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ACACIA calamifolia. 
Bodkin-leaved Acacia. 
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POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 
Nat. ord. MımosE&. R. Brown. 
ACACIA, Suprä vol, 2. fol. 98. 
Div. I. Folia adulta nulla, eorum loco petioli foliiformes. Capituli in pe- 
dunculo solitarii. Link enum. 2. 442. 
A. calamifolia, petiolis filiformibus longissimis cernuis, pedunculis solitariis 
petiolo multoties brevioribus, leguminibus arcuatis articulatis corrugatis. 
A, calamifolia. Sweet in Colv. cat. ed. 2. 
Tota glaberrima. Rami teretes, graciles, angulati. Petioli filiformes, 
compressi, cernui, approximati, apice incurvi; stipula decidue. Capituli 
forum parvi, lutei, erecti, in pedunculo stricto, tenui, solitario, petiolis 
sexies breviore. Legumina arcuata, articulata, petiolis paulo longiora, ar- 
ticulis 7, ovalibus, corrugatis, equalibus. Semina oblonga, glabra, nitida, 
atro-brunnea, hilo terminali truncato. 
An apparently undescribed species of Acacia, brought 
by Mr. John Richardson, to Mr. Colvill, from the south- 
west interior of New Holland, under the name of the 
Bodkin-leaved Acacia. It is a handsome greenhouse plant, 
propagated by cuttings. 
The whole plant quite smooth. Branches rounded slen- 
der, angular. Leafstalks (or leaves as they are usually 
called) filiform, compressed, weeping, close together, with 
a little incurved point; stipules deciduous. Heads of flowers 
small, yellow, erect, with an upright, slender, solitary stalk, 
six times as short as the leaves. Pod bowed, jointed, a little 
longer than the leaves; joints 7, oval, wrinkled, equal. 
Seeds oblong, smooth, shining, dark brown, with a trun- 
cated hilum at one end. JL 
