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ACACIA decurrens. '@. mollis. 



Green- Wattle of Fan Diemen's Island. 



POLYGAMIA At ON (ECU. 



NaL ord. Leguminos-s. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. /. Cor, regular!*. 

 Leg. multilocuUre, saepius bivalve, dissepimentis transversa, locufi* mo- 

 aospermis. Stamina distincta. Arbores aut Jrutices; folia abrupt^ pin- 

 nata,zx$/liMOSi&M. Brown gen. rem. in Flind. voy. 2. 551. 



Div. Foliis duplicato~pinnati$ 9 coule inermu 

 A. decurrertSf inermis foliis bipinnatis, partiaHbus undecim-(v. quindecim-) 

 jugis, propnls multijugis, petiolis partiaHbus marginals* glandute intor 

 omnia partialia, spicis globosis pedunculatis axillaribus. Willd. sp.pl. 4. 

 1072. 



Acacia decurrens. WiUd. enum. % 1053. Hort. Kexv. cd. 2. 5. 469. 



Mimosa decurrens. Venten. malmais. 61. 



(0) mo] liar, gracilior* glaucior; foliis corapactioribus; propriis minoribus, 



contingentibus. 



Arbor SO-SO-pedalis, inermis. Rami juniores angulosi 9 vtUoso-incanu 

 Fol. duplicato-pinnata 9 mollissima 9 cinereo-glauce$centia 9 nunc semipedalia 

 latitudine subtriunciali : partialia 11-1 5-1 S-juga: propria vel foliola multi- 

 (40-60*) juga, parvula f oblongo-linearia 9 vix 2 tineas longa, angusta 9 ob~ 

 tusa> contingentia : petiolus communis albo+villo$us 9 teres, supra eosl4 de- 

 cursive gUxndulifera elevata percursus 9 glandule aperta subrotunda pari cuique 

 Jbliorum partialium interpostta* Raceroi e spiculis cotnpositi, axillares simplicet 

 ct terminates paniculati ; pedunculus Jlexuo$iu 9 villoso-canescens ; spiculse 

 globosa 9 numerosa (25-30?) lutea 9 magnitudine pisi vel circh 9 Ittxius dhpo* 

 *it&> pedicelU longitudine diametrum spicularurn $ubaquante 9 pallido4utc$- 

 centes: bracteae singtdares 9 minuta 9 membrano$<z 9 subovaia 9 convex<e> villosa f 

 multoties breviores pedicello, ejusque basi arete appreua* FJores odorgm 

 kaud ingrate amaricantem spirantes. 



A slender thomless tree, from 20 to 30 feet in height. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Island ; where it is known among 

 the colonists by the appellation of " Green Wattle." Not- 

 withstanding its having a smaller finer closer and more 

 glaucous foliage than (<*)> the tree known in New South * 

 Wales by the same denomination; still Mr, Brown is not, 

 at present, aware of any mark that in his apprehension 

 would justify a theoretical separation of the two into dis- 

 tinct species. The leaves retain their soft cinereous ver- 

 dure when dry, as perfectly as when fresh, a circumstance 

 to which the tree most probably owes the epithet prefixed to 

 the english appellation, which is known to be derived from 

 the economical purpose to which the branches are applied. 



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