LEGUMINOS^. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



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herbarium, under the name of A, leucophlce a, has the brandies 

 and petioles puberulous, and the leaflets rather ciliated. The 



pubescent; leaves with 12-14 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- 

 ing about 25 pairs ofoblong-linear glabrous leaflets, with a gland 



bark is very astringent, and the natives distil an ardent spirit oh the petiole beneath the lower pair, and one between the ex- 

 from itj mixed with palm wine and a little coarse sugar. treme pair of pinnae; heads of flowers twin, axillary, peduncu- 



late. ^ . S. Native of Jamaica. Very like the preceding 



While-juiced Acacia. Tree. 

 ' 187 A, cochliaca'ntha (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. 

 p. 1081.) spines twin, compressed, concave ; branches glabrous ; 

 petioles and peduncles pubescent; leaves with 9-10 pairs of 



species. 



Macracantha-like Acetcia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



194 A. Sii:beria'na(D. C. prod. 2. p. 463.) spines twin, terete, 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 19-24 pairs of linear, very minute, rather connate at the base, and are, as w^ell as the branches, gla- 

 ciliated leaflets ; rachis of leaves bearing 4 glands; heads of brous ; leaves with 15-20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 25- 

 flowers axillary, twin, pedunculate. Tj . S. Native of Quito, 30 pairs of elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rather ciliated leaflets; heads 

 near Guayaquil, Kunth, mim. 93, t. 29. nov. gen. amer. 6. p. of flowers globose, twin; peduncles twice the length of the 



Legume unknown, 



274. Flowers white, polyandrous. 

 Twisted-spined Acacia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. - 



188 A. HiEMAToxYLON (Willd. enum. 2. p. 1056.) spines twin, 



slender, and are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; branchlets, 



leaves, peduncles, and flow^ers clothed with hoary velvety down ; 



leaves with 8-16 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 18-24 pairs 



of very minute, obtuse, crowded leaflets, with a gland below or 



between the lower pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers axillary, 2-3 



together, pedunculate. I?. G. Native of^the Cape of Good 



Hope. A. atomiphylla, Burch. trav. 1. p. 341. cat. no. 1685 

 and 2449. ' ^ " " ■ " 



getner. Legume, according to Burchell, tomentose, linear, and 

 indehiscent. 



Red-wooded Acacia. Clt. 1816. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



189 A. TOMENTo'sA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1087.) spines twin; 

 branches, petioles, peduncles, and under side of leaves tomen- 



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Leaflets so much crowded as to appear joined to- 



heads, and are, as well as the petioles, puberulous. Fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Senegal. A. flexu6sa aflfinis, Sieb. pi. exsic. seneg. no. 

 43. but it differs from A.Jlexuosa in the spines being white, not 

 brown, as in that species, and in the peduncles being twice tlie 

 length, and fewer. 



Sieber's Acacia. Tree. 



195 A. FLEXUo^sA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1082.) spines twin, connate ; leaves with 16 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 25 pairs of linear, obtuse, ciliated leaflets, with a 

 depressed gland above the base of the petiole, and one between 

 the extreme pair of leaflets ; heads pedunculate, 3-6-together, 

 axillary, about the length of their own peduncles. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of South America, near Cumana. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 6. p. 271. Spines brown, shining. Legume un- 

 known. 



Var. ft, amhtgua (D. C. prod. 2. p. 463.) spines shorter than 



tose ; leaves with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20 pairs the peduncles. I2 ■ S- Native of Guadaloupe. Spines 3 lines 

 of linear obtuse leaflets, with a gland on the petiole below the 

 Pinnae, and one between each of the extreme pairs of leaflets ; 

 heads of flowers axillary, aggregate, pedunculate. 



tJveofthe East Indies. M 



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Na- 



long. Peduncles 5-6-lines long. Legumes glabrous, straight, 

 thickish. Perhaps a proper species. 



Flexuous Acacia. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



196 A. OBTu'sA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1087.) 



Perhaps the same as Mimosa cavaty-tooma, Roxb. which is the spines twin; leaves with 16-20 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bear- 

 same flQ 7lf»*^Ac>« 4 ^v._ -r»_..l „___ __. . loto _ • ^ ^ • ^ ^r^Ul...^i,o ^n.'of^^l li'r^-^o,. l^oflofc ivi'fli o rrlonrl 



Mim 



A \! ^^'^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^h^t th<^ peduncles are bracteate, and 

 that the legumes are involute and compressed. 



iomenio*^ Acacia. Clt. 1816. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



190 A. I'ndica (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 69.) spines 

 twin; leaves with 12-15 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 15- 



pairs of oblong-linear obtuse leaflets, which are pilose, as 



eUas the petioles, when examined by a lens ; heads of flowers 



^^lilary. fj , s. Native of the East Indies. Mimosa Fndica, 



t;oir. suppl. p. 80. Pers. ench. 2. p. 266. Habit of ^. Fame- 



^ma Branches terete, brown. 



Indian Acacia. Clt. 1800. Tree 20 feet. 

 \QU\ ' ^^^^'^a^ta (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 ^4-) spines twin ; leaves with 8-12 pairs of pinnse, each pinna 

 "paring about 25-30 pairs of linear, obtuse, ciliated leaflets, with 

 n urceolar gland at the base of the petiole ; heads of flowers 



ing many pairs of glabrous, ciliated, linear leaflets, with a gland 

 at the base of the petiole, and one on the petiole between each of 

 the 2 extreme pairs of pinnae ; legume linear, arched, obtuse, 

 glabrous. ^. S. Native of Caraccas, ex Kunth, on the banks 

 of the Orinoco, ex Willd. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 



p. 272. 



Ohtuse-ledAeiied. Acacia. Tree. 



197 A. subine'rmis (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 



Fj . S Native of 

 uppl. 1. p. 81. Like 



Tree. 



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axillarj 



^uth America''. ' Mi^S'ItomLlI 

 ^•^arnesi^na. Legume unknown. 

 I^otted Acacia. 



ion ^' ''^''^' ^ ' - - 



liol ^PJ^^^ ^^'m, lanceolate, compressed ; branchlets and pe- 

 s pubescent; leaves with 14-18 pairs of pinnse, each pinna 

 j^^""g 30 pairs of oblong-linear ciliated leaflets, with a gland 

 of 1 ^fl^ ultimate pair of pinnae, and 2 or 3 between the pairs 

 eatlets ; heads of flowers axillary, 2-8 together, pedunculate. 

 '^ • »- Native of Quito, near Guayaquil. Kunth, mim. 90. t. 



463.) spines twin, subulate, short, sometimes wanting ; branches, 

 petioles, and peduncles pubescent ; leaves with 30-40 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 30-40 pairs of linear-oblong, gla- 

 brous leaflets, with 2 glands beneath the lower pair of pinnae, 

 and 2 or 4 between the ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers 

 pedunculate, 2-3-together, axillary. Ij . S. Native of Jamaica. 

 Flowers yellow. Legume linear, flat, glabrous, 6-7-seeded. 

 Almost-unarmed Acacia. Tree. 



* * Prickles stipular, twin^ usually also peiiolar, and along 

 the ribs of the legume. Stamens 10. 



198 A. acanthoca'rpa (Willd. enum. 



) stipular ; 



prickles twin, hooked ; petioles glandless, prickly; leaves witl) 

 6-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 6-15 pairs of oblong, pu- 

 bescent leaflets ; heads of flowers axillary, twin, pedunculate ; 

 legumes flat, compressed, falcate, prickly on the rib on both 

 sides, h • ^' Native of New Spain. Mimosa aculeaticarpa, 



Ort. dec. 134. 



pec 



On ^ 



lona"°^p *-^"" ^^^^' ^' P- 2''3- Flowers yellow. 

 S- retiole furnished with a gland at the base. 



iTs^xP'"'"^ Acacia. Tree large. 

 *. I> 4ii\^*'^^^^«^ANTHoiDEs (Bert, in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 

 • P* 63.) spines twin, terete ; branches, petioles, and peduncles 



Flowers dirty white, or rather flesh-coloured. Leaves irritable 



Spines very or sensible to the touch. 



/3. , . . . 



1 rrlandatthe base. Mimosa uncindlla. 



p. 80 



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Clt. 1822. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



