LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIII. Acacia. 



417 



curved; petioles glanclless, bearing subulate prickles between ultimate pair of leaflets; heads of flowers pedunculate, dis-' 

 the pairs o( pinnae ; leaves with 6-9 pairs of pinnae, which are posed in a loose terminal panicle. ^ . ^^. S. Native of Cayenne. 



callous and bistipellate at the base, each pinna bearing 8-12 



pairs of oblong-linear, mucronate, glabrous leaflets, which are 



obtuse at both ends ; heads of flowers pedunculate, disposed in 



a terminal raceme. Tj , S. Cultivated in the gardens of Ja- quite glabrous ; raineal and petiolar prickles scattered and 



maica, where it was observed by Bertero. Flowers white, de- hooked ; leaves bipinnate, with 7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



Heads of flowers small, yellows Legume unknown.'^ 

 Guilandina-Wke Acacia. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 

 220 A. sARMENTo'sA (Dcsv. joum. bot. 1814. 1. p. 70.) 



candrous. A very distinct species, but the legume is unknown. 

 Spur- lea ced Acacia. . Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet? 



bearing many pairs of obtuse, linear, somewhat imbricate leaflets, 



with a minute gland above the base of the petiole. Fj • S. Na- 



213 A. Courrantia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 465.) prickles on tive country, flowers, and fruit unknown. Mimosa sarmentosa, 



the branches, petioles, and panicles, few and recurved ; petioles 

 glandless; leaves with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 15-20 pairs of linear-oblong leaflets; heads of flowers pedun- 

 culate, disposed in terminal and axillary racemes. T2 , S. Na- 

 tive country unknown, but is cultivated in the gardens of Tene- 

 riffe. The whole plant is of a greyish or greenish glaucous 

 colour, and is related to ^. ccesia. 

 Courranfs Acacia. Clt. 1818, Tree. 



Desf. cat. hort. par. 180. Pers. ench. 2. p. 265. 

 Sarmentose Acacia. • Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 



"§2. Unarmed trees or shrubs. 



* Trichbdece (from dpt^ Tpt)(oc, ihrix trichos, hair ; in refer- 

 ence to the hairy anthers). Anthers hairy^ Stigma pencil- 

 formed. Perhajis a jyroper genus. 



221 A. TRicHo^DES (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1063.) unarmed, gla- 



214 A. ripa'ria (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. Z7&.) brous ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinna?, each pinna bearing Z-5 



prickles scattered, hooked; leaves with 10-11 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing 30-50 pairs of linear, ciliated leaflets, with 



pairs of ovate, acute leaflets, with an oblong, erect gland be- 

 tween the lower pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers twin, pedun- 



a gland above the base of the common petiole, and one between culate, axillary. Tj . S. Native of Caraccas, ex Jacq., and 

 each of the 2 ultimate pairs of leaflets ; heads axillary, solitary ; 

 legumes linear, flat, rather hooked at the apex. T2 . S. Native 



at the confluence of the Amazon and Chamaya. Flowers un- 

 known. 



Rker-side Acacia. Tree very tall. 



215 A.sTRiATA(Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec.4. p. 1089.) 



about Lima, ex Dombey. 'Mimosa trich6des, Jacq, schoenbr. 

 t. S94. Branches dotted. Legume flat, compressed, linear, 

 rather obtuse at both ends, and somewhat mucronate at the apex, 

 glabrous. Seeds flat, compressed. Flowers white. 



//airzz-anthered Acacia. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



222 A, pseudotricho'des (D, C. prod. 2. p. 466.) unarmed, 



rameal prickles scattered, erect ; branches striated, and are as glabrous ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2-4 



>^;ell as petioles pubescent ; leaves with 9 pairs of pinnae, each pairs of leaflets ; petioles glandless ; heads of flowers 3-5, ax- 



pinna bearing 13-16 pairs of leaflets, which are rather pilose iHary, pedunculate. ^2 , S. Native of St. Domingo. Legume 



beneath ; heads of flowers pedunculate, disposed in a terminal like that of the preceding species, linear, flat, glabrous, some- 

 panicle; legume compressed, rather falcate, obtuse, beset with a 

 few short hairs. 



flowers small. 



\ . S. Native of South America. Heads of 



what stipitate at the base. Branches glabrous. 

 False Trichodes Acacia. Shrub. 



'S'tnafed-branched Acacia. Shrub. 



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Anthers glabrous. Stigma simple. Julihrissmce. 



216 A.' megalade'na (Desv, joum. bot. 1814. 1. p. 69.) 223 A. formo'sa (Kunth, mim. p. 102. t. 32. nov. gen. et 



rameal as well as petiolar prickles scattered and minute; leaves 

 Jth many pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 '^atiets, which are linear and glabrous, with a peltate gland 

 a )ove the base of the petiole ; heads of flowers pedunculate, 

 tijsposed in racemes ; legumes compressed, rather falcate, quite 

 glabrous, T2 . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 ^^rge^glanded Acacia. Tree. 



217 A. Arrophu'la (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 247.) rameal as 

 Weil as petiolar prickles recurved ; petiole furnished in the mid- 

 c With a large depressed broad gland ; leaves with many pairs 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, unequal- 

 s'^^u, obtuse leaflets, which are ciliated as well as the rachis ; 

 PanJcIe terminal ; heads of flowers globose, sohtary, or 5, pe- 

 dunculate. Tj . S. Native of Sirinagur, where it is called 

 ^^oopW by the natives. ^ 



^rroaphul Acacia. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 feet. 



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. 218 A. sca' 



"»g. sulcatp. tr. 



Prickles scattered. Stem clhnbing. 

 :n-s (Willd. enum. 1057.) prickly; st 



the"fn "^ many pairs of leaflets, with a gland between each of 

 •».;ii °^ ^^ ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers panicled, 

 '^^'"ary, and terminal. ~ " -"' 



rest unknown. 

 Scandent A 



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\y* 



S. Native pf Brazil. The 



cacia. Clt. 1780. Shrub cl. 



as 



'>»'anches 



prickl 



(D 



rameal as well 



spec. 6. p. 278.) unarmed, glabrous; leaves with 2 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 5-6 pairs of obovate-elliptic leaflets ; 

 petioles glandless ; stipulas large, oblong, obtuse ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, 2-5 on a common peduncle. ^ . S. Native of 

 Mexico, near Guanaxuato. Flowers white, polyandrous. Le- 



gurtie unknown. 



Beautiful Acacia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



224 A. NIGRICANS (R. Br. in Ait. hort. kew. 4. p. 465.) un- 

 armed, glabrous ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, bearing 5-7 

 pairs of obovate-oblong, obtuse leaflets on each of the superior 

 pinnae, and 2 or 3 pairs on each of the lower pinnae, with 1 or 2 

 glands on the petiole; stipulas subulate-setaceous; heads of 

 flowers solitary. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south-west coast. Mimosa nigricans, Labill. nov. hull. 2. t. 238. 

 A. nigricans, Sims, bot. mag. 2188. The whole plant becomes 

 black on drying. Legume linear, flat, straight, 6-7-seeded. 

 Flowers yellow, polyandrous. 



Blackish Acacia. Fl. May, Jul Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



225 A. STRiGo'sA (Link. enum. 2. p. 444.) unarmed, pilose ; 

 leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2-3 pairs of 

 leaflets; stipulassomewhat setaceous, caducous; heads of flowers 

 solitary. f? . G. Native of New Holland, on the south-west 

 coast. A. ciliata, R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 465. but not of 



"Willd. Flowers yellow. 



Strtgose Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1803, Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



226 A. ungula'ta (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. (j&.) un- 



es 



small knd recurved; stem sub-scandent ; armed; branches and branchlets pubescent ; leaves with usually 



" ' S pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing several pairs of hnear, 



nearly glabrous leaflets ; heads of flowers on long peduncles ; 



each ^^ ^^^ leaves glabrous ; leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, 

 pinna bearing 2 pairs of leaflets, with a gland under the 



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