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LEGUMINOS^. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



Elongated'\c3,\ed Acacia. 

 6 to 1 feet. 



March, May. Clt. 1817. Sh. 



37 A. vernici'flua (Cunning, in Field's new south wales, 

 p. 344.) phyllodia linear-lanceolate, 2-nerved, falcate, attenuated 

 at the base ; heads of flowers globose, axillary, twin ; young 

 branches viscid. ^? . G. Native of New Holland, on rocky 



hills near Cox's River, &c. 



Varnish-flowing 

 4 to 6 feet. 



Fl. March, May. Clt. 1817. Sh. 



38 A. cALAMiFOLiA (Swect, in Colv. cat. ed. 2. and bot. reg. 



839.) stipulas almost wanting ; phyllodia filiform, compres- 

 sed, spreading, ending in an incurved mucrone at the apex, 

 glabrous as well as the branches ; peduncles solitary, much 

 shorter than the phyllodia. ^ . G. 

 in the interior of the country. 

 t. 90d. 



Sieb. pi. exsic. no. 522. 

 ticulated, arched, and compressed. 

 Reed-leaved Acacia. 



— — fc/' — - — 



Native of New Holland, 



A. uncinata, Lodd. bot. cab. 



The legume is said to be ar- 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 

 39 A. quadrilatera'us (D. C. prod. 2. p. 451.) stipulas 

 nost wanting; phyllodia filiform, tetragonal, straight, end- 



+ 



on the upper margin at the base, and are, as well as the young 

 branches, clammy ; heads of flowers usually twin, axillary ; pe- 

 duncles much shorter than the phyllodia ; branches erect. ^.G. 

 Native of New South Wales. Heads of flowers somewhat 

 secund. 



Strong-scented Acdicm. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



45 A. RUNciFORMis (Cunningh. mss.) young branches slightly 

 pubescent ; phyllodia rather clammy, linear-lanceolate, somewhat 

 falcate, ending in a stiff hooked mucrone, having one longitu- 

 dinal nerve, which is parallel to the superior margin, and con- 

 tiguous to it ; heads of flowers axillary, usually twin, on short 

 peduncles. Pj . G. Native of New South Wales. Phyllodia 

 half an inch long, bearing one gland on the upper margin at the 

 base. Very like A. ornithophora of Sweet. 



Hedge-bill'forined'leayed Acacia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



§2. Capitato-racemosce. Flowers collected into globose hea^s^ 

 the heads disposed in racemes along the axillary peduncles. 



ing m a straight mucrone, without any gland on the side, 



glabrous as well as the branches, and with a slight nerve on 



both the lower and upper side ; heads of flowers sometimes 



solitary and sometimes racemose. Ti • Cr. Native of New Hol- 

 land. 



Arida, Cunningh. mss. This appears to be an intermediate 

 species between the first division of the genus Capildt^ey and the 

 second division Capitato-racemosce. Very like J. calamifblia, 

 Four-sided-leaxcd Acacia. Fl. April, June, Clt. 1820. Sh. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



armed. 



of 



46 A. falca'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1053.) phyllodia oblong, 



falcate, tapering much at the base, acute, 1 -nerved, and feather- 



A 1 TM- o- r 1 •. ,1. veined, glandless ; the longitudinal nerve parallel to the upper 



A. calamifolia, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 442. A. margin, and contiguous to it; heads of flowers racemose, rarely 



solitary. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast 

 Wendl. diss. no. 11. t. 14. A. obliqua, Desv. joiirn. bot. 1814. 

 p. 67. Mimosa falcata, Pers. ench. 2. p. 261. Calyx 5-parted. 

 There are two varieties of this species ; one with very acute 

 leaves, and the heads of flowers in racemes, and another with 



40 A LuNNiNGHAMi; leavcs linear, falcate, mucronate, bluntish leaves, and the heads of flowers usually solitary 

 2.3-nerved, scattered, twice the length of the peduncles ; heads i^a^c«^e-leaved Acacia. 



of flowers^ axillary, solitary ; legume very narrow, elongated. 

 T? . G. Native of New Holland, at Spring-wood. A. taxifolia. 

 Cunning, in Field's new south wales, p. 344. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 1225. but not of Willd. 



Cu/miw^Aam's Acacia. Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. 10 to 12 ft. 



41 A. UNDUL^FOLiA (Cunning, mss. Loud, hort.brit. p. 407.) 

 stipulas almost wanting ; phyllodia obliquely ovate, undulated, 

 and marginated, 1-nerved, glabrous, ending in a hooked or 

 twisted point, bearing an obsolete gland on the upper margin at 

 the base ; branches terete, hairy ; heads of flowers axillary, so- 

 litary ; peduncles beset with adpressed pili, longer than the 

 phyllodia. T? . G. Native of New South Wales. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 1544. Phyllodia an inch long. The heads of flowers 

 being so numerous, appear like a raceme at the tops of the 

 branches. 



4 to 8 feet. 



May 



Clt. 1790. Shrul) 



47 A. FALCiFORMis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 452.) phyllodia oblong, 

 falcate, much attenuated at the base, but bluntish at the apex, 

 with a longitudinal nerve in the middle, as well as being finely 

 feather-nerved, bearing one gland in front on the upper margin. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 

 616. Phyllodia 5-6 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad. Heads of 

 flowers racemose. Legume stipitate, flat, rather glaucous, 2 

 inches long, and 8-10 lines broad. 



/'fl/cj/bm-leaved Acacia. Fl. April. June. Clt. 1818. Shrub 

 4 to 8 feet. 



Wa 



Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. phyllodia. 



48 A. spiRo'LOBus,(Labill. cal. p. 69. t. G9.) unarined; pM' 

 ludia lanceolate, falcate, obtuse, 3-nerved, tapering to both ends; 

 heads of flowers twin, in racemes ; legumes cochleately-orbicular. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Caledonia. Racemes shorter than the 



42 A. cy'clops (Cunning, mss. Loud. bort. brit. 407.) stipulas 

 almost wanting; phyllodia oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, ending in 

 an oblique callous mucrone, but attenuated at the base, 3-7- 

 nerved, having one gland in front on the upper margin ; heads 

 of flowers solitary, axillary, few ; peduncles shorter than the 



phyllodia. T2 . G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west 

 coast. 



CiVc/e-eye- seeded Acacia. 

 4 to C feet. 



T71 A IT nu ion. ct. ""'" "^^S' m^. l^odd. bot. cab. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. Phyllodia 2-3 inches lon<r, and 



Spire-podded Acacia. Shrub 8 feet. . 



49 A. pennine'rvis (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 458.) ph}]- 

 lodia oblong, acuminated at both ends, straight, with one longi- 

 tudinal nerve in the middle, having feathered veins running from 

 It, and furnished with one gland in front at the base. ^; ^' 

 Native of New Holland. A. impressa, Cunningh. mss. W- 

 bot. reg. 1115. Lodd. bot. cab. 1319. Hook. bot. mag. 2/5*- 



lines broad, pale.^ i^^ 



toCfeet ^ xnyuoQia ^4-3 mches long, and 5-6 lines broad, paie.^ *": 



43 A BRiiKininrwrnor^r^ ^ ^ 1 11 ^- r i- ^^a^liered veins rise from the base of the phyllodia, both m tnis 



: ^f^- ^ V^T'^'^f ^ and the precedlna «np.;.. .r.«.;.. .l.i;inp]v from the gland. 



thing like whorles, they are crowded and very short, compressed, 

 subulate, and mucronate ; branches rather hairy ; heads of flowers 

 solitary ; peduncles twice the length of the phyllodia. 

 Native of New South Wales. 



and the preceding species, growing obliquely from the g 



Brunia-like Acacia. 



Phyllodia 2 lines long. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



f? 



neaas ot tlowers about the size of a pea, racemose 

 Featlter-nerved-leaved Acacia. Fl. Anril. June. 



Shrub 4 to G feet. 



Fl. April 



Clt. 182^ 



30 A. pe'ndula (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. 490.) 



44 A. crave' OLENS (Cunning. mss.Loud. hort.brit. 407. Lodd 

 bot. cab. 1460.) stipulas almost wanting ; phyllodia lanceolate 

 tapering at both ends, shining, 2-nerved, furnislied with a gland 



greyish 



ther arcuate, at 



tenuated at both ends, ending in a somewhat hooked mucroDc> 

 having one gland in front at tb^ h^iv^ onri 9^f\ lonrritudinal nerves* 



heads of flnu'Pr« rnr-omrtca • 



branches slender, pendulous, q 



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