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ACACIA LONGIFOLIA, 8. THick sPprKED Lonc- 
LEAVED ACACIA. | 
JHE HHS SHEE hibit 
Class and Order. 
Potyeamia Moneecra. 
Generic Character. 
Hermarpur. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida, seu 5-petala, 
Stam. 4—100. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. 
Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida, s. 5-petala. Stam. 
4—00. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacia longifolia; inermis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis untringue 
angustatis trinerviis striatis, spicis axillaribus geminatis 
cylindraceis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1052. Hort. Kew. 
ed, alt. 5. p. 461. 
(2.) foliis apice elongatis, spicis exacte cylindraceis: Bot. 
Mag. supra. n. 1827. ubi pete synonima. 
(@.) foliis latioribus, spicis cylindraceo-conicis axillaribus ter- 
minalibusque. Heic. 2. t. 2. 166. 
In this genus different species frequently approach so near 
to each other, that it is often difficult to determine whether 
they are really distinct or mere varieties. The leaves of our 
present plant are broader, less attenuated at the point, and 
somewhat firmer than the variety before figured ; and the 
spikes are thicker, more pointed, more crowded with floscules, 
and grow closer together. A tree of this sort makes a much 
handsomer appearance. 
Flowers in March and continues a good while in blossom. 
met of New South Wales; and is a hardy greenhouse 
shrub. 
