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LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



407 



china, on the mountains. Mimosa stellata, Lour. coch. p. 651. 

 Mim6sa ternata, Pers. encb. 2. p. 261. 

 Yew-leaved Acsicia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 8 feet. 



82 A. oxyce'drus (Sieb. pi, exsic, nov- boll. no. 457.) stipu- 

 las spinose ; phyllodia scattered or somewhat verticillate, lanceo- 

 late-linear, ending in a pungent point, 3-nerved, glabrous, with 

 nerve-formed glandless margins ; spikes axillary, solitary, elon- 

 gated ; flowers 4-cleft. T2 . G. Native of New South Wales. 

 Sweet, fl, austr. 6. Hook. bot. mag. 2928. A. pugioniformis, 

 Cunning, mss. A. taxifolia, Lodd. bot. cab. 1225. Branches 

 and rachis of spikes clothed with velvety villi. 



Sharp-cedar Acacia. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1823. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



83 A. verticilla'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1049.) phyllodia 

 linear, ending in a pungent mucrone, disposed somewhat verti- 

 cillately; spikes axillary, solitary, oblong; flowers 5-cleft; 

 young legumes pubescent. T2 . G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the south coast, and of Van Diemen's Land. Phyllodia probably 

 tern, the middle one the proper phyllodium, and the lateral ones 

 are probably dilated stipulas, * ' '^ 



, ^ , uming the form of phyllodia. 



Var. a, glabra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 453.) branches and pedun- 

 cles glabrous; phyllodia linear, subulate; legumes very narrow. 



f^r. p, angicsta (D. C. 1. c.) branches and peduncles velvety ; 

 phyllodia linear-subulate ; legumes very narrow. Mimosa ver- 

 ticillata, Lher. sert. angl. 30. Curt. bot. mag. 110. Vent. malm. 



^«r. y, latifolia (D. C. 1. c. p. 454.) branches and peduncles 

 velvety ; phyllodia oblong-obovate or oblong-lanceolate ; legumes 

 broadish. Mimosa ulicif olia, Salisb. prod. 324. Mimosa verti- 

 cjUita, Wendl. coll. 1. t. 30. 



88 A. homoma'lla (Wendl. diss. no. 34. t. 13.) phyllodia 

 linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, falcate, 3-nerved, 

 white on both surfaces, but pubescent at the base ; spikes twin, 

 but solitary on the peduncles, axillary ; calyx 5-toothed. Fj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Petals 5, joined at the base. 



Egtial-woolled Acacia. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1822. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



89 A. holoseri'cea (Cunningh. mss.) aspect silky-white ; 

 phyllodia oblong-lanceolate, obliquely-cuneated at the base, 

 ending in a soft mucrone at the apex, 3-nerved, and furnished 

 with one gland on the upper margin \ spikes axillary, usually 

 twin. Tp . S. Native of New Holland within the tropic. A. 

 heteromalla. Sweet. A. leucophylla, Sweet. Phyllodia 6 inches 

 long, and 1 inch broad. 



Whole-silky Acacia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. Tr. 10 to 20 ft. 



90 A. i.ongif6lia (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1052.) phyllodia lan- 

 ceolate, attenuated at both ends, 2-3-nerved at the base, and 

 quite entire, the rest many nerved ; spikes axillary, twin, on short 

 peduncles ; calyx 4-cleft. Tj , G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the east coast. Mimosa longifolia, Andr. bot. rep. 107. Vent, 

 malm. 62. M. macrostachya, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 61. A. flori- 

 bunda, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 438 and 439. There are 

 varieties of this species with acute and obtuse, narrower (Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1827.) and broader (Sims, bot. mag. 2166.) phyllodia. 

 Petals 4, joined at the base. 



Long-leaved Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1792. Tree 10 

 to 20 feet. 



91 A. dorato'xylon (Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, 

 p. 345.) leaves lanceolate-linear, falcate, striated, attenuated at 

 the base ; spikes cylindrical, axillary, twin, nearly sessile. ]? . G. 



nnorl€d-lea\ed Acacia. Fh March, May. Clt. 1780. Shrub Native of New Holland, on pine ridges on the Macquarie river. 



6 to 10 feet. 



This is the spearwood of certain tribes in the interior of the 



^ 84 A. ruscifo'lia (Cunningh. mss.) phyllodia lanceolate, end- country 



Infu" ^. pungent mucrone, somewhat verticillately disposed; Spear-wood Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1823. Tree 20 ft. 



92 A. interte'xta (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 453.) phyl- 

 lodia long-lanceolate, bluntish, straight, attenuated at the base, 

 bearing on the upper margin at the base an inconspicuous gland, 

 2-nerved, reticulated with anastomosing veins, and are, as well 

 as the branches, glabrous ; spikes twin ; flowers 4-cleft. Tj . G. 



spikes axillary, solitary, cylindrical ; branches stiff, deflexedly- 

 ^varicate. T? . G. Native of New Holland. Nearly allied to 

 ^' ^ertmllhta, but diflTers in the more rigid dwarf habit. 



/^w/c/uTV6roow2-/eat'etZ Acacia. "" 



^l»rub 2 to 3 feet. 



March 



J. *^ ^* I'Inea'ris (Sims, bot. mag. t. 2156,) phyllodia narrow- Native of New Holland. A. obtusifolia, Cunningh. in Field's 

 nim^L^^^^ '^^g> 1-nerv^ed, and quite entire ; spikes axillary, new south wales, p. 345. A. thegonocarpa, Cunningh. mss. in 



Loud. hort. brit. p. 407. no. 2470. Phyllodia 6 inches long, 

 and half an inch broad. Spikes an inch long, 



Interrvoven-nerxcA Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 



5 w' K^"^"^ ^^^"^^^^^ ' calyx sinuately4-toothed. T2 . S. 

 ^ e ot New Holland. Legume narrow-linear, attenuated at 



both A *^v"aiiu. ijeguiiie iiarrow-iinear, an 



V a ^^^" y^^'^S pubescent. Petals 4, distinct, 

 lona ^V^"^^^''w« (Wendl. diss. no. 31. t. 11.) phyllodia 

 Npw u n ^^^^ spreading, but not erect. Tj . G. Native of 

 595 • ^'^^^ . ^^^- bot. reg. 680. A. linearis, Lodd. bot. cab. 

 •IS a plant intermediate between the species and the variety. 

 StoeT ^^""^^ Acacia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1819. Shrub 



spatulat ^^^^^^^^ (Willd. enum. suppl- 68.) phyllodia linear- 



spikp^ » -^"^-nerved, rounded and mucronate at the apex; v^ /^. ciwiiKA attiss \^oitu. pi. cA.au-. nuv. nun. uu. -j-fu.; imj^i- 



cd if^p ^^' solitary or twin, simple; calyx sinuately 4-tooth- lodia oblong, somewhat falcate, acuminated at both ends, quite 



entire, many-nerved, 2 or 3 of the nerves very evident; spikes 



Tj . G. Native 



of New Holland. Branches angular, and are, as well as rachis 



Clt. 1818. Sh. of the spikes, clothed with short, velvety, white down. Very 



86 A. 



4 to 6 feet. 



93 A. glauce'scens (Willd. hort. berol. t. 101.) phyllodia ob- 

 long, rather falcate, quite entire, many-nerved, 2 or 3 of the nerves 

 very evident; spikes axillary, solitary, pedunculate; calyx 5- 

 toothed. Tp , G. Native of New Holland. Petals 5, joined at 

 the base, and spreading at the apex. 



Glaucescent Acacia. Fl. Feb. Ju. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to G ii. 



94 A. cinera'scens (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 448.) phyl- 



t. 12 s' -l^ative of New Holland. Wendl. diss. no. 32. entire, many-nerved, 2 or 3 of the nerves ver; 



clothed '^^^^^; ^^g* 2747. Petals 4, joined at the base. Ovary axillary, solitary, pedunculate ; flowers 4-cleft. 



With white tomentum. of New Holland. Branches angular, and are. 



%f - >te tomentum. 



3 to rf^eT^'"^^^''^'^ Acacia. Fl. May, June. 

 87 A.^ ' 



Derv 



lanceol ^^^Ribu'nda (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1051.) phyllodia linear- 

 "" tes . ' ^"^'^uated at both ends, quite entire, with 3-5 f^n^ 

 toothed ^P axillary, solitary, simple ; calyx sinuately 



^lim^Qfl \ ^' Native of New Holland, on the east coast, 

 exsic n ""y;^^"^^' Vent, choix. t. 13. A. longifolia, Sieb. pl^ 

 atthea ' "^* ^^^' P^^^^s 4, joined at the base, reflexed 



nearly allied to A. Sophhrce. 



Greyish Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



95 A. sopiio'RiE (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 462.) phyllodia 



4- obovate-oblong or lanceolate, quite entire, many-nerved, somc- 



^^0 10 feet. 



■flowered 



times there are bipinnate leaves at the tops of the branche*:, 

 young ones and branchlets rather velvety ; spikes axillary, usually 

 twin ; calyx 4-cleft. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on tlie 

 south coast, and at Cape Van Diemen. Mimosa sophoras, Labill. 

 May, June. Clt. 1796. Shrub nov. holl. 2. t. 237. Legume torose. Umbilical funicle plicate. 



Petals 4, distinct. 



