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Acacia wastunata. -Lirtite Hateerp- — 
= LEAVED,, ACACIA. dt Has ) 
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Class and Order. | 
PotyeamiaA Monaecia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lxeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores polygami. Cal. 4—5-dentatus. Pet. 4—5, nune 
libera, nunc in corollam 4—5-fidam coalita. Stam. numero 
varia 10—200. Legumen continuum exsuccum bivalve. 
DC. | 
Specific Name and Character. 
Acacia hastulata ; ramis elongatis dense foliosis hirtis, phyl- 
lodiis verticalibus sessilibus deltoideo-hastatis cuspi- 
dato-acuminatis pungentibus rigidis, basi hinc uniglan- 
dulosis, stipulis setaceis rigidis persistentibus, pedun- 
culis solitariis vix folio longioribus, floribus capitatis 
quadrifidis. 
Acacia hastulata. Sm. in Rees’ Cycl. Suppl. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 2. p. 449. 
_ Notwithstanding the many species that have been pub- 
lished of the Australian leafless Acacias, I believe very many 
more lie unnoticed in our Herbaria, and numerous others 
exist in the country to reward the researches of future Natu- 
ralists. The present, which may certainly be reckoned 
among the most singular and distinct, was discovered by 
Mr. Menzies, in King George’s Sound, and in the same 
country by the late Mr. Fraser, whence he sent to me 
native specimens in 1829, and seeds to our Botanic Garden. 
Plants raised from the latter flowered in the greenhouse in 
1834. The blossoms are delightfully fragrant, smelling 
like Hawthorn, 
Descr. 
