LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



403 



phyllodia linear, attenuated at the base, but rounded and mucro- 

 nate at the apex, 1 -nerved in the middle ; heads of flowers twin ; 



Kduncles shorter than the heads. Tj . G. Native of New 

 olland, on the eastern coast. Mimosa stricta, Andr. bot, rep. 

 t. 53. Sims, hot. mag. 1121. Mimosa suaveolens, Desf. 



836. Mimosa hispldula, Smith, new holl. t. 16. Calyx 4- 

 toothed. Petals 4. Legume oval-oblong, 2-seeded. 



Hispid Acacia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1794. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



30 A. cochlea'ris (Wendl. diss. no. 7.) stipulas almost want- 

 ing ; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, many-nerved at the base, 



Straight Acacia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. rather pilose, quite entire, mucronate; heads solitary. I7. G. 



22 A. LEPRosA (Sieb. pi. 



nov. holl. no. 2455.) stipulas Native of New Holland, in Van Leuwin's Land. Mimosa coch- 



almost wanting; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, leprously dotted, learis. Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 85. t. 234. Calyx 5-parted. Le- 



l-nerved, attenuated at the base, and terminating in a callous, gume linear-oblong, straightish, 4-8-seeded, somewhat contracted 

 incurved mucrone : branches anp-nlarlv-fnrrnvvpd ? hpnds of between the seeds. 



- Spoon-haved Acacia. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 

 31 A. coRiA*cEA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 451.) 

 stipulas wanting ; phyllodia very long and linear, quite entire, 

 nerveless, thick, and coriaceous, when young they are clothed 

 with adpresscd, velvety down, but in tlic adult state they are 

 glabrous; heads of flowers solitary; branches terete. ^ . G, 



mucrone ; branches angularly-furrowed ; heads of 

 flowers 2-3-together, axillary ; peduncles clothed w^ith hoary- 

 pubescence, shorter than the heads. T2 . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Very like A. dodonecefblia. 



Leprous Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1817. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



23 A. DODONE^FOLiA (WiUd. enum. suppl. p. 68.) stipulas 

 wanting; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, rather falcate, attenuated 



at the base, 1-nerved in the middle, and terminated by an in- Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Legume linear, 



curved callous mucrone ; branches angular, and are as well as 

 the phyllodia clammy ; heads of flowers twin ; peduncles longer 

 than the heads. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eas- 



curved into a circle, when young clothed with cinereous down. 

 The down on the leaves is at first yellowish, but at length be- 



tern coast. 



A. 



wanting , 



26 



s cmereous. 

 Coriaceous-leaved Acacia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



32 A. a'nceps (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 451.) sti- 

 pulas wanting ; phyllodia obovate-oblong, tapering to the base, 

 obtuse at the apex, quite entire, and with 1 nerve in the middle ; 

 heads of flowers solitary ; branches angularly 2-edged. 1^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the east coast. 



Tivo-edged-hranched Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 



Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



33 A. Ma'ngium (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1053.) stipulas almost 

 wanting; phyllodia ovate, acute, attenuated at the base ; lon- 

 gitudinal nerve parallel to the lower margin of the leaf, and 

 sending out oblique nerves on the upper side ; heads of flowers 

 usually solitary ; branches triquetrously-angular. ^2 • ^' ^^*^" 

 tive of the Moluccas, where it is called Mangi Gocnong. Man- 

 gium montanum, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 123. t. 81. 



Mangiiim Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



34 A. LAURiFOLiA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1053.) stipulas almost 

 (Cunning, in Field's new south whales, p. wanting; phyllodia obliquely ovate-oblong, 7-8-nerved, emar- 



Mimosa dodoneaefolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 261. 

 viscosa, Wendl. diss. no. 19. t. 7. Calyx 5-toothed. 



I>od(ma;a4eaved Acacia. Fl.Mar.Ju. Clt. 1816. Sh.4to8ft. 



24 A. multine'rvia (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 450.) 

 stipulas wanting ; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the 

 base, many-nerved, furnished with a gland-like tooth on the 

 upper margin ; heads of flowers solitary or twin, on short pedun- 

 cle's. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast, 

 loung branches angular, adult ones terete. 



Mmy-nerved'\ea\ed Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. 

 ohrub 5 to 6 feet. 



25 A. EGLANDULosA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 450.) 

 stipulas . - -> o I i V 



, , o, phyllodia linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the 



oase, entire on both sides, and glandless, many-nerved at the 

 ase ; heads of flowers solitary ; peduncles rather longer than 

 tlie heads. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



OMew-leaved Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



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phyllodia lanceolate, acute, stiff, nerved, ginate at the apex, and oblique at the base ; heads of flowers 



jrlo- 



bose, usually solitary ; branches hardly angular ; legumes fal- 



pungent mucrone ; heads of flowers twin, 

 up-- "PP^r part of branches and legume very woolly. cate. "^.G. Native of the Friendly Islands and the Hebrides, 

 1'^. Native of New Holland, frequent 



ar. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



g._ A^ lani'gera 

 -45.) shrub villous 

 *alcate, ending in a 

 axillary ; 



. , _._^ on rocky barren 



anges m the interior of the country. Hook. bot. mas. 2922. 



^ool-hearing Acacia. Fl. M 

 stin 1 f^^^^s (Cunningh. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 406.) 

 pres" 1 '^^ wanting or deciduous ; phyllodia filiform, com- 



ne .^^ ' ^'^^^^"g ^" an oblique, callous mucrone at the apex, 3- ing; phyllodia linear, mucronate, smoothish, with 3 nerves run- 



qJ^]v ^^ *^^ base, and furnished with a gland-bearing tooth ning the whole length without any gland on the side, twice the 



ne upper margin at the base ; branches straight, angular, pu- length of the peduncles ; heads of flowers sometimes solitary, 



cent ; heads axillary, solitary ; peduncles clothed with rufous sometimes disposed in short racemes on long pedicels. ^ . G. 



jes, much shorter than the phyllodia. h . G. Native of New Native of New Holland, Phyllodia nearly like those of the 



It^^: Phyllodia 3-4 inches W ^:«« .^^.:^. k.,. 1 1 :..i. 1 .^A ..,1;.. ;. . 1... .1.. 



^^'ir Acacia. Fl. M^.,. t,,t.^ ru 

 28 A. 



as well as of New Caledonia. Labill. nov. cal. p. 68. t. 68. 

 Mimosa simplicifolia, Lin. suppl. 436. Mimosa Mangium, 

 Forst. prod. no. 395. Legume moniliform. 



LaureUleaved Acacia. Clt. 1775. Tree 20 to 25 feet. 



35 A. trinerva'ta (Sieb. 1. c. no. 445.) stipulas almost want- 



*Juous- r ; /^ A """^"S"- iifiss.; stipulas wanting or aeci- 

 at th ' P ^ ^^^'^ linear, ending in an oblique, callous mucrone 



•iiperio 



preceding species, but \\ inch long, and ending in a long ob- 

 Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 to 6 feet, lique mucrone. Branches and phyllodia rather pilose at the top. 

 I-ixeata^ (Cunningh. mss.) stipulas wanting or deci- This is an ambiguous species, apparently joining the present di- 

 vision of the genus to the following. 



Three ^7ier ted Acacia. Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 

 36 A. elonga'ta (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 443.) stipulas 

 almost wanting ; phyllodia linear-falcate, 3-nerved, ending in a 

 callous mucrone, bearing 1 gland on the upper margin at tlie 

 base ; branches angular, glabrous, as well as the phyllodia ; 

 heads of flowers solitary, twin, or tern; peduncles cancscent, 

 much shorter than the phyllodia. Tj . G. Native of New South 

 Wales. A. hebec^phala, Cunningh. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 

 406. Branches angular, drooping. Phyllodia 3 inches long and 

 1 line broad. Corolla 5-clcft. 



^Pex, glandless, 1-nerved, 



^rJ^cr T^^^'"' ^^^ contiguous to it ; phyllodi 



fAr^ 1^^ 'O' ; heads of flowers usuallv twin ; peduncles fili- 



Native of New Hol- 



form 1 ^ ' iieaas ot nowe 



land p^[/r^''^^P^^>•"«^'^• 

 /;. f ^y"«<l'a I an inch long. 



^I'led-leavcd Acacia. Fl \r . 



the nerve parallel with the 



ia as well as the 



ally ^ 



T2.G. 



-cacia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1 824. Sh. 4 to G ft. 

 tWidu "^^t"^'^"^ (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1054.) stipulas small, 

 liarin **"i ' P"y'^°^'a oblong, I -nerved, with both the nerve and 

 N'atSr f 5'*="'ately hispid ; heads of flowers solitary. 12 . G. 



0' New IHjand, on the eastern coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 



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