LEGUMINOS^. CCXXXIIL Acacia. 



4 ID 



Native of St. Domingo. Flowers not seen, and therefore its affi- 

 nity with the present species is rather doubtful. 

 Broad-podded Acsicia.. FL March, June. Clt. 1777. Shrub 



6 to 10 feet. 



241 A. Portorice'nsis (Willd. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves with 



5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20 pairs of linear, obtuse, 



smoothish leaflets ; petioles glandless, and are, as well as the 



branches, pubescent ; heads of flowers 2-3-together, axillary ; 



calyx with ciliated margins. Tj . S, Native of Porto-Rico. 



Mimosa Portoricensis, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 633. coll. 4. p. 143. 



A. alba, Hortul. 



Porto-Rico Acacia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 

 to 1 feet. 



242 A. Caraccassa^na (Willd. 1. c.) unarmed, smoothish; 



Stamens w^ith long white filaments. 



Discoloured-leaxed Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1788. 

 Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



+ 



248 A. angula'ta (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 2. p. 68.) un- 

 armed, quite smooth ; branches tetragonal ; leaves with 5-7 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 30 pairs of very narrow 

 linear leaflets, with one perforated gland beneath the pinnse, and 

 one between each pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers pedicellate, 

 disposed in long racemes along the axillary peduncles. ^. G. 

 Native of New Holland. A. sulcipes, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. boll, 

 no. 460. Heads of flowers small, yellow. Leaflets usually alter- 

 nate. Legumes unknown. 



^wo*w/rtr-branched Acacia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Tree 

 10 to 15 feet. 



249 A. pube'scens (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 467.) unarmed ; 



leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs branches terete, hairy; leaves with 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each 



of linear bluntish leaflets; petioles glandless, and are, as w^ell pinna bearing 6-18 pairs of linear glabrous leaflets; petiole 



as the branches, rather pubescent ; heads of flowers peduncu- glandless ; heads of flowers globose, pedicellate, disposed in 



late, 2-3-together, axillary, and somewhat terminal ; calyxes with racemes along the axillary peduncles. ^ . G. Native of New 



glandular margins. ^i . S. Native of Caraccas, Mimosa Ca- Holland, on the east coast. Mim6sa pubescens, Vent. malm. t. 



raccassana, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 632, coll. 4. p. 142. Stamens 21. Sims, bot. mag. 1263. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holU no. 406, 



wuh purple filaments. 

 Caraccas Acacia. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



243 A. LYcopoDioiDEs (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 69.) 

 unarmed ; branches tetragonal ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing many pairs of minute rather pubescent leaf- 

 lets; flowers in capitate spikes, on long peduncles ; stipulas dis- 

 tinct, lanceolate, striated. \i . S. Native country unknown. 



Mimosa lycopodioides, Pers, ench. 2. p. 263. Poir. suppl. 1. 

 p. C8, 



Chih-moss-like Acacia. ShruTj. 



244 A. Lambertia NA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 721.) unarmed; 

 branches terete, and are, as w ell as the leaves, villous ; leaves 

 ftuth 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 9-12 pairs of oval- 

 oblong leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends ; petiole gland- 

 |ess; heads of flowers 3 -5 -together, disposed in a raceme. 

 ^- Native of Mexico. Stamens 20-25, with purple exserted 

 filaments, like those of rnga purpurea 



Lamberfs Acacia. 



Heads of flowers small, yellow. Legume unknown 



Pubescent Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1790. Shrub 6 

 to 1 feet. 



250 A. FiLiciNA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1072.) unarmed ; branches 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, glandless, and pilose ; 

 leaves with usually 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 50-70 pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets ; heads of flowex'S 

 pedicellate, disposed in long racemes along the panicled pe- 

 duncles, fj . S. Native of Mexico. Mimosa filicoides, Cav. 

 icon. 1. t. 78. Mimosa ptericina, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 74. Flowers 

 polyandrous. Legume linear, flat, pilose, with thickened margins. 



Fern-like Acacia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



d ; leaves 



Legume unknown. 



Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 

 245 A. QUADRANGULA^Ris (Link. enum. 2. p. 445.) unarmed ; 

 btanches tetragonal ; leaves with 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 beanng many pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, the low^er 

 ^u outer ones the shortest ; petioles pubescent, glandless ; 

 heads of flowers usually tern, pedunculate, axillary. ^ . S. Na- 

 >^'e country, as well as the legumes, unknown- Stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, and are, as well as the peduncles, striated longitudinally, 

 i'llaments long, white. 



251 A. viLLo'sA (Willd. spec. 4, p. 1067.) un 



with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 12 pairs of 



'h . ovate leaflets, which are, as well as the branches, villous ; petioles 



glandless ; heads pedicellate, disposed in a terminal panicle. T^ . 

 S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains on the south side. 

 Mimosa villosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 982. Flowers white. 



Q'/a(/ra;?gw/ar-branched Acacia. 

 ^hrubC to 10 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 



Legume short, flat, hairy. 



Villous Acacia. Clt. 1806. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



252 A. FRONDo'sA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1070.) unarmed; leaves 

 wnth 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 14 pairs of distant lan- 

 ceolate leaflets, which are pubescent beneath, as well as the 

 branches and petioles, with a gland between the inferior pair of 

 pinnae ; heads of flowers axillary, pedunculate, solitary. Tj . S, 

 Native of the East Indies. Legume linear, flat, with the margin 

 rather repandon the outside. 



Leafy Acacia. Clt. 1816. Tree. 



253 A. Ouyrare'ma (D. C. prod. 2. p. 469.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 30 pairs of oblong, ob- 



240 A. tetrago'na (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1069.) unarmed, gla- 



rous; branches tetragonal; leaves with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, ^ ^ . * ^ * 



^ach pinna bearing 16-29 pairs of linear acute leaflets, the outer tuse, glabrous, 2-nerved leaflets, which are obliquely truncate at 

 ^nes the largest; heads of flowers pedunculate, usually tern, 



» iary ; legume linear, obtuse, with thickened margins. 



ative of Caraccas, in sand on the banks of rivers. Flowers 

 ^hite. 



'^^Jjagonal-hrancbed Acacia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



Tj.S. 



the base ; petioles acutely trigonal or tetragonal, a little winged, 

 bearing an oblong depressed gland at the base. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Mimosa Ouyrarema, Aubl. guian. 946. exclusive of 

 the synonyme. The Guiana name of the tree is Ouyrarema. 

 Ouyrarema Acacia. Tree. 



247 A. Di'scoLOR (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1068.) unarmed ; leaves 254 A. stipula cea (D. C. prod. 2. p. 469.) unarmed ; leaves 



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With 5 



bearing 9-12 pairs of oblong. 



"^^n ^ pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



g abrous, acute leaflets, which are pale beneath ; petioles glandu- 

 ^^ at the base, and are, as well as the branches, pubescent ; 

 in 1 ^^^^^^'^^s pedicellate, disposed along the axillary peduncles 

 m long racemes. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Mimosa 

 ^scolor, Andr. bot. rep. 235. Mim6sa botrycephala, Vent. eels. 

 • *• A. discolor, Sims, bot. mag. 1750. Branches nearly terete, 

 ouers yellow. Legume flat, broad-linear, obtuse, 2| inches 

 'ong.and 8-10 lines broad. 



with 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20-30 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, which are pubescent beneath, as well as the petioles, 

 peduncles, and branches ; stipulas ovate, cordate, acute, large, 

 permanent; heads of flowers pedunculate, somewhat corymbose. 

 T2 . S. Native of Bengal. Mim5sa stipulata, Roxb. hort. beng. 

 p. 40. . Legume linear, flat, glabrous, straight, 6 inches long, and 

 9 lines broad. Gland ovate, striated in the middle of the naked 

 part of the petiole. 

 . Large-stipuled Acacia. Clt. 1 800. Tree 40 feet. 



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