408 



.LEGUMlNOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



So2)hora-poMed Acacia. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1805. Tr. 20 ft. tant leaflets ; petiole furnished with a gland at the .apex, and 



terminated by a spine-like mucrone ; spikes globose, peduncu- 

 Sect. II. CoNJUGA'xo-PiNNA^TiE. Lcavcs with one pair of late; legumes oval, compressed. Tj . G. 



prod. 



pinnae, each pinna bearing few or many pairs of leaflets. This 

 is an artificial section, composed of a heterogeneous mass of 

 species, the most part of which are not well known. 



96 A. amenta'cea (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 2. p. 455.) glabrous; spines stipular, straight; pinnae 



bearing 2 pairs of oblong leaflets ; petiole very short ; spikes ob- 

 long-cylindrical, axillary, sessile, b . S. Native of New Spain. 

 Spikes dense, resembling the aments of a salix. 

 unknown. Flowers yellow. 

 Amentaceous Acacia. Tree. 



97 A. laxiflo'ra (D. C. prod. 2. p. 455.) unarmed, glabrous ; 

 pinnae bearing 3 pairs of petiolulate oval leaflets ; petiole elon- 

 gated; panicles axillary, loosely branched ; heads l-S-flowered. 



^. S. Native of the island of Timor. Flowers polyandrous. 



Leaflets 2-3 inches long, and 1^ inch broad. A very distinct 

 species. 



Loose-JIowercd Acacia. 



98 A. coronilL;Ef6lia 



of Good Hope ? 

 aim. t. 123. f. 2. 



Native of the Cape 

 Mim6sa reticulata, Lin. mant. 129,— Pluk. 

 Flowers white. 



Reticulated Acacia. Clt. 1816. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



104 A. pulche'lla (R. Br. in bort. kew. 5. p. 264.) smootli- 

 ish ; spines stipular, straight, slender ; pinnae bearing 5-7 pairs 

 of oblong-obovate, obtuse leaflets ; petiole short, bearing a 

 pedicellate gland between the pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers 



. G. Native of New Holland. Lodd. hot. cab. 



Legumes solitary. Ij 



Tree. 



(Dcsf. cat. hort. par. ed. 2. p. 207.) 

 glabrous ; spines stipular, straight ; pinnae bearing 5-9 pairs of 

 linear, obtuse, rather glaucous leaflets ; petiole very short, or 

 hardly any, bearing a sessile gland between the pair of pinnae. 



^. 



G. 



Native of the north of Africa, near Mogodor. 

 Giraffae, Brouss^ in hort. monsp. 

 ench. no. 44. 



Mi 



imosa 

 Mimosa coronilloefolia, Pers. 

 Heads of flowers ovate, pedunculate. It differs 

 from the following species in the petioles being very short. 

 Coronilla-lenved Acacia. Clt- 1817. Tree. 

 92 A. GUMMiFERA (Willd. spec.4. p. 1056.) glabrous; spines 

 stipular, straight ; pinnae bearing 6 pairs of linear obtuse leaf- 

 lets ; petiole bearing a sessile gland between the pair of pinnse ; 

 spikes oblong, axillary ; legumes somewhat moniliform, clothed 



212, Flowers yellow. Perhaps the same as A.imlcUllaoi 



Link, enum. 2. p. 444. but the spines are said to be scattered in it. 



Neat Acacia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1803. Sh. 3 to 5 ft. 



105 A. HisPir>i'ssiMA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 455.) stem and 

 branches very hispid ; spines stipular, straight, slender ; pinnae 

 bearing 5-7 pairs of oblong, obtuse leaflets ; petiole short, bear- 

 ing a pedicellate gland between the pair of pinna;; heads of 

 flowers solitary. ^ . G. Native of Nq^w Holland, on the east 

 coast. Very like the preceding species, but differs from it in 

 the stems, branches, and petioles being beset widi long, white 

 stiff hairs. Peduncles glabrous. 



Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1800. Sh.StoCft. 



106 A. HiEMASTOMA (Bert. ined. D. C. legum. mem.xii. t. 68. 

 "2. " 



Very hispid Acacia. 



prod. 



Straight 



p. 456.) stem glabrous; spines stipular, spreading, 

 pinnae bearing 4-6 pairs of obovate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 rather pilose leaflets ; petiole short, glandless ; heads of flowers 

 solitary or twin, somewhat racemose. Tj . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. Mimosa spartioides, Vahl. ined. in herb. Juss. Pe- 



duncles, corolla, and legumes hairy. Stamens purple, 15, or 



Lenrume linear, bluntish, atte- 



Very 



only 13 or 14 from abortion. 



nuated at the base, straightish. Leaflets 2 lines long. 



like rnga purpureay of which it is probably a congener, but 



>vith vv-hite tomentum. Tj . G. Native of the north of Africa, near differs in there being no pulp in the pods. 



Mogodor. 



Sassa gumniifera, Gmel. syst. Very like A. Ardhica. Bloody -mouthed Acacia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



Gum-arabic is obtained from this species as well as from many 

 others. 



Gum-hearing Acacia. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



100 A. STROMBUUFERA (Willd. spcc. 4. p. 1055.) glabrous; 



107 A.DETiNENs (Burch, trav. 1. p. 310. cat. no. 1628.) 

 spines stipular, recurved, very short ; leaflets obovate ; petioles 



pubescent ; flowers capitate ; 

 few-seeded. 



\l. G. 



spines stipular, or nearly wanting ; pinnae bearing 4-6 pairs of where it forms impenetrable masses, 

 alternate or opposite, linear, obtuse leaflets, without any gland - 



legume oval, flat, membranous 



of Good Hope 



) 



Native of the Cape 



between the pinnae ; legume terete, spirally twisted. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Peru, in woods, where it is vulgarly called retortuna from 

 the shape of the pods. Mimosa strombulifera, Lam. diet. 1. p. 

 15. Flowers unknown. Legume indehiscent, which character 

 indicates a separate genus. 



Stromlus-bcarhig Acacia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



101 A. Magdale N^ (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 455.) unarmed ; stipulas lanceolate, striated, erect ; pinnse bear- 

 ing 25 pairs of linear, obtuse, smoothish leaflets ; petiole pubes- 

 cent, glandless, much shorter than the pinnae, 

 of St. Martha. 



Detaining Acacia. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



108 A. viridira'mis (Burch. trav. 1. p. 300. cat. no. 1586.) 

 spines stipular, very short, recurved ; pinnae bearing G-8 pairs 

 of small, oval, approximate leaflets. Tj . G. Native ot the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in a place called Carel Krieger's Orave. 



Branches green, flexuous. 



Buds white from wool. 



Shrub 4 to 5 feet 



unkno 



h . S. Native Lin. 



Green-branched Acach. Clt. 1816. .- 



109 A. cinera'ria (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1057.) prickles scat- 

 tered, hooked ; pinnae bearing 8-9 pairs of oblong-linear, equa 

 leaflets. Ij.S. Native of the East Indies. Mimosa cineraria. 



Legume 2 inches long, 



spec. 1500 — Pluk. aim. t. 2. f. 1. 



thickish, straight, and glabrous, with the'valves thick and fur- 

 rowed on the outside. 



Magdalcna Acacia. Tree. 



102 A. pil6sa (Bert, in herb. Balb. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 455.) 

 spices nearly axillary, spreading, straight ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 striated, erect; pinnae with 13 pairs of linear obtuse leaflets; 

 petiole very short, glandless, and is, as well as the branches, 

 pilose. T; . S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers and legumes un- 

 known. -This is a very singular species from having stipular 

 spines, and the stipulas existing at the same time. 



Pilose Acacia. Clt. 1800. Tree. 



(Willd 



Greyish Acacia. Tree. 



68.) spi- 



110 A. eria'ntha (Desv. journ. hot. 1814. 1. P . 

 nose ; pinnae bearing usually about 6 pairs of nearly «"'P ' 

 pubescent leaflets ; flowers capitate ; calyxes quite glabrous, d 

 the corolla is clothed on the outside with silky pil«' •« * 

 Native of the East Indies. 



• ^oolly-fowered Acacia. Tree. ^,., 



11 1 A. CAssioiDEs (Willd. enum. 1051.) spines stipular, se 

 ^— • pinnae bearing 4-6 pairs of lanceolate leaflets- wn 



are acute at both ends, the outer ones the largest, h 

 tive country, flowers, and fruit unknown. 



Cassta-like Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



ceous 



s. ^a- 



103 A. RETICULATA (Wilicl. cDum. 1051.) spines stinular 119 A ^ ' /w n , T^r, \ • o cftniilar, very 



straight, length of the leaflets ; leaves with one oLore pSs of short subuw"''-^ ^^^'^'^' ^"^"""^o.^o^^'^ "^ f^!T 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 6-9 pairs of oblon^y-Unpnr .!....?: !•_ ^}T\ '"?"'^*^ ' P'""*_ bearing 20-24 pairs of linear, 



pinnae, each pinna bearing 6-9 pairs of oblong-linear. obtuse, dis- glabrous leaflets' 



h ' S. Native of South America 



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