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LEGtMINOS^. CCXXXIII, Acacia. 



the pairs ofpinnae ; spikes twin, filiform. Tj . S. 

 raccas, on the sandy banks of rivers. 



/y^/u/ Acacia. Clt. 1818. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



Native of Ca- 



base ot the petiole ; spikes of flowers axillary, twin, filiform. 

 ^2 . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Flowers pilose, 5-cleft. 

 Fairest Acacia. Clt. 1823. Tree 50 feet. 

 131 A. LopHANTHoiDEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 457.) unarmed ; 139 A. dumeto'rum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 458.) stem furnished 



leaves with 8-9 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 12 pairs of with a few prickles ; branches sulcate, pubescent ; leaves bipin- 

 oval-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; petioles glandless, and are as well nate, each pinna bearing many pairs of minute, linear -elliptic 



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leaflets, which are glandularly dotted beneath ; spikes axillary, 

 twin, slender ; corolla profoundly 5-cleft ; stamens free; ovary 

 villous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Novas. Mimosa dumetorum, St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. 1. p. 1. 

 Legume unknown. 



Bush Acacia. Shrub 1 to ^ feet. 



as the branchlets pubescent ; racemes usually twin, short, axil- 

 lary ; calyxes glabrous. T2 • S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers 

 and habit of the following species. Legumes unknown. 



Lophantha-like Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



132 A.lopha'ntiia (Willd. spec.4. p. 1070.)unarmed; leaves 

 with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 25-30 pairs of 



linear, bluntish leaflets; petioles and calyxes clothed with vel- 140 A. adstringens (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 



vety down, with a gland at the base of the common petiole, and 5. p. 41.) unarmed ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 one between each of the two extreme pairs of leaflets ; racemes 

 ovate-oblong, axillary, twin. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Sims, hot. mag. 2108. Mimosa distachya. Vent. eels. t. 20. 

 but not of Cav. Mimosa elegans, Andr. bot. rep. t. 5Q3. A. 

 lophantha, Lodd. bot. cab. 716. This and the preceding species 

 would almost constitute a proper section from the flowers. 



bearing 4-5 pairs of broad-ovate, glaucescent leaflets, which are 

 unequal at the base, obtuse, and glabrous, with a gland between 

 the superior pair of pinnae ; petioles and young branches clothed 

 with chestnut-coloured tomentum ; spikes cylindrical, axillary, 



Native of Bra- 



Perhaps A. in signis of Hoflfmans. verz. 1824. p. 159. is not 

 distinct from the present species. Flowers yellow. 



Crest'Jlowercd Acacia. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



133 A. Guiane'nsis (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1061.) unarmed;. 

 leaves with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10 pairs of 



with the rachis and calyxes tomentose. 

 zil. Legume oblong, compressed. 



Tj 



Astringent Acacia. 



141 A, MACRO^LOBA 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



elliptic, obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; petiole rather velvety, fur- form, solitary, axillary. 



nished with a convex gland at the base ; spikes filiform, solitary, 

 axillary. F? . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. Legume 

 lanceolate, flat. M" 



_ __. (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1060.) unarmed; 



leaves with 16 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 linear, falcate, acuminated leaflets, which are angular at the 

 base ; petioles with 2 hairy lines on the upper side ; spikes fili- 



Native of Para, in Brazil. 



Long-podded Acacia. 



1?. S. 



Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Flowers small, glabrous, white. 



Aubl. guian. 2. t. 357. 



Guiana Acacia. Clt. 1803. Tree 40 feet. 



134 A. psilosta'chya (D. C. prod. 2. p. 457.) unarmed; 



142 A. Sprenge'lii; branches glandless; petioles ha>ryj, 

 leaves with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15 pairs of 

 oblong, obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; spikes short, twin. Ij • §• 

 Native of Jamaica. A. Berteriana, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 138. but 

 not of Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. 



Tree. 



leaves with 7-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15-20 pairs SprengeVs Acacia. ^^^^. 



of oblong-linear, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, which are truncate at 143 A. aspidtoides (Meyer, prim, esseq. 165.) unarmed ; 



tl.oT.^co «.,M. o« ^A^^^^.^A ^\r.^A .* *!,. T. ^ .1 .:_!„ leaves with 15-18 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing many pairs 



of linear, glabrous leaflets, and bearing on the under side at the 

 base a transverse gland each; petioles glandless,^ pubescent; 



the base, with an adpressed gland at the base of the petiole, 

 and one between the extreme pair of pinnae ; spikes filiform, 

 slender, solitary, axillary. Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. 

 Flowers small, as in the preceding, but pubescent. 

 Smoolh'spiJced Acacia. Tree. 



spikes cylindrical, disposed in terminal racemes. ^ • S. Native 



- -I- • Guiana, in the island of Arowabisch, in humid places. Petab 5, 



135 A. Acapulce'nsis (Kunth, mim. 78. t. 24. nov. gen. white, hardly connected at the base. Stamens 10. Legume curved. 



amer. 6. p. 267.) unarmed ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of plnnse, 

 each pinna bearing 35-45 pairs of oblong-linear, glabrous leaf- 

 lets, with a gland between 2 or 3 of the extreme pairs of pinnae, 

 and one at the base of the petiole ; spikes cylindrical, axillary, 

 solitary, twin, or tern. T2 • S. Native of Mexico, about Aca- 

 pulco, in the sand by the sea-side. Flowers white. Stamens 

 numerous, monadelphous. Legumes unknown. 



T 



ree. 



Acapulco Acacia. Clt. 1825. 



136 A. ELEPHANTiioRHrzA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 2410.) 

 unarnied ; leaves with 10-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 25 pairs of linear, glabrous leaflets ; petioles glandless ; branches 

 and flowers glabrous; spikes axillary, cylindrical, solitary. 



\l . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 15. Sta- 

 mens 10. Perhaps a species o£ Prosopis. 

 Elephant-root Acacia. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



137 A. scLERoxYLA (Tussac, fl. antil. t. 21.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 10-15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing an indefinite 

 number of leaflets, with an urceolar gland below the lower 

 pair of pinnae ; spikes filiform, solitary ; branches warted. I7 .S. 

 Native of the French West India Islands, where it is called 

 Tendre a caillou batard^ with many other species. 



Hard' wooded Acac\vL. Tree 60 feet. 



138 A. pulche'rrima (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1061.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 13 pairs of pinnae ; each pinna bearing numerous 

 pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse leaflets, which are pubescent be- 



Aspidium-Uke Acacia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



144 A. nEALBA^TA(Link. enum. 2. p. 445.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 15 pairs ofpinnae, each bearing many pairs of minute, 

 equal, pubescent leaflets, with a perforated gland seated between 

 one of the pairs of pinnae ; racemes lateral. Ij . S. ^2 

 country and legumes unknown. 



Whitened Acacm. Tree. i. 



145 A. WallichiaW (D. C. prod. 2. p. 458.) unarmeUj, 

 branches and leaves pubescent; leaves with 10-12 P^If* 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing about 50 pairs of approximate, Im 

 leaflets ; petiole bearing a gland beneath the pinnae, ^"", ^^ 

 between each of the pairs of pinnae ; spikes cylindrical, e ^ 

 gated ; legumes flat, lanceolate ; quite glabrous, 6-10-sce<i 



^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Stamens 20-25. 



fVallich 



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Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 

 Prickly or spiny trees or shruos. 



146 A. FERRUGiNEA (D, C. prod. 2. p. 458.) spin^^^J^.^f 

 straightish, conical, broadest at the base ; leaves with 3-4 p J^^ 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of linear, bluniisht r^^ 

 brous, glaucous leaflets; petiole furnished with a '^-?^' ^^ 

 pressed gland ; spikes of flowers cylindrical slender, Y\^c- 



m a 



petiole 



1 



panicle ; legumes oval, hard, compressed, l*^"^^^f^ ' (jjea, 

 hiscent. ^2 . S. Native of Coromandel. Minwsa ^fYaiidr<^ 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 41. Stamens 20-25. Allied to ^- ^ 

 and A. Catechu. 



