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ACACIA NIGRICANS. UNEQUAL-WINGED 
ACACIA. 
Class and Order. 
Potyeamia Moneecia. 
Generic Character. 
Hermapnrop. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. v. 5-petala. 
Stam. 4—100. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. 
Mase. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. s. 5-petala. Stam. 
4—100. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacia nigricans; inermis glabra, foliis bipinnatis : partialibis 
bijugis : superioris propriis 5—7-jugis : inferioris 2—3- 
jugis, stipulis tubulato-setaceis, capitulis solitariis. Brown 
wn Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 465. 
Acacia nigricans. Lodd. Cab. 313. 
Mimosa nigricans. Labill. Nov. Holl. 2. p. 88. t. 238, 
This is a very beautiful shrub, with delicate and singular 
foliage. Native of the south-west coast of New Holland. 
Different individuals vary considerably in the number of 
leaflets on each pinna. Does not bear fruit in our conserva- 
tories, but may be propagated by cuttings. Flowers from 
April to July. Introduced about 1803, by Mr. Perer Goon. 
Communicated by the Comtesse pe Vanpes from her very 
fine collection at Bayes- Water. 
