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No I (1c99) Methods Most lneasurementsare fionr dlied herbariuDrspecilnens wllich ale alsothc primesource of data on habitat,d istributionand pltcn ology, as well asbark morphology and 11ower colour. Head diameter is measured,as indicrtcd in thcdcscliptions, liorn licsh,dried or reconstitutedmatcrial; it includesthe 'pungent' stamgns.As we usethe term it |cfcrsto a phyllodeapex that is dfawn-outinto a hard,spine like tip; 'sharplypunllcnl' feferslo one thrl readilypierces the skin wllcn touchedand 'coarscly pungent'to onc thutis Lcsssl)iIp. Our approach1o typil ication is discussccl clscwhcre (Maslin & Cowan1 994b). Thc taxa are arrangcd in alphabcticalorder. f)escriptions Acacia auratiflora R.S.Cowan & Mitslitr,,yr.ttov. Frutcx dcnsus0.3 i rrr lrltLrs.Illnruli tcfclcs,rcsil]osi, nnlror-sc ol Ininutc apprcsso-puberuli. Stipulael 2 mrnlongira, pcrsistcnlcs. l)hyllodiiilngustcoblongo cllip(ica, acull irdobtuse mucronata, 20-40 rnnr longa,3 7 rur)rlltl, cofilccu,glab|a vcl inlcrdunrrnlrginibus i4rp|csso-hilsulis; ncrvi longitudinalosplcfumcluc 3, nelvissccondiiriis iLnlstornosantibus; gllLns in rnarginolclaxiali 2-4 rnm suprapulvinunr insortr. Ir)llofcsccnliilraccrnus fcduclLrs l-capitatus; itxis c. I nm longa;pcdunculi l-2 mm longi,aurco-pubcruli. Cirpitull globuliuia, llolibus 30 42. Florcs5 nrcri;sopala unita, pilosulosa;pc(ala applcsso-hilsuta. I-cgurncD (juvenc) pilosurn vcl villosurn.Scrnina non visa. 'ry17r.r. botwoonl, lio (i|ucc unclNcwclcg|tc lprcoisr: krcllity withhold li)f corlsolvationroas()nsl, WcstornAustrllir, 2SALrgust I 973, 1/.1). l iuluLc3'/ 59 (holo.PDltl'H 00192902; irr.,. K, CANB, NSW, us). Densc,sprcading,r'/uubl).3| nrlirll,0.6 2rndilrn. Nc,rlir;r;tsresinous Bftir.r/ct-r tcrctc cxcopt slightly angularcxlrcnlitics. r'csinous but not viscid,spirrsely to Drodcralolyxn(rorscly appresscd- pube:rulous,tlro hriils rninutc (sonrotinrcs clillicull to scc)und whitc or palcgolden. Stipule"^ 1-2nn long,nanowly lriangulaf(o lrnccolatctriangullr, glrbrous, ircrsistent. PhyLbdes nurowly oblong- olliptic,20 40 orrnlong, 3 7 rrnr rviclc,coriuccolrs, fatonl 10 asconding, stlaight but oltcn slightlyup curvcdat thc narrowcclblsc, pllc glccn,gllbrous ol somctirncssparscly appressccl-hairy on rnargins; n.tin longitudutalrrcl,r.r aboLrt3. gcncrallyobscurccl by th(j sccoDdiuynorvcs which anastomosc fongitudinally1o lilnr un ofcn fcticulunr,thc vcins oftcn mcally-rcsinous;qper acuteto obtusc- mucrondlc;paA,i/r/rirrdistincl.0.5I rrllr long. Clrrrrrl I, onuIpor rrargin ol phyllorlc(l)2-,1(5) rnm abovc pulvinus,nol prorril]onlbut sollrelirreswith an obviousrtrn. Inflorescencea rudimentary I -hcadodraccnrc; axis c. I nrmlong, I enr inatcd by iLlcs in coatcdvqggtative bud at anthcsis;pel&ncleJ o 1-2 mm long,olien obscLrfcdby lhelnlhcrs al lnthcsis,densely golden-pubcrulou s;basaL pedun.cular s ,r4clr persistent,ovatc, 4cuto. rh ick, 1.5 2 mrnlong, -ulabrous. l/earfu globular, golden, 5-7 mm diam. atanthcsis, 30-42-flowered i brrctcoft:.r' spal h u late, subapplossed golden pilosulosc adaxially. Flowers el 5-nero|us:.sepuL.s2/3 aslong lls pctals, Lrrited 1o bclow middle or almostto apcx,oblong to oblancolate- It( in oblong, subapplcssedgolclen pilosuloso; pzlal.r oblanccolate,free but coherentin midscction, ol subapprcssedgoldcn Irairy. Olary papillosepubelulous. 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