LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



405 



lines broad. 



Wales. Phyllodia 3 inches long, and 3 



jDroopm^-branched Acacia. FL April, 

 to 10 feet. 



fVeep 



Clt. 1824. Shrubs 



lodia roundly triangular or obliquely obovate, mucronate at the 



with 



apex, witn an angle on the upper margin above the middle, 

 wherein one gland is seated, having only one nerve, which is 

 curved ; heads of flowers disposed in axillary and terminal 

 51 A. MELANOXYLON (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 462.) phyl- racemes, crowded. ^2 • G. Native of New South Wales. 



lodia lanceolate-oblong, rather falcate, obtuse, quite entire, many 

 nerved ; heads of flowers very few, disposed in a kind of raceme. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast, and of Van 

 Diemen's Land. 



papuliformis, Loud. hort. brit. 407. 

 4 lines broad. 



A. 



Phyllodia ^ inch long, and 



Scapula-formed-]eaved Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



6. 



Sims, hot. mag. 1659. Wendl. diss. no. 14. t. 

 A. arcuata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 459. Legume elliptic-lanceolate, 1 -nerved, ending in an awn-like mucrone, and 



58 A. VESTiTA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 698 ) phyllodia obliquely 



linear, arched, length of phyllodia. Umbilical funicle coloured, are, as well as the branches, hispid; heads of flowers loosely 



racemose along the peduncles, upper ones solitary. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland, in the interior of the country. A. con- 



plicate, girding the seed. 

 Black-wooded Acacia. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1808. Shrub 



G to 1 feet. 



52 A. heterophy'lla (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1054.) phyllodia 



linear, attenuated at both ends, rather falcate, many nerved ; 



there are also sometimes bipinnate leaves at the tops of the 

 branches : ' 



spicua. 

 Petals 5. 



Cunningh. 



Racemes longer than the phyllodia. 



Clothed Acacia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



59 A. marginaVa (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 4G2.) phyllodia 



l2. S. lanceolate, elongated, 1 -nerved, bearing one gland on the upper 



margin in front; heads few-flowered, racemose; flowers 4-cleft. 



Ij . G. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. This 



species has much the appearance of A. myrtifdlia, but the ovary 



53 A. AMCE^NA (Wendl. diss. no. 8. t. 4.) phyllodia oblong, is tomentose. Wendl. diss, 1. t. 5. A. 



heads of flowers disposed in a kind of raceme. 

 Native of the island of Bourbon. Mimosa heterophylla. Lam. 



/3. Heads 2 or 3 in each raceme. 



Variable-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



tapering much at the base, 1-nerved, bearing 1-3 glands in front 



on the upper margin ; heads of flowers racemose ; flowers 5-cleft. 3 to 6 feet. 



MarginatedAeviVQiX Acacia. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1803. Sh. 



60 A. furfura^cea; glaucescent ; leaves elliptic or ovate, 

 glabrous, oblique, ending in an innocuous mucrone, bearing a 



1? . G. Native of New Holland. Very like the following species, 

 but differs in the racemes being one-half shorter than the phyl- 

 lodia. Petals 5, distinct. Ovary tomentose. The plant under gland on the upper margin ; racemes erect, axillary ; legumes 

 this name in Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 452. differs from covered with white furfuraceous powder. ^ . G. Native of 

 nendland's in the phyllodia being scarcely margined, and only New Holland, on hills on Gugee-gong river, 50 miles from Ba- 

 lurnished with one gland in front on the upper margin, although thurst. A. dealbata, Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 



345. but not of Link. A slender shrub. 



g»n; 

 inose 



perhaps the same. 



Pleasing Acacia. Fl. April, June. 



54 A. MYRTiFOLiA (WiUd. spec. 

 4. p. 1054.) phyllodia oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering much at the base, 

 1-nerved, and furnished with one 

 gland in front on the upper mar- 

 heads few-flowered, race- 

 ; flowers 4-cleft. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Sweet, austr. t. 49. 

 Jlirnosa myrtifolia, Smith, new 

 ^^1' t. 15. Curt. bot. mag. 302. 

 ^alyx sinuately 4-toothed. Petals 

 connected at the base. Ovary gla- 

 brous. Perhaps not sufficiently 

 J»stinct from A. lunkta of Lodd. 

 '^ot* cab. 324. 



Myrtle^leated Acacia. FL Feb. 



J^%. Clt. 1789. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



55 



Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



FIG. 



5^ 



o. 





Scurfy Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



61 A. UMBRO^SA (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. p. 407.) 

 phyllodia obliquely ovate-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, 

 smooth, 3-nerved, with the nerves to one side, acute at the apex, 

 and ending in a hooked mucrone, and bearing a gland on the 

 upper margin not far from the base ; heads of flowers racemose ; 

 racemes shorter than the phyllodia. T? .G. Native of New South 

 Wales. Phyllodia 4 inches long, and 1 inch broad. 



Shady Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



62 A. ASTRiNGEKS (Cunuingh. mss.) phyllodia glaucescent, 

 broad, obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, somewhat arcuate, and 

 marginated, feather-nerved, smooth, furnished with one gland on 



heads of flowers racemose. ^ . G. 

 Phyllodia 3-4 inches long, and 1 



the upper margin at the ba 

 Native of New South Wales, 

 inch broad. 



Astringent Acacia. 



Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 





A. OLEiFoLiA (Cunningh. mss. Loud, hort, brit. 407.) sti- 

 n f ^ ^"?^^^' caducous ; phyllodia ovate-oblong, oblique, margi- 

 ned, falcate at the apex, mucronate, and are, as well as the 

 ranches, pubescent ; heads solitary, axillary, length of the phyl- 

 odia T2 . G. Native of New South Wales. A. uncinata, to 6 feet. 

 ^»ndl. bot. reg. 1332. 



^'aWear^rf Acacia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



63 A. PYRiFO^LiA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 452.) 

 stipulas hard, permanent ; phyllodia broad, oval, ending in a 

 pungent mucrone, furnished with a middle nerve, as well as with 

 feathered and reticulated veins, quite entire, and are, as well as 

 the branches, glaucescent ; heads numerous, racemose ; flowers 

 5-cleft. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Pear-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 



64 A. binerva'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 452.) phyllodia oblong, 



acuminated at both ends, and furnished with a gland on the upper 



he 7 ""'""ated, 1-nerved, ending in an ( 



of M °^^^"'«^'"s racemose, axillary, elongated. ^ . G. Native 



« £^ew South Wales. Phyllodia 1 inch long, and | inch broad. 



marorin at the base, and with 2 nerves, which run the whole 

 length of the phyllodia ; heads of flowers racemose ; racemes 



' , G. Native of New Holland. 



shorter than the phyllodia. '^ 



Ped 1 — "'*'<-?• rnyuoaia i men long, anu -^ nw 

 ouncles forming panicles at the tops of the branches. 



f ^<llyria-leaved Acacia. " "' " 



t to 5 feet. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 



Fl. March, May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 



*^' A. scAPULiroRMis (Cunningh. mss.) aspect white; phyl- 



Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. 504. 



Two-nerved-lesiyed Acacia. 

 4 to 8 feet. 



65 A. BiVENosA (D. C. legum. mem- xii. prod. 2. p. 452.) 

 phyllodia oblong, obtuse, rather attenuated at the base, quite 

 entire, glaucous, smoothish, furnished with 2 fine nerves at the 



