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Acacia Lopaantua. Two-sprkep ACACIA. 
TR a Ree Rese sek ak, 
Class and Order. 
Potyeamia Monaccta. 
Generic Character. 
Hermaru. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-petala, 
Stam. 4—100.  Pist. 1. Legumen bivalve, 
Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida vel 5-petala. Stam. 
4—100. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacta lophantha ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis ; foliolis subvi- 
ginti-jugis aveniis, glandula petiolari, spicis axillaribus 
oblongis pedunculatis geminis. : 
Acacia lophantha ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis : partialibus 
novem-seu duodecim-jugis : propriis subviginti-jugis lan- 
ceolatis aveniis, glandula petiolari ; et inter binas termi- 
nales partialium, spicis oblongis pedunculatis axillaribus 
geminis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1070. Hort. Kew. ed. 
alt. 5. p. 468. Bot. Reg. 361. 
Mimosa lophantha, inermis, foliis bipinnatis, petiolis basi 
interque duas supremas pinnulas glandulosis, racemis 
geminis axillaribus, leguminibus articulatis planis. Per- 
soon Syn. 2. p. 264. n. 68. 
Mimosa distachya. Vent. Cels. 20. 
- Mimosa elegans. Bot. Repos. 563. 
An elegant greenhouse shrub, but rather impatient of 
cold ; best suited for the Conservatory, where it makes a very 
Magificent appearance. Propagated by cuttings, and by 
seeds which we are informed it produces freely. Flowers 
twice in the year. : 
Native of the South-west coast of New Holland, where it 
was first observed by Rosert Brown, Esq. Introduced to 
the Kew Garden by Mr. Perer Goop in 1803. Communi- 
cated by Mr. Josepu Knicut, of the King’s Road, Chelsea, 
m December 1818, | 
