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ACACIA subceerulea. 
Blue-barked Acacia. 
n 
POLYGAMIA M ONGCIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosæ. Tribus Mimosee R. Brown. 
ACACIA. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 98. 
Sect. I. Foliis deformatis, nempe : foliolis sæpiùs presertim in planta adulta 
abortivis, petiolis dilatatis filiformibus in .Phyllodia nempè mutatis. 
PHYLLODINEE. 
§. Capitato-racemose, floribus nempè in capitula globosa collectis, capitulis 
secus pedunculum axillarem racemosis. Stipule omnium subnulle aut 
inermes. Decand. prodr. 2. 451. : : : 
A. subcerulea ; phyllodiis angustè oblongis glaucis cuspidatis, apice et hinc 
+ basin uniglandulosis, floribus 4-fidis, racemis subcorymbosis, caule 
alato. 
Caulis alatus, valde glaucus. Phyllodia vix falcata, reticulata, cuspide 
apicis uncinato ; glandulá und ad apicem ad latus cuspidis, alter paulo supra 
basin marginis superioris. ^ 
Said to be a native of the tropical part of New Holland. 
Our drawing was made in the Conservatory of the Com- 
tesse de Vandes; in June 1826. 
A handsome species, remarkable for the fine copious 
blue bloom with which it is covered. ‚ The stem 1s winged, 
and nearly as glaucous as the twigs of Salix violacea. The 
Phyllodia, or leaves, as they are more frequently but inac- 
curately called, are nearly straight, but rarely indicating any 
disposition to become falcate, with reticulating veins, and 
at the point terminated by a hooked cuspis. At the apex, 
by the side of this cuspis, lies a small concave gland ; and 
there is another gland just above the base of that margin of 
the phyllodium which points upwards. The racemes o 
little heads are somewhat corymbose. The flowers are 
4-fid. 
The immediate affinity of this plant is with the A. amena 
of Wendland. J. L. 
