LEGUMINOS^. eCXXXIII. Acacia. 



421 



nov. holl. no. 446.) unarmed ; branches rather angular, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, clothed with short velvety down ; leaves 

 with 15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 30-35 pairs of linear. 



Pretty Acacia. Tree. 



27& A. ANGUSTiFOLiA (D, C, prod, 2. p^ 470.) unarmed, 

 nearly glabrous; leaves with 15-20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



much crowded, pubescent leaflets, with glands on the rachis, bearing 30-40 pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, with a gland 



one between almost every pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers pedi- at the base of the petiole, and one between the extreme pair of 



cellate, disposed in racemes along the axillary peduncles. Tj .G. pinnae ; heads of flowers 2-4-together, pedunculate; anthers 



Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow. The glands between glandless. Tj . S. Native of the West India Islands. Mimosa 



the pairs of pinnae perforated. 



- Whitened Acacia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 

 269 A. MOLLIS (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 76. t. 177.) arbo- 

 reous, erect, unarmed; leaves with 4-8 pairs of pinn8e, each 



angustifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 12. but not of Wendl. Legume 

 flat, glabrous, with the margins rather sinuated, tapering into a 

 stipe at the base, 6 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad. 

 NarroW'leafletted Acacia. Tree. 



pinna bearing numerous pairs of villous, half-ovate, acute leaflets, 277 A. gra'ta (Willd. enum. 1056.) unarmed; leaves with 

 with a concave gland above the base of the petiole, and one 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear leaf- 

 between each of the ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers in lets, with scabrous margins ; petiole glandular above the base ; 

 fascicles, on long peduncles, disposed in corymbs at the tops of legumes repand. ^2 . S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown, 

 the branches; filaments very long, monadelphous at the base. ' ~ 

 Ij. G. Native of Nipaul, where it is grown in gardens at Kat- 



mand ' " 

 red. 



Soft 



Grateful Acacia. Tree. 



278 A. microphv'lla (Willd. enum, p. 105G.) unarmed; 

 Corolla yellow. Filaments leaves with 25 pairs of pinnsc, each pinna bearing 50-60 pairs of 



linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, with a large gland at the base of 



the petiole ; branches and petioles pubescent ; heads of flowers 



270 A. irrora'ta (Sieb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 141.) branches axillary, pedunculate, twin. ^ . S. Native of the Caraccas, on 



brown, as well as petioles, which are glandless ; leaves with 15- stony hills. Mimosa parvifolia, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 74. Legume 



Tree villous in every part. 



Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



?0 pairs of pinnas, each pinna bearing numerous pairs of linear, 

 bluntish, pruinose leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed in terminal 

 panicles. T^ . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Bedewed Acacia. Shrub. 



linear, 9 inches long. 



Small'leajletted Acacia. Tree. 



279 A. panicula'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1074.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 20-25 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10 pairs of 



271 A. coNTORTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 470.) unarmed; branches linear ciliated leaflets, with a gland on the petiole beneath the 



nearly terete, and are, as w^ell as the leaves, glabrous ; leaves 

 with 12-16 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing q6-35 pairs of 



linear approximate leaflets, with an urceolate gland on the petiole , o . . ^ . 



beneath the lower pair of pinnae ; legume very long, spirally of this species sent by Willdenow to Desfontains is furnished 



lower pair of pinnae ; petioles and branches pubescent; heads of 

 flowers pedunculate, disposed in axillary panicles. Tj . S. 

 Native of Para, in Brazil. Legume unknown. The specimen 



twisted, flat, glabrous, 

 known. 



Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers un- 



footl 



ong. 



Peduncles axillary, solitary, an inch long. Legume a 



with hooked scattered spines ; it is, therefore, perhaps a diflferent 

 plant, or it should be placed in a diflferent division of the 



genus. 



Pflwic/ecZ-flowered Acacia. Tree. 



Twhted-^oM^di Acacia. Clt. 1825, Tree. 



272 A. PENiciLLiFERA (Lag. nov. gcu. ct spcc. 16. no. 208.) 280 A. Brasilie'nsis (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 142.) branches 



inarmed; petioles clothed with adpressed pubescence, glandless, 



and emarginate; leaves with about 12 pairs of pinnse, each 



pinna bearing 20-30 pairs of linear, obtuse, rather ciliated leaflets ; 



neads of flowers pedunculate. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. 



A weak twiggy shrub, with the habit of A.flicina. Legume 

 tinknown. 



Pencil-bearing Acacia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2/3 A. escule'nta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 Pyod. 2, p. 470.) unarmed, glabrous; leaves with 17 pairs of 

 pinna}, each pinna bearing 32 pairs of linear obtuse leaflets ; 

 Jln^ Pf^^^culate, twin, disposed in a terminal panicle; legumes 



terete, hairy, as well as the petioles, which are glandless ; leaves 

 with many pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, 

 minute, stri^^ose, imbricated leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed 



in spikes. 



Brazil Acacia. 



fp . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 



Tree. 



Tw ' flat, glabrous, tapering much to the base. T2 • *^ 

 ^Mexico, where it is called Guaxe. Legume eatable. Flowers 

 ^ l»>te, decandrous. 



^^culent -podded Acacia. Clt. 1825. Tree. 



*74 A. VEUEGRiNA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1073.) unarmed, nearly 

 2^.SA^^ 1 leaves with 15-20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 i fK ^V^^ ^^ oblong-linear ciliated leaflets, bearing one gland 

 ^ the middle of the petiole, and 1 or 2 at the top of the pinnse ; 



Us of flowers 2-4-toffether, pedunculate ; anthers bearing a 

 Mcellate gland at the apex. 

 l^ the river Chota. 



281 A. multifl6ra (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 142.) branches an- 

 gular, glabrous ; petioles glandless ; leaves with many pairs of 

 pinnas, each pinna bearing many pairs of smooth, lanceolate, fal- 

 cate leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed in panicles. ^2 • S, Na- 

 tive of Brazil, Sello. 



Many flowered Acacia. Tree. 

 NatiA^e • 2S2 A. ? pectina'ta (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



ped 



b . S. Native of New Granada, 



g - ^wv,.«. Kunth, mira. p. 96. t. 30. nov. gen. amer. 



• P» -74. Mimosa peregrina, Lin. spec. 1504. Flowers white, 



E 



orejgn Acacia. Tree 40 feet. 



liaT ^" ?^^^^ (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 141.) branches and petioles 

 Di '^'JP^^l^^^s glandless; leaves with 15 pairs of pinnse, each 

 leafl^ ^^^^'^^S ™any pairs of minute, imbricated, linear, strigose 

 of R^^-1 ^^^^^ of flowers disposed in racemes. Ij . S. Native 



282. but not of Hofl^mansegg,) unarmed ; leaves with 15- 16 pairs 

 of pinnse, each pinna bearing 50-60 pairs of linear, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed with rusty 

 pubescence beneath, as well as the petioles ; petioles glandless. 

 1^. S. Native of South America, at the river Cassiquiare. 

 Leaflets on each pinna usually about 60 pairs. Tnga pectinata, 

 Willd. spec. 4, p. 1126. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



PectinateAe^ved Acacia. Tree. 



283 A. Nioro (Humb. rel. hist. 2. p. 620. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 282.) unarmed ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of 

 pinnse, each pinna bearing 50-70 pairs of linear, rather falcate, 

 acute, membranous, glabrous, ciliated, obsoletely 1 -nerved leaf- 

 lets, with a gland on the petiole above the base, and one between 

 the extreme pair of pinnae ; legumes linear, beaked. ^ , S. 

 Native of South America, near Maypures and Atures, &c. on 

 the Orinoco. I'nga Niopa, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1027. Nwjjo is 



of Brazil 



Native the South American name of the tree. 



Niopo Acacia. Tree. 



