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LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



cent, permanent ; phyllodia triangular, with 1 nerve, which ap- 

 proximates the lower side, and is drawn out into a spine at the 

 apex, the superior margin furnished with 1 gland-hearing tooth ; 

 heads soHtary, on short peduncles, 2-flowered, T2 • ^* Native 

 of New Holland, on the western coast. Wendl, diss. no. 3. 

 t- 2. Branches pubescent. Corolla ^-cleft. 



Two-Jlowered Acacia. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1803. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



6 A. hastulaVa (Smith, in Rees* cycl. suppl.) stipulas spi- 

 nescent, permanent ; phyllodia glabrous, rhomboid, ending in a 

 spinose acumen, with 1 nerve in the centre, and the superior mar- 

 gin furnished with 1 gland-bearing, obtuse tooth ; branchlets his- 

 pid ; heads sohtary, 3-4-jflowered. ^2 . G. Native of New Hol- 



land, at King George's Sound. 



Hastuiate-leavcd Acacia. 

 8 to 6 feet. 



Stipulas bristle-formed, erect. 

 FL April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 



14 A. Bro'wnii (Steud. nom. phan. 1. p. 2.) stipulas setosely- 

 spinescent, small, deciduous ; phyllodia linear-subulate, ending 

 in a pungent mucrone, distant, spreading; branches terete, gla- 

 brous ; heads of flowers solitary, unarmed ; peduncles a little 

 shorter than the phyllodia. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 in King's Island. A. acicul^ris, R. Br. in hort. kew. 5, p. 450, 

 but not of Willd. A. juniperina, Sieb. pL exsic. nov. hoU. 

 no. 463. The phyllodia are much more distant from each 

 other than those of -^. juniperina* 



Brown's Acacia. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1796. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



15 A. ECHiNA^TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 449.) stipulas setaceous, 

 spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia hnear-subulate, ending in a 

 pungent mucrone ; branches terete, hairy-pubescent ; heads of 

 flowers solitary ; bracteas ending in a spine-like bristle, each 

 longer than the corolla. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



7 A. NERVOSA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 449.) stipu- A. juniperina, Sieb. ph exsic. nov. hoU. no. 447. Very like ^ 

 las spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia oval-oblong, acuminated at junipirina, but differs from it in the young heads of the flowers 



both ends, ending in a spine, with 1 nerve in the middle, and 

 with nerve-formed, entire margins ; heads pedunculate, usually 

 twin, 5-8 flowered. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



iV^errerf-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh.3to6ft. 



8 A. ORNiTiio'rnoRA (Sweet, fl. austr. 24.) stipulas spines- 

 cent, permanent, a little shorter than the phyllodia ; phyllodia 

 obliquely oblong-lanceolate, 1 -nerved, rather pilose, ending in 

 a hooked beak at the apex, and furnished on the upper mar- 

 gin with a gland-bearing tooth ; branches hairy ; heads of flowers 



G, Native of 



pedunculate, solitary, or twin, numerous. 

 New Holland. 



^ 



The outline of the leaves gives the form of the 

 body and head of a bird. 



Bird-bearing Acacia. Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



being echinated from the spinose exserted bracteas. 



£cA272aie-headed Acacia. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



16 A. puGiONTFORMis (Wendl. diss. no. 26. t. 9. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of R. Brown,) stipulas very acute, small, and 

 almost permanent; phyllodia linear-terete, smooth, obtuse, 

 obliquely mucronate ; branches terete, glabrous ; heads of flowers 

 solitary ; peduncles 3-times shorter than the phyllodia. ^.l'. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Dagger-formed-le^ived. Acacia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1818. . 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



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9 A. PARADOX A (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 74.) stipulas spi- ing^ and usually deciduous 



Stipulas not spinescent, hut are either very small or teani 



nescent, permanent ; phyllodia obliquely oblong-lanceolate, quite 

 entire, undulated, 1 -nerved ; branches clammy, glabrous ; heads 

 of flowers solitary. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. A. undulata, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 68. Wendl. 

 diss. no. 4. t. 3. 



Paradoxical Acacia% Fl. Apr. June, Shrub 3 to 6 feet- 



10 A. arma'ta (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5, p. 463.) stipulas 

 spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia obliquely ovate-oblong, quite 

 entire, 1-nerved; branches hairy; heads of flowers solitary; 

 legumes velvety. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 southern coast. Sims, hot. mag. 1653. Bonpl. nav. t. 55. 



Armed Acacia. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1803. Sh, 6 to 10 ft. 



11 A. GENiSTiFOLiA (Link. enum. 2. p. 448.) stipulas spines- 

 cent, very minute ; phyllodia linear, ending in a subulate pun- 

 gent point, approximate; branches glabrous, angular ; Jieads 

 of flowers solitary. T2 , G. Native of New Hollands . , ' 



Genista-leaved \c2Lc\di. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. 8 to 6 ft. 



12 A. junipe'rina (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1049.) stipulas seta- 

 ceous, spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia linear-subulate, ending 

 in a pungent mucrone ; branches terete, pubescent ; heads of 

 flowers solitary. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the eas- 

 tern coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 398. Mimosa juniperina, Vent, 

 malm. t. 64. Mimosa ulicifolia, Wendl. coll. 2. t. 6. A. ver- 



coast. 



ticillata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 449. 

 Petals 5. 



Calyx 5 -parted. 



Jumper-like Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1790. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



13 A. ASPAKAGoiDES (Cuuning. in Field's new south wales, 

 p. 343.) stipulas permanent; phyllodia linear, sulcate, stiff", mu- 

 cronate, alternate, and crowded, somewhat dilated near the base, the 



17 A. niFFu'sA (Ker. bot. reg. 634.) stipulas small, caducous; 

 phyllodia linear, 1-nerved, ending in an oblique acumen, witn 

 the spinula continuous along the lower margin; branches ai 

 fusely procumbent, glabrous, angvdar ; heads of flowers usua y 

 twin. T2 . G. Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Moun- 

 tains, Sims, bot. mag. 2417. A. prostrata, Lodd. bot. cab. 03^ 

 A. daviesioides, Cunningh. mss. ^^ 



Diffuse Acsicia. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1818. Shrub dittuse- 



18 A. suLCA^TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 460.) stipulas 

 small, concave, deciduous ; phyllodia linear-terete, sulcate, 

 cronate ; branches nearly terete, glabrous ; heads ol 

 usually twin. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the vves^^r 



ast. Wendl. diss. no. 27. t. 10. Calyx 5-parted. let^us , 

 . Wendl. Bracteas concave, permanent. Legume "^^^^ g|j^ 

 Furrowed-leaved Acacia. Fl. May, Aug- Clt. 1803. 

 2 to 6 feet. .' ;^. 



la A. SALiGNA (Wendl. diss.no. 16.) stipulas almost wan^i»^| 

 phyllodia linear, attenuated at both ends, quite entire, a ^^^ 

 nerveless; branches angular, glabrous; heads ^^^^^f^^^s, 

 tary, on short peduncles ; legumes contracted 1^^'^*^^"^^ Vape 

 ■loment-formed. ^2 . G. Native of New Holland, ^^^^^^^ 



Van Diemen and about Port Jackson. Mimosa ^^^^Sf^f ' 1 ^er 

 nov. holl. 2. p. 86. t. 235. There is a variety with or 

 phyllodia, and another with very narrow ones. ^^ 



Willowy Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to w ^ 



20 A. EMARGiNA^TA (Wendl. diss. no. 17.) 8^»>'^' ''fnaie a^ 

 phyllodia linear-spatulate, attenuated at the ^^^^'.^'^^'^^j^ncles 



where it bears a glandular tooth j heads of flowers axillary, 

 solitary ; branches glabrous, diffuse, Tj . G. Native of New 

 Soiuh Wales, on the Blue Mountains. Intermediate between 

 i4. acicularis and A. juniptrxna 



per 



Asparagus-like Acacia, 

 diffuse. 



Fl. March, June. Clt. 1818. Sh, 6 to 10 feet. 



apex, and mucronate ; heads of flowers twin ; P^ 

 longer than the heads. Tj . G. Native of New i^^im. 

 haps a variety of the following species, the calyx bem 

 ately 5 "toothed in both. ' ^, ,^^^ gh. 



j^'wiargmafe-leaved Acacia. FL Mar. July. 



Clt, 18^^ 



'" ^^ ^^^^* anting; 



21 A. STRicTA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1052.) stipulas wau e 



