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ACACIA PRENSANS. PRICKLY FEATHERED 
ACACIA. 
SEEK KKK KEKE KEK ERK EEK 
Class and Order. 
PotyeamiaA Monaecta. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Flores polygami. Cal. 4—}-dentatus. Pet. 4—5, nunc 
libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stamina nu- 
mero varia. Legumen continuum. D C. 
(Sects LV¥.:.§ EAA) 
Specific Name and Character. 
Acacia prensans ; caule scandente rhachique foliorum acu- 
leatis; aculeis sparsis, recurvis: ramulis junioribus — 
sulcatis, rhachibusque pedicellisque fulvo-velutinis : 
pinnis sub-7-jugis; foliolis 16—22-jugis, oblongis 
acutis, inferne marginibusque pubescentibus, subcilia- _ 
tis, basi valde inequalibus: petiolo infra medium 1- _ 
glanduloso ; glandulaque inter 2—4 ultima paria pin- — 
narum, inferiore semper infra jugum posita: capitulis 
globosis, axillaribus, pedunculatis; in paniculam _ 
laxam, elongatam, primd terminalem, basi foliatam 
dispositis. Lowe. i aes 
An Acacia pinnata, De Cand. et alior. ? 
a 
A most elegant and lovely shrub ; but a dangerous neigh- 
bour to other plants within its reach, and requiring much — 
space for its display. It would be capable of being formed 
into an impenetrable fence, or might be advantageously 
employed to give additional security, if trained along a 
wall. “The flowers are scentless, but singular and hand- 
Some, from the strong contrast between the pale yellow 
bundles of stamens, and the dark dull mulberry-red of their 
‘terstices. In the bud the heads are altogether dark dull- 
red ; becoming yellower as the filaments expand. The 
"alive country of this Acacia must remain uncertain: a 
: single 
