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ACACIA lophantha. 

 Two-spiked Acacia* 



POLYGAMIA MONGECtA, 



Nat. ord. Leg um i no sje. Jussieu gen. 345. Z>«. J. Corolla regularis. 

 Legumen multiloculare, scepiiis bivalve, dissepimentis transversis, loculis 

 monospermis. Stamina distincta. Arbores aut frutices ; folia abrupte pin- 

 nata^=MiMosRJB. Brown gen. rem. in Flind. voy. 2. 551. 



ACACIA. Supra- vol. %Jol. 98. 



Div. Foliis duplicato-pinnatis, caule inermi, spicis glohosts. 

 A. lophantha, inermis, foliis bipmnatis, partialibus novera seu duodecimjugis, 



propriis subvigintijugis lanceolatis aveniis, glandula petiolari, et inter 



binas terminates parttalium, spicis oblongis pedunculatis axillaribus 



geminis. Wild, sp, pi. 4. 1070 

 Acacia lophantha. Hort. Ken. ed. 2. 5. 468. 

 Mimosa distachya. Venten. eels. 20. 

 Mimosa elegans. Andrews's reposit. 563. - 



Ramuli teretes sulcali. Fol. biphmata, partialibue septem-novem-seu duo* 

 decimjugis, propriis 15-18-seu 9At-jugis lanceolatis acutis glabris aveniis et 

 tantum costh media instructis. Petioli pubescentes. Glandula urceolaia dc- 

 pressa ad basin -petioli communis et inter paria bina terminalia pariialium* 

 Bpicae pollicares vel sesqui pollicares oblonga axillares geminatee. Legumen 

 planum oblongum sinuatum margine incrassatum. Willd. 1. c. 



Found on the south-west coast of New Holland by Mr. 

 Brown. Introduced in 1803 by Mr. Peter Good. An orna- 

 mental greenhouse shrub, flowering for a considerable time 

 in succession at various seasons of the year. 



The drawing was taken in January last at Mr. Knight's 

 nursery, in the King's Road, Little Chelsea. 



Branchlets round, fluted. Leaves doubly pinnate, 

 pinnae in seven, nine, or twelve pairs; leaflets in fifteen, 

 eighteen, or twenty-four pairs, lanceolate, sharp-pointed, 

 smooth, veinless, with only a midrib. Petioles furred. 

 Glands small urceolated depressed, one at the base of the 

 common petiole and between the two terminal pairs of the 

 partial ones. Spikes from an inch to an inch and a half 

 long or more, oblong, axillary, twin. Legume flat, oblong, 

 sinuated, thickened at the edge. 



What are termed leaves in this species, are in fact 

 dilated petioles, the true compound leaf being produced 



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