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LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXIIL Acacu: 



284 A. chrysa'ntha (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed; leaves 

 and branches glabrous ; leaves with 20-23 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 8 pairs of linear-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; petioles 

 glandless ; peduncles 3-4-together, axillary ; heads of flowers 

 oblong. ^2 . S. Native of Cayenne, Mimosa chrysantha, 

 Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 38. Stamens innumerable, golden yellow. 

 Legume unknown. 



Golden-flowered Acacia. Tree. 



. Guachapele Acacia. Tree 50 to BO feeU ' 



293 A. Hadie'nsis (D. C. prod. 2, p, 472.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 3 pairs of pinnae, lower pair furnished with one scale, 

 upper pair furnished with a double scale, each pinna bearing 

 about 14 pairs of oval-linear leaflets, middle ones the longest. 



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Native of Arabia, about Hadie. Mimosa Sejal, Forsk. 



descrip. p. 197. but not of Delile. 

 Hadie Acacia. Tree. 



• 2S5 A. ASPLENioiDEs (Neuw. reis. bras. 2. with a figure, ex 294 A. prisma'tica (Hoffraansegg, verz. 1824. p. 159.) un- 



flora, 1821. p. 303.) unarmed ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, armed ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 14- 



17 pairs of oblong two-coloured leaflets; branches angled; pe* 

 tioles glabrous ; young leaves clammy. ^ . S. Native country 

 unknown. Said to be allied to A. discolor^ but the flowers and 



each pinna bearing 12-15 pairs of leaflets; petioles hairy; spikes 

 terminal, corymbose, globose, pedunculate. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Stamens long, purple. 



Spleenrvort-like Acacia. Tree or shrub. 



fruit are unknown. 



Prismatic Acacia. Tree. 



286 A. iNUNDA^TA (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schleicht. Linnaea. 5. 

 p. 43.) arboreous, glabrous; petiole bearing one gland in the . 295 A. cochlioca'rpa (Gomez, mem. acad. das. sci. lisb. 3. 



middle, and one at the apex ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 12-13 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, oblique, unequal- 

 sided, nerved leaflets, which are shining above, but glaucous be- 

 neath ; heads of flowers pedicellate, disposed in racemes along 

 the axillary peduncles, shorter than the leaves; petioles and pe- 

 duncles pubescent. ^2 • S. Native of Brazil. 

 hiundated Acacia. Tree* 



^ Species of Acacia not sufficiently known. 



bearing about 3 pairs of leaflets ; legumes compressed and spiral. 

 T2 . S. Native of Brazil. Abaremotemo, Pis. bras. Its root 

 is known by the name of Cortex BrasUiensls, and is a very power- 

 ful astringent. The plant is known in Brazil by the name of 

 Barhatimao. 



'fruited 



Tree. 



* * * Prickles stipiilar, twin^ hut without any petiolar ones 



♦ Leaves with only one pair ofpinnce, each pinna hearing few 296 A. platy'loba (Bert. ined. in herb. Balb. ex D. C. prod 



or many pairs of leaflets. 



287 A. rut/t:f6lia (Link. enum. 2. p. 444.) leaves with one 

 pair of pinnae; leaflets unequal ; flowers yellowish. T2 . S. Native 

 country unknown. 



line-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



2. p. 472.) glabrous ; prickles stipular, hooked; leaves with 3 

 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 2-3 pairs of obovate obtu^ 

 leaflets; petioles glandless; legumes flat, rather stipitate. ^.S. 



1 nga Magdalence, Spreng. in herb. 



Balb. 



Native of St. Domingo. _^ _ ^ . . ^ 



Legume 6 inches long, and l| inch broad, 2-valved, dry 



A very doubt- 



288 A, oligophy'lla (Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 201.) un- inside. Seeds flat, shining. Flowers unknown, 

 armed ; leaves with one pair of pinnse, each pinna bearing 3-4 ful species, allied to A. Lebbek and A' latisUiqiia, but diners m 



' ' ' ' " . . «..^ ^ being prickly. Perhaps it ought to be inserted between the sec- 



pairs of ovate-oblong, apiculated leaflets ; stipulas filiform. Tj . 

 S. Native country unknown, as well as the flowers and fruit. 

 FetV'leaJletted Acacia. Clt. 1817. Tree. 



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Unarmed trees and shrubs^ with bipinnate leaves. 



tions Gloh'florce and Spicifdrce* 

 Broad-podded Acacia. Tree. 

 297 A. ? leptophy'lla 



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74.) 



289 A. Hoffmanse'ggii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 4 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 linear, equal-sided, bluntly acute leaflets, which are imequal at 

 the base ; petioles pubescent, with a gland below the lower pair 

 of pinnae, and one between the upper pair of pinnee. Fj . S. Na- unknown. 



^.. _. . ^^ ^^ (D. C. cat. hort. monsp , 



prickles stipular, straight, setaceous, distinct, short; leaves with 

 4-5 pairs of pinn^, each pinna bearing 12 pairs of oblong distant 

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

 branches, with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair 

 pinn^- T^. S. Nntivp nf Smith America. Flowers and iruit 



^ . S. Native of South America. 



live of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. H. pectinata, Hoffmans. verz. 

 1824. p. 201. but not of others. Said to be allied to A. rostrata^ 

 but the flowers and fruit are unknown. 

 Hoffmansegg's Acacia. Tree. 

 90 A. venu'sta (\Yilld. enum. p. 1052.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 3-5 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing from 15-20 pairs of Tj 

 falcate, acutish, quite glabrous leaflets. ^ . S. Native of South 

 America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Slender-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1824- Tree. 

 298 A,? VI 



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re'scens (D. C.l.c.) glabrous; prickles stipular, 

 setaceous, straight, distinct ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinn^» ^^^ 

 pinna bearing 12-20 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, with ano - 

 solete gland on the petiole between the lower pair of pinn . 

 T^ . S. Native of South America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 

 Gre^nwA-flowered Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree. x 



299 A. lentiscif6lia (Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. ^: ^' ^^^^ 

 glabrous ; spines subulate, stipular, straight ; leaves with usu^^j 

 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 10 pairs ot ^Vj^ 

 mucronate, rather coriaceous, shining leaflets, with a se ^^ 

 gland between each of the pairs of pinnae. Ij . S. ^* , 

 Mexico. Mimosa lentiscif61ia,Pers. ench. 2. p. 263. Poir.supp- 

 1. p. 84. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Lentiscus-leaved Acacia. Tree. in^5 ^ 



292 A. Guachape le (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 300 A. ta'tula (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. ^^^^' ^^\J. 



281.) unarmed ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- spines stipular, connate, twin, compressed at the ^^^^ ?^ floQ 

 ing 5-6 pairs of obovate or subelliptic-oblong membranous leaf- -j ^ .^ ^ . « . •> r — i.^onncr la-- 



lets, which are pubescent on both surfaces, with a gland on the 

 middle of the petiole, and between each of the 2 superior pairs 

 of pinnse ; flowers capitate ; stamens monadelphous ; legumes 

 linear, ending in a long beak. Tj . S. Native of Quito, in woods 

 near Guayac^uil. Guachapele is the vernacular name of the tree. 



BeaiUtful Acacia. Tree. 



291 A. ? Java'nica (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna hearing 70 pairs of oval, lucid, 

 obtuse leaflets. Tj . S. Native of Java. Gleditschia Javdnica, gland 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 466. Lower leaves hearing fewer leaflets than 

 the upper ones. 



Java Acacia. Tree. 



ed ; leaves with 5 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing - 



pairs of linear leaflets, which are glabrous on both ^"^^^^^/^^nutl 

 tioles rather nilose and alandl^ss. h . S. Native ot ^^ 



tioles rather pilose and glandless. I2 

 America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



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Spreading Acacia. Clt. 1818. Tree. , ^ ^ 



801 A. Peruvia^na (Humb. et Bonpl. in WHO. enui». v 



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