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. LEGTJMINOS^. CCXXXIII. AcacIa. 



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255 A. bimucrona'ta (D, C. prod. 2. p. 469.) unarmed; 1. p, 13. Mimosa Julibrissin, Scop. del. 1. t. 8. Flowers white, 

 branches, petioles, and pedicels pubescent; leaves with 6-8 pairs Stamens flesh-coloured at the apex. The specific name is of 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing 28 pairs of oblong-linear glabrous Persian origin, where the tree is called Gul-ebrouschim according 

 leaflets, with 2 retrograde mucrones on the lower part of each to Fischer, or Ghid'thrkhim according to Mangles, from its silky 

 pinna, and with an obsoletely villous gland between each pair flowers. In Turkey it is called Irbzim. It is an elegant; hardy, 

 of pinnee ; heads of flowers forming a loose terminal panicle. deciduous tree. 

 Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Legume unknown. 



Two- pointed AcsLved Acacia. Tree. 



256 A. divaricaVa (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1070.) unarmed, gla- 



Julibrissin Acacia or Silk-tree. 

 SO to 40 feet. 



Fl. Aug. 



Clt. 1745. Tree 



263 A. polyphy'lla (D. C. cat.hort. monsp. p. 74.) unarmed, 

 brous ; leaves with Q-d pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 40 glabrous ; leaves with 11-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 pairs of linear obtuse leaflets, with a convex sessile gland beneath 30 pairs of dimidiately-oblong ciliated leaflets, which are sorae- 

 the lower pair of pinnae ; stipulas semi-ovate, falcate ; heads of " 



Native of 



flowers pedunculate, 1-3-togetlicr, axillary, 

 the East Indies. Flowers wliitc, polyandrous. 



T2. S. 

 Mimosa divari- 



c^ta, Jacq. schccnbr. t. 3^5. Legume unknown. 

 Divaricate Acacia. Clt. 18i20. Tree. 

 257 A. fla'va (Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. prod. 2. p. 



what puberulous beneath, with a small orbicular gland in the 

 middle of the petiole, and one between each of the 2 or 3 upper- 

 most pairs of pinnse ; heads of flowers pedunculate, forming an 

 ample terminal panicle ; legumes flat, membranous, glabrous. 



Native of St. Martha. Acacia riparia, Bertero, but not 

 Leaves like those of ^. Julibrissin, but the heads of 



Tj. S. 

 of Kunth. 



469.) unarmed, glabrous ; leaves with 7-9 pairs of pinnae, each flowers are much smaller, and the stamens are about 40 in each 

 pinna bearing 18-25 pairs of linear, mucronate, glabrous leaflets; flower, hardly 3 lines in length, while those of -^. Jidibrtssm are 

 petiole pubescent, with a gland at the base ; legume flat, com- nearly an inch long. 



pressed, glabrous, obtuse, ending in a short mucrone, 8-10- 

 seeded. ^ . S. Native of St. Martha. Flowers yellow. 

 Yellow Acacia. Tree. 



Clt, 1824. Tree 20 feet. 



Many-leqflelted Acacia. . 



264 A. BerteriVna (Balbis, herb, ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 470.) 



unarmed, glabrous ; leaves with 9-10 pairs of pinnae, each pmna 



258 A. xjmbelluli'fera (Kunth, mim. p. 100. t. 31. nov. gen. bearing about 40 pairs of oblong-linear glabrous leaflets, which 



are shining above, and pale beneath, with a sessile gland at the 

 base of the petiole, and one between the extreme pair of pinnae; 

 beads of flowers pedunculate, disposed in a panicle ; legumes 



- Native of St. Domingo. 



amer. 6. p. 275.) unarmed; leaves with 7-10 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing 17-37 pairs of linear ciliated leaflets; pe- 

 duncles axillary, bearing numerous umbellules of flowers ; 



flowers pedicellate. T; . S. Native near the city of Mexico. flat, membranous, glabrous. J^ • ^' 



Flowers white, polyandrous. Legume unknown. 

 Umbcllulc'bearing Acacia. Tree. 



Stamens 15, 3 times the length of the corolla. 

 Berterd's Acacia. Tree. 



259 A.ARBo'REA(Willd, spec. 4. p. 1064.) unarmed; branches 265 A. decu rreks (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1072.) unarmed, gla- 



and petioles clothed with rusty velvety down; leaves with 7-12 brous; leaves with 9-11 pairs of pinnae, each pinna beanng o - 



pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 16-18 pairs of oblong, dimi- 

 diate, glabrous leaflets, with a depressed gland on the petiole 



between each pair oi pinnae 

 illary, pedunculate. I9 . S. 



heads of flowers 2-3-together, ax- 

 Native of Jamaica and Porto-Rico, 



40 pairs of narrow, linear, distant leaflets, with a gland on tlie 

 rachis between each pair of pinnae ; petioles and branches witi 



Mimosa arborea, Lin. spec. 1503. Swartz, obs. 390. Mimosa 



acute angles ; heads pedicellate, disposed in racemes along t 

 axillary peduncles. \i . G, Native of New Holland, about 

 Port Jackson. Mimosa decurrens. Vent. malm. t. 61. oieb. p- 

 exsic. nov. boll. no. 436. Flowers yellow, polyandrous. 



Decurrent \c2ic\di. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1790. Tree 10 to ^on. 



266 A. adeno'phora (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 140.) !>^^"j''^^^^^ 

 petioles glandular and glabrous; leaves with 8 pairs ot P*" ' 

 each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, bluntish, glabrou ^ 

 petioles, and peduncles clothed with velvety hairs ; leaves with lets ; heads of flowers disposed in axillary racemes. ^2 • 



iilicifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 

 hist. 2. t. 182. f. 1 and 2. 



12._Pluk. phyt. 251. f 2.— Sloan, 

 Flowers of a pale flesh colour. The 



legume, according to Swartz, is nearly terete, arched, and twisted. 

 Tree Acacia. Clt, 1768. Tree 40 feet. 

 260 A. AMA^RA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1074.) unarmed; branches. 



8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20-25 pairs of linear, Native of New Holland, Sieber. Flowers yellow 



bluntish, glabrous leaflets; heads of flowers axillary, from 2-6- 

 together, pedunculate. T2 • S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Mim6sa amara, Roxb. cor. 2. t. 122. Flowers yellow, polyan- 

 drous. Tlie legume, according to Roxburgh, is linear, flat, acute, 

 and 8-seeded. The bark is bitter and astringent. 

 Bitter Acacia. Clt. 1816. Tree SO feet. 



Gland-bearing Acacia. 



267 A.MOLUssiMA(Willd.enum. 

 1053.) unarmed; branches and 

 petioles angular, pubescent ; leaves 

 with from 8-18 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 30-40 pairs of linear, 



Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



FIG. 54. 



261 A. Ne^mu (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1065.) unarmed; leaves much crowded, pubescent leaflets, 

 with usually 9 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of with glands on the rachis, one be- 

 acute dimidiate leaflets, with a gland at the base of the petiole ; tween each pair of pinnae ; heads 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, forming a terminal panicle ; le- 

 gumes linear, pubescent. T2 . G. Native of Japan. Mimosa 

 arb6rea, Thunb. fl. jap. 229, Banks, icon. Koempf. t. 19. Mi- 



of flowers pedicellate, disposed in 

 racemes along the axillary pedun- 

 cles. T2 . S. Native of Van Die- 



m6sa speci6sa, Thunb. in Lin. soc. trans. 2. p. 336. The tree is men's Land. A. decurrens /3, mol- 

 lis, Ker. hot. reg. 371. A. m611is. 



called Ncmu in Japan. 



Nemu Acacia. Tree. 



262 A. JuLiBKi'ssTN (^Willd. spec. 4. p. 1065.) unarmed, gla- 

 brous 



Sweet, fl. austr. t. 12. 



Leaves 



glaucous, when young clothed with 



leaves with 8-12 pairs of pinna*, each pinna bearing about yellowish velvety down. Legume 

 30 pairs of dimidiate-oblong, acute, rather ciliated leaflets, with linear, glabrous, obtuse flat; seeds 

 a depressed orbicular gland at the base of the petiole ; h^ads of 8-9 in each le<rume rather tumid 



flowers pedunculate, forming a terminal somewhat corymbose 



panicle ; legumes flat, membrimous, glabrous. 



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H. Native 



of the Levapt. Mimbsa arb6rea, Forsk. descr. 177. Lam. diet. 



cuneated and narrowed at the base. (f. 54.) lA.n^oft. 



yery-soft Acacia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. Jr-lOJo-- 



268 A. dealba'ta (Link, enura. 2. p. 445. Sieb. pi- «^- 



