ceous, bluut, retuse, or acute, witb oue prominent nerve and lateral slendei- ones. Spikes 1 - 3 inclies long. Sepals
minute, broadly ovate, coriaceous, coucave. Fetals coiiaceous, recurved, connate at tbe base. P o d nan-ow Uncar
in Austraban specimens.
1 6 . A ca c ia mncronata (W illd . E n um . Suppl. 6 8 ) ; fratex v. arbuscula glaberrima, ramuUs suban-
gulatis juuior ibus puberulis, p h jllo d iis an gu ste et lo n g e Unearibus lineari-spathulatis oblongisve 3 -m u lti-
nerviis obtusis v . mucronulatis basi lon g e angustatis, spicis interruptis phyllodio brevioribus, legumine
anguste lineari subtereti.
Var. a ; p h jllo d iis an gu ste lineari-spathulatis obtusis sub-S-nerviis. — A . mucronata, Wendl. D m .
t. 1 2 ; B o t. M a g . t. 2 7 4 7 ; B en th . in L en d . Journ. B o t. i. 8 7 2 . (Gunn, 1 3 0 .)
Var. ß . d ep en d en s; p h jllo d iis u t in a , sed latioribus e t multinerviis.— A. dependens, A . Ounn. M S . ;
B en th . I .e . ((? » « « , 2 0 2 , 4 8 0 , 6 7 8 .)
Var. 7 . d m itif lo r a ; phyllodiis lon g e lineari-lanceolatis basi 3 -5 -n e r v iis .— A. dissitiflora, B en th . I .e .
{Gunn, 1 3 0 in p a r t , e t 8 0 2 .)
H a b . Common in various places throu gh ou t th e Islan d , ascending to 2 - 3 0 0 0 feet, Cunningham, Gunn,
e tc.— (FL N o v .) {v .v .)
D i s t r i b . South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A stout ramous shrub, 5 -1 5 feet h ig h ; everywhere, except o il the youngest parts, glabrous. Branchlets
angled, but less so than in most species. Phyllodia 2 -7 inches long, narrow linear, oblong-lanceolate, or spathulate,
naiTOwed from below the middle to the base, coriaceous, three- to many-nen-ed, with obscure transverse veins.
Spikes inteiTupted, shorter than the phyUodia, simple; fiowers sobtary, or few together and distant. Calyx broadly
cup-shaped, very broad, obscurely lobed, pubescent. Corolla rather coriaceous; petals recurved, united at the base.
Ovary vülous. P o d very long, naiTow linear, straight, subterete, pointed at both ends, 3 -6 inches long, edges
rather waved, margins thickened; valves hardly coriaceous. Seeds distant, nan-ow linear-oblong, paraUel with the
pod, and occupying its whole breadth, pale brown : (shorter pods appear to have shorter and broader seeds.) Carúncula
very much thickened,— Mr. Bentham has united the above varieties under mucronata,- they are connected
by many intermediate forms.
1 7 . Aca cia S o p h o r a e (Br. H o r t. K ew. ed. 3 . v. 4 6 2 ) ; frutex v. arbuscula, ramis robustis decumb
entibus apice ramulisque erectis angulatis, phyllodiis obovato-oblongis obtusis calloso-mucronatis basi ang
u ste cuneatis coriaceis 3 -5 -n e r v iis reticulatim venosis, spicis interruptis phyllodiis brevioribus, legumine
anguste lineari subtereti toru loso arcuato.— in L o n d . Journ. B o t. i. 3 7 2 ; L a b . Nov . HoU. t. 2 3 7 ;
L o d d . B o t. Cab. t. 1 3 5 1 . {Gunn, 6 7 5 .)
H a b . Abundant generally on sand-hills by tbe sea, L a b illa rd ie re , e tc .— {F I S ep t., Oct.) { v .v .)
D i s t r i b . N ew South W a le s? and South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)
A glabrous, stout, branching small shrub or tree, with decumbent or prostrate trunk and main branches from
which the branches ascend and are sometimes 10 feet high. • Phyllodia l |- - 4 inches long, f inch broad, coiiaceous,
oblong-lanceolate or narroiv ovate-oblong, blunt with an obtuse muero, five- or many-iierved and reticulated, ofteii
shining, with many smaU anastomosing veins and veinlets. Spikes shorter than the phyllodia, stout, simple,” cylindrical
; flowers crowded; calyx and coroUa as in A . mucronata. Pods 3 -6 inches long, narrow, linear terete, much
curved, with long points; valves concave, torulose. Seeds broadly bnear-oblong, with a pale-brown shinin'g testa
aud large swollen carúncula.— This appears to be also a New South Wales plant, and may be identical with the
A . longifolia, W illd .; but most states of that from the Blue Mountains have very long pliyllodia, whilst others,
supposed to be the same species, from Moreton Bay, have much more slender pods tiian A . Sophora. There arc
however in Herb. Hook, some specimens from the southward of Fort Jackson that agree so closely in fobage and
flower with the Tasmanian one, that it is probable they are the same.
S e r ie s II. BOTRYOCE PE AL JE, Benth.— Leaves Upinnate in the full-grown plan t. Inflorescence capitate.
1 8 . Aca cia discolor (W illd . Sp. PL iv. 1 0 6 8 ) ; fru tes, ramulis angulatis tetragonis sub-4-aIatisve
petioHsque pubescentibus glaberrimisve, pinnis 2 -6 - ju g is , g k n d u la petiolari scutelloeformi magna, foliolis
1 0 -1 5 -ju g is oblongis linear i-oblongis oblongo-lanceolatisve obtusis mucronatisve uninerviis su b tu s palHdis,
cap itu lom m racemis folio brevioribus, floribus puberuHs, calyce brevi ciliato petalis m ultotie s breviore,
ovario glaberrimo, legum in e lato Hneari compressissimo recto glabro, semimbus late oblongis valde compressis.
Yar. m a ritim a (B e n th .) ; glaberrima, p innis 2 -4 - ju g is .— A . maritima, B en ih . in L on d. Journ. B o t.
i. 3 8 4 . {Gunn, 3 7 3 .)
H a b . Yar. Common near th e sea-coast in various locaHties, Cunningham, Gunn, etc.— (FL Mav,
Ju ly .) {v. V.)
D i s t r ib . N ew Sou th Wale s and South-eastern Australia.
A shrub 3 -5 feet high, ivith rather spreading branches, glabrous in eveiy part. Branches generally sharply
foui-angled or w-ith four tliickened wings. P in n a three to five pairs, angled, 2 -4 inches lo n g ; petioles with a large
oblong depressed glan d ; pinnules ten to fifteen pairs, bnear or oblong-bnear, acuminate, coriaceous, pale below, A-a
inch long. Capitula in spreading panicles. Pods 2^ -3 4 inches long, 4 inch broad, stipitate, linear, blunt, much compressed,
red-brown, margined; valves flat, coriaceous. Seeds broadly ovoid-oblong, much compressed; /«Kic«bis
doubled on itself, rather swollen.— The northern New South Wales specimens of A . discolor have pubescent
branches and petioles and panicles; tire pods are rather shoi-ter, and the valves rather thicker, and these are often
tuberculated over the position o f the seeds.
1 9 . Acacia dealbata (Link, E n . H o r t. Berol. 4 5 5 ) ; arbórea, tota albido-cinerea et glauca,
ramulis angulatis foliisque junioribus argentéis petioHsque ve lutino-pubescentibus, pinnis 8 -2 0 -ju g is ,
glanduHs verruceeformibus ad omnia paria pinnarum, foHoHs 3 0 -4 0 - ju g is confertis parvis linearibus obtusis
pubescentibus, capitulorum racemis paniculatis, floribus glabriusculis, calyce corolla dimidio breviore,
legum ine lato-lineari compressissimo marginibus v ix undulatis subincrassatis, valvis membranaceis glaucis.
— B en th . in L on d . Journ. B o t. i. 3 8 5 . {Gunn, 4 7 6 .)
H a b . Abundant in all parts o f the Islan d .— (FL A u g ., Sept.) { v .v .) (Colonial name, “ S ilver W attle .” )
D i s t r i b . N ew Soutli Wale s and S outh-east Australia.
A most beautiful plant, very variable in stature aud habit, sometimes forming a small bush branching from
the base, at others a lofty tree ( 10 0 feet high in deep dark forests), wdtli a slender graceful tnmk and sraaU crown.
Bark exported for tanning pui-poses, imder the name of “ Mimosa R&xk.”— Branches angled, and, as web as the
petioles, panicles, and pinnules, glaucous, and covered more or less with a süveiy-white pubescence; the young
branches and leaves veiy wliite and silvery. P in n a in eight to ten pairs; petioles with warts between eveiy pair
o f pinnules. Leaflets very numerous, crowded, thirty to forty pairs, liuear, bhmt, coriaceous. 4 inch long. Panicles
axülary, shorter thau the leaves. Pods 2 -3 inches long, buear, very much compressed, stipitate, acuminate; edges
straight, except where the seeds do uot ripen; margins sbghtly thickened; valves gl aucous, flat. Seeds not one-
iburth the breadtli o f tlie pod, oblong, much compressed, with a rather slender long funieidus.
2 0 . Acacia mollissima (W illd . E num. 1 0 5 3 ) ; ramulis angulatis, pe tiolis paniculis pinnulisque
velutino-pubescentibus cano-ciiiereisve junioribus aureis, foliis e t inflorescentia u t in A . d ealbata, legumine
puberulo lineari toruloso margiuibus incrassatis inter semina con str ic tis.— in Lon d . Journ. B o t. i.
3 8 5 ; Sweet, FI. A u stra l, t. 1 2 . A. decurrens, va r. mollissima, L in d l. B o t. Reg . t. 3 7 1 . {Gunn, 4 7 7 .)
H a b . Abundaut throughout the Islands.— (FL N o v ., De c .) (v. v .) (Colonial name, “ Black or Green
Wattle .” )
D is t iu b . N ew South Wale s and South-eastern Australia. (Cultivated in England.)