merous in each head. Calyx four-toothed, teeth blunt and — 
ciliated. Corolla of four petals, petals lanceolate, reflexed. — 
Stamens numerous, longer than the corolla. Pistil longer 
than the stamens ; germen ovate, downy. 
We received, 1831, at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
from Mr. Knient of the King’s Road Nursery, the plant 
here described, under the name of Acacta premorsa. It — 
was probably imported by Mr. Baxrer. There seems, how- 
ever little doubt, but that it is a variety of A. decipiens; — 
distinguished chiefly by its paler flowers, by the petals — 
being more reflected, thus allowing the stamens to spread 
more, and producing a less distinctly lobular capitulum, 
and farther, by the upper angle of the leaf being oftener 
irregularly truncated than is the case in A. decipiens. 
It flowered very freely in the greenhouse, receiving the 
usual treatment of New Holland Acacias. Graham. 2 
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Fig. 1. Portion of a Flowering Stem. 2. A single Flower: magnified. 
