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ACACIA UMBROSA. SHADY ACACIA. 
SERRE EEE EEK KEK ERE EEE 
Class and Order. 
PotyeamiaA Moncecia. 
( Nat. Ord —Lecuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores polygami. Cal. 4—5-dentatus. Pet. 4—5, nunc 
libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero 
varia 10—200. Legumen continuum exsuccum, bivalve. 
DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacia umbrosa; phyllodiis obliqué ovali-lanceolatis subfal- 
catis glabris, basi apiceque sphacelatis attenuatis bi- 
vel obsoleté trinerviis, margine superiore juxta basin 
uniglandulosis, racemis axillaribus terminalibusve pa- 
tentibus dimidium phyllodii equantibus, capitulis dis- 
tinctis pedicello brevioribus, caule arborescenti. All. 
Cunn. 
Acacia umbrosa. Cumnn. in Don’s Syst. of Gard. vol. 2. 
p. 405. n.61. Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 407. 
The Acacia here figured is derived from the same source 
as that represented in our last plate; namely, from the 
Royal Gardens of Kew, which stand unrivalled for their 
collection of South African and Australian Plants, those 
from the latter interesting and remote country, being chiefly © 
obtained through the exertions of ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. 
By him Acacia umbrosa was introduced in 1823. “ It de- 
lights in dry shaded woods in New South Wales, in the 
mountainous districts on the coast; at the Illawarra, and 
elsewhere.” It flowers in the spring, and its blossoms are 
powerfully fragrant. 
Descr. A Tree, in its native country attaining a height 
of twenty-five feet, glabrous in every part. Young branches 
green. 
