari falcato piano glabro. 
—Foliola paullo minoraquam in A. discolori. Racemi in speciminibus 
suppetentibus breves, oligoeephali.—Near the Sea Coast, V. Diemen’s 
Land, Gunn, n. 373, Cunningham,. 
A very pretty species, which grows near the sea at George 
Town, and along the north coast, and at the base of Mount Wel¬ 
lington, Hobart Town, in sandy soil, but occurring occasionally 
in clay. It is rarely found many miles inland, or in situations 
where exposed to severe frost. Its usual height is about four to 
seven feet, but it is occasionally drawn up a little higher in dense 
thickets. This is the earliest flowering species in the island, being 
in full blossom in May and June, the flowers lasting until July, 
being the depth of our Tasmanian winter for most exotic plants, 
but the commencement of spring to the indigenous vegetation, 
the season of rest being January to May. The width and size of 
the legumes distinguish it from all other Tasmanian species. 
20. A. mollissima (Willd. Enum. 1053), ramulis angulatis petiolis- 
que velutiuo-pubescentibus, pinnis 8-18-jugis, glandulis verrucseformi- 
