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Nerves, destitute of gland at 
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AcaciA Oxyceprus. Downy-stemMeEp 
ACACIA. 
EREEER EERE EEE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
PotYcamra Monaicra. 
( Nat. Ord:—eeagantiaiiis. } 
Generic Charaeter. 
_ Flores polygami. Cal. 4—5-dentatus. Pet. A—5, nunc 
libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero 
pote 10—200. Legumen continuum, exsuccum, bivalve. 
Wee a ee 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacta * Oxycedrus; stipulis subulatis, ‘petiolis lanceolatis 
acuminato-pungentibus sparsis glabris trinerviis eglan- 
dulosis, spicis axillaribus solitariis, floribus 4-fidis, 
ramis velutinis. ae O<-= @ 
Acacta Oxycedrus. Steb. Pl. Exs. Nov, Holl.n.457. De 
; _ Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 453. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 
v. 3. p. 136, ae 
Acacta taxifolia. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1225. (non Willd.) 
Tee ie 
‘ee 
: Descr. An upright, crowing pants with very downy 
branches, and ph en ‘ied: dark green, scattered, peti- 
oan hich are lanceolate, wie, st eee ot 
int, with three distinct and p 
glabrous, marked with thr Suania™ Atthe base of 
€ petiole j bulate, soft, small, and brownis 
© petiole is a pair of subulate, soft, sm ee geaam 
sti ul a : Pe + litar > a 
pules Spikes of ae eon: solitary Salas 
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See ee 
tithe From axaxie of DioscoripEs, which was considered to be a ages we 
Taz’ and a kind of Thorn: or axatw, to point or sharpen: or, acco * 
HEIs, from ac, in Celtic, which signifies a point. 
