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LEGUMINOS^. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



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base ; heads of flowers disposed in loose racemes ; racemes 

 rather longer than the phyllodia ; flowers 5-cleft. T^ • C^. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Heads of flowers 

 on long pedicels. 



Two-veinedAeaxed Acacia, Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



Thickish-lesixed Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



4 to G feet. 



66 A. cutTRiFORMis (Cunningh. mss.) branches smooth, an- Mim5 



74^ A. suave' OLENS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1050.) phyllodia linear, 

 tapering a little at the base, acute, mucronulate, 1 -nerved, quite 

 entire ; heads of flowers racemose ; calyx 5-parted ; ovary gla- 

 brous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the east coast. 



gular ; phyllodia cultriform, ending in an acute hooked mucrone, 

 which leans to one side, and furnished with a gland on the mid- 

 dle of the upper margin, l-nerv(d, the nerve nearly parallel with 

 the lower margin ; heads crowded, disposed in racemes, which 

 are either axillary or terminal. Tj . G. Native of New South 

 •Wales. Phyllodia 8-10 lines long, and 4 lines broad. 

 Cw//r//br7n-leaved Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 

 G7 A. PROMiNENS (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. 407.) 

 phyllodia divaricate, retrorsely falcate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 



4 ^^tft^^^ m ^ _ 



1-nerved, ending in a hooked mucrone, with a rather prominent mentose. Tj . ,, „^ , 



gland on the upper margin at the base ; heads of flowers in ter- son. Lodd. hot. cab. 768. Mimosa angustifolia, Jacq. schcenbr 



nov. hoU. 2. t. 236. Lodd. bot. cab. 730. Legume oblong, 

 glaucous from grey powder, 15 lines long, and 5 lines broad. 



Far. fiy platycdrpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 453.) legumes nearly 

 twice the length of the breadth, especially 15 lines long, and 9 

 lines broad. Mimosa ambigua, Salisb. prod. 325. 



Siveet-sceuied Acacia. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 1790. Sh.4to8fL 

 75 A. angustifo'lia (Wendl. diss. no. 22.) phyllodia linear, 

 tapering a little to the base, acute, mucronate, 1 -nerved, quite 

 entire; heads of flowers racemose; calyx 4-toothed; ovary to- 

 Native of New Holland, about Port Jack 



minal and axillary racemes. Tp . G. Native of New South Wales 

 Phyllodia 1|- inch long, and 1^ line broad. 



Prominent Acacia. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



68 A. FIMBRIA^ TA (Cuuningh. mss.) phyllodia straight, linear, 8 to 6 feet, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, 1 -nerved in the middle, and furnished with 



3. t. 391. A. odor^ta, Desv. Very like the preceding speciw, 



but differs in the fructification. 

 Narro7v 



May. Clt. 1816. Shrub 



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one gland on the upper margin at the base ; branches angular, linear, attenuated at the base, but rounded at the apex, ending 

 the angles fringed, as well as the phyllodia ; heads of flowers in a callous mucrone, which forms a right angle with the phyl- 



lodia, 1 -nerved, and bearing a gland on the upper margin oe- 



tween the middle and the base ; heads of flowers crowded, dis- 



■ ■ ' Native of New 



racemose, axillary. T^ . G. 

 lodia 1^ inch long, and 2 lines broad. 

 Fringed Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Wales 



- 69 A. luna'ta (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 461.) phyllodia 

 obliquely oblong, rather falcate, narrowed at the base, terminating 

 in an oblique callous mucrone, convex beneath the middle on the 

 margin, and furnished with a minute gland in the convex part, 

 and are glabrous, as well as the branches ; heads of flowers dis- mose 



posed in terminal and axillary racemes. 

 South Wales. 



Tj.G. 



Hooked 



Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



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posed in racemes, which arejonger than the phyllodia. 

 Native of New Holland. 



Tj. G. 



Phyllodia an inch long, and 3 lines 

 broad, almost veinless, with a lateral nerve running along the 



^ Native of New Holland. Lindl. bot. 



linear, mucronate, 1 -nerved, quite entire; heads of flowers race- 

 racemes length of the phyllodia ; calyx sinuatelv ^• 



Native of New Holland, on 



toothed; ovary glabrous. Tj . v^i. x.^tiv^ -* *- - 

 the east coast. Mimosa linifolia, Vent. eels. t. 2. Andr. bot. 

 rep. 394. Mimosa linearis, Wendl. hort. herrench. 1. 18. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 2168. Bonpl. nav. t. 19. . . 



Flax-leaved Acacia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1 790. Sh. 3 to 4 it. 

 Fl. April, May. Clt. 1810. Shrub 78 A. abietina (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1051.) phyllodia narrow* 



linear, mucronate, 1 -nerved, quite entire; heads of flowers race-^ 

 mose ; racemes longer than the phyllodia. Tj • G. Native 

 New Holland. Perhaps this is merely a variety of the pre 



Sweet, fl. austr. t. 42. 



straight side. ^2 . G. 



reg. 1352. Lodd. bot. cab. 384. 



Zwna/e-leaved Acacia. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



70 A. BREViFoLiA (Lodd. bot. cab. 1235.) phyllodia elliptic, 

 ending in a spine-like mucrone, 1 -nerved, and feather-nerved, 

 glaucous, glabrous, with a gland on one side ; branches angular, 

 smooth ; heads of flowers racemose, longer than the phyllodia. 

 ^ - G. Native of New South Wales. 



ceding 



species 



Fir-like Acacia. 



Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823. 



Sh. 3 to 6 ft- 

 long ^^ 



. U. INaUveof New South Wales. 79 A. subula^ta (Bonpl. nav. t. 45.) phyllodia very longj^" 



^/ior/-/earerf Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 3 linear, subulate and mucronate at the apex ; heads of flo^^^ 



to 4 feet. 



71 A. obtusa'ta (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 441.) phyl- 

 lodia oblong-cuneated, obtuse, attenuated at the base, 1 -nerved, 

 entire, and glandless, coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 glabrous; heads of flowers disposed in racemes, which are 



Native of 



racemose ; racemes one-half shorter than the phyllodia 



5-cleft; ovary tomentose. 



Wendl. diss. no. 25. , cj,r,.li 



Clt. 1824. Shrub 



]?. G. 



caly» 

 Native of New Holland. 



Suhulate-\ca\ed Acacia. Fl. April, June 



shorter than the phyllodia ; flowers 5-cleft. 

 New Holland. 



8 to 6 feet. 



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Phyllodia 20 lines long, and 3-4 lines broad. 

 5/unferf-leaved Acacia. Fl. Ap.Jii. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



72 A. buxif6li.\ (Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 344.) glabrous; phyllodia ovate, acute, bearing a gland on the 

 upper margin ; heads of flowers axillary, twice the length of the 

 phyllodia. Ir^ . G. Native of New Holland, in pine ranges at 

 Macquarie river. A. conferta, Cunningh. mss. 



Box-leaved Acacia. Fl. Feb. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



73 A. cRAssiu'scuLA (Wendl. diss. no. 20. t. 8.) phyllodia 

 linear, l-nerved, thickish, nuite entire, attenuated at the base, 

 rounded at the apex, and ending in an inflexed mucrone ; heads 

 of flowers usually 3 in a raceme ; flowers 5-cleft. h , G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the east coast. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov" 

 holl. no. 464. 



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to b teet. .^ \ 



80 A. Ru^BiDA (Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. '^•' 



racem«» 



small, pedunculate, axillary, and terminal ; the rib ana ^^jj^, 

 of the leaves coloured with red. Tj . G. Native of ^ew 



mountains 



April 



§ 3. Spicatce {from spicatus, spiked; disposition of flov^^^^' 

 Flowers disposed in cylindrical spikes. Stipulas usuanj 

 ingy or when present they are small and unarmed. 



81 A.? TAxiFo^LiA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1050.) pM^^'jJ" 



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