( 1827 ) 



Acacia longifolia. Long-leaved 

 Acacia. 



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CY«ss and Order. 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 



Generic Character. 



Hermaphrod. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-petaIa. 

 Stam. 4 — 100. Pist. I. Legumen bivalve. 



Masc. CVz/. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida, s. 5-petaIa. Stam. 

 4—100. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Acacia longifolia; inermis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque 

 angustatis trinerviis striatis, spicis axillaribus geminatis 

 cylindraceis. Willd. Sp. PL 4. p. 1052. Ilort. Kew. ed. 

 alt. 5. p. 461. 



Mimosa longifolia. Bot. Repos. 207. Venten. Malmais. 62. 



The long-leaved Acacia is a very ornamental greenhouse 

 shrub, growing to the height of eighteen feet and upwards, 

 and producing abundance of flowers very early in the spring, 

 a t a time when few other plants are in blossom. 



Native of New South -Wales. May be increased by 

 cuttings, which are said, however, not to strike very readily, 

 introduced by John Ord, Esq. in 1792. Communicated by 

 John Walker, Esq. of Arno's-Grove. 



