Identifier: journalproceedi561922roya (find matches)
Title: Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Royal Society of New South Wales Royal Society of New South Wales. Transactions of the Royal Society of New South Wales Royal Society of New South Wales. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Sydney, Royal Society of New South Wales
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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arly oval to oblong, 4 to 7 mm.long, 3 to 4 mm. broad, upperside green, underside paler,midrib and secondary vein fairly distinct; on one leaf eachbasal leaflet developed small leaflets on the lower margin,two in one case and one in the other; rachis 2 to 4 mm.,,with terminal seta; stipules reduced to scales. No. 2. Abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1*4 to 2 cm., slightlydilated vertically, green, glabrous, with terminal seta;:leaflets one to two pairs, oblong-acuminate, mucronate, 4to 5 mm. long, 1 to 2 mm. broad, upperside green, under-side paler; rachis 4 to 5 mm., with terminal seta. No. 3. Sometimes a phyllode, 1*8 to 4*5 cm. long, 1 mm.broad, or it may be abruptly bipinnate, petiole 1*5 to 2 cm.long, 1*5 mm. broad, with distinct midrib, the upper marginnervelike, with terminal seta; leaflets one to two pairs, inone case the pinna was reduced to a single leaflet, whilethe other pinna had developed as a leaflet with three small Journal Royal Society ofAr.S. W., Vol L VI, 1922. Plate II.
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Acacia tetrayonopliylla (1 and 2); A. verticillata (3 - 5); A. rigens (6 - 8); A. juncifolia (9— 11); A. vomeriformis (12 - 14). Three-fourths Natural Size. ACACIA SEEDLINGS. 1 33 ones growing from its side; rachis about 3 mm. withterminal seta; stipules reduced to scales. Nos. 4 to 10. Linear, pungent-pointed, slightly rigidphyllodes, 1*5 to 4*5 cm. long, *5 to 1*5 mm. broad, withprominent midrib, particularly on the underside, marginsnerve-like which together with the prominent midrib givethe phyllode a four-angled appearance. The early phyllodesare sometimes flatter and broader than later ones. This is the seventh seedling described in this series wherethe No. 3 leaf has been reduced to a phyllode. (See PartVII, pp. 109, 116). Pungentes—(Spicatae). Acacia verticillata Willd. Seeds from Botanic Gardens,Sydney (J. H. Maiden, Cultivated). (Plate II, Numbers3 to 5). Seeds greenish-brown, oblong, 3 to 4 mm. long, 1*5 to 2mm. broad, 1 mm. thick. Hypocotyl terete, pale green, 6 mm. to

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