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ACACIA* leprósa. 
Leprous Acacia. 
POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. 
Nat: ord. Lecuminosz. § Mimosee De Cand. (Introduction to the 
natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 
'ACACIA. — Supra, vol. 2. fol. 98. 
Sect. 1. foliis deformatis, nempe : foliolis seepiüs prsesertim in plantà 
adultá abortivis, petiolis dilatatis filiformibus, in Phyllodia nempe mutatis. 
$ 1. Capitatee, floribus nemp? in capitula globosa collectis, capitulis in 
pedunculo solitariis. De C. 
A. leprosa ; stipulis subnullis, phyllodiis lineari-lanceolatis leproso-punctatis 
uninerviis basi attenuatis mucrone incurvo calloso terminatis glabris, 
ramulis angulato-sulcatis, capitulis 2.3 axillaribus, pediculis capitulo 
brevioribus cano-pubescentibus. De Cand. prodr. 2. 450. 
A. dealbata. Hort. Angl. 
A greenhouse shrub, native of New Holland, whence 
it was introduced two or three years ago by Mr. Tate. 
Our drawing was made from specimens communicated in 
January last under the name of Acacia dealbata. 
It forms rather a handsome very upright bush, and, 
when we saw it, was covered with a profusion of pale-yellow 
blossoms. 
A.leprosa owes its gray powdery appearance, not to 
the presence of hairs or scales on its surface, but to the 
exudation of a. brittle concrete matter, which is readily 
removed by rubbing. A tendency to the formation of this 
is visible in A. dodonzifolia, and even in A. stricta, two 
supposed species, to which A. leprosa approaches so nearly 
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* See fol. 1317. 
