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ACACIA longifolia. 



Long-leaved Acacia. 



POLYGAMIA MOmECIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos*:. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. I. Corolla regularise 

 Legumen multiloculare, saepiiis bivalve, dissepimentis transversis, loculi* 



monospermis* Stamina distincta. Arhores out Jruiices; Jblia abrupti 

 pinnata^Mruos^M. Broxvn gen. rem. in Flind. voy. 2. 551 + 

 A CA CIA. Suprb vol. 2. fol. 98. 



Div* Foliis simplictbus. 



A. longifolia 9 inermis; foliis HnearManceolatis utrinque angustatis trinervii* 

 stnatis, gpicis axillaribus geminatis cylindraceis. Willd. sp.pl. 4. 1052. 

 ,. Acacia longifolia. Andrews's reposit* 207. Venten. malmais. 62. Hort. Km. 



ed. % 5, 461, Willd. enum* 2. 1050. ^ Curtis* s magaz* 1827* ; 



Frutex sempervirens excelsior* Caul is erectus, teres 9 ramosus, Jbliosu$ 9 

 glaber, Jusco*cinerascens: rami axillares, sparsi, stricii, angulosi. Fol. ' 



*par$u, approximate, patentia, obliqna, inferne vcr&iis attenaata, apice abtuSa, ; 



venosula nervis 3 varicosioribus, glabra, plana, persistentia, hand saturate 

 virentia: petioli brevissimi, articulate artkulo corrugate protuber antes, de* 

 currentes. Splcse instar amentorum, sapius gemince, fermeque opposite* 

 axillares 9 plurimum breviores folio, patentes, sessiles^ cylindricte: peaunculi ; , 



per omnem longitudinem Jloriferi, oracteati. Flores sessiles, confer tiores, * j 



inodori, citrini, plerumque hermaphroditic modb masculu Bractege simplices, 

 sigUlcuim pede spica Jlorisque uniuscujusque postta, ovales, concave, mem- 

 branoste) subrubentes 9 caducce ; spicarum dvplh longiores jlorum. Cah campa- 

 milattis, membranosus, pallide lutescens, 5'dentaius 9 triple brevior corolla. 

 Pet. Sf into calyci ajflxa, ovalia, acuta, erectO'recurva. FH, numerosa, 

 Jkndo calycis sub petalis iriserta, bast in annulum connata 9 inde libera, globoso* 

 divergentia, capillacea, petalis quibus duplb longiora concolora * # anth. erecta, 

 rotundiusczda, citrirue, minima, bilobce. Germ, liberum, albicans, ovale, 

 pubescens: stylus lateralis^ stamina exsuperans, rectus, capillaceuss stig. 

 simplex, obtusum. 



When cultivated in the border of the conservatory, this 

 plant forms a fine tali shrub; and is covered from February 

 to May with blossom nearly throughout the whole of the 

 branches. Introduced by Mr. Ord in 1792. Native of 

 New South Wales. There are several presumed varieties, 

 differing with longer and shorter, broader and narrower, 

 paler and deeper green leaves. 



The drawing was taken from a specimen from Mr. Her- 

 bert's collection at Spofforth. 



Evergreen. Stem upright, round, branching, leafy, 

 smooth, of a cinereous brown; branches axillary, scattered, 



