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ACACIA INTERMEDIA, INTERMEDIATE 
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Class and Order. 
Potyeam1a Moneamct. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos#. ) 
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. 
—Frutices aut arbores habitu et foliatione varia. Spine 
stipulares, sparse aut nulle. Flores flavi, albi aut rarius 
rubri, capitati aut spicatt, decandri aut polyandri, eleuthe-— 
_ randri aut monadelphi, petalis 4—5-liberis coalitisve con- 
stantes.—Sect. J, Puytuopinex. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acacia intermedia ; phyllodiis lineari-lanceolatis acutis basi _ 
attenuatis obscure bi- trinerviis, spicis cylindricis com- 
pactis, floribus quadrifidis, petalis reflexis, stylo sta- 
minibus duplo longiore. Cunningh. 
Acacta intermedia. Cunningh. MSS. apud Hort. Reg. Kew. 
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_ Descr. The specimen here figured is from a shrub of 
Strong growth, eight feet in height ; much branched, the 
branches twiggy, of a rusty-brown colour, quite glabrous, 
(as is the whole plant,) bearing copious foliage, especially 
at ‘the slender extremities. Leaves or phyllodia two and a 
half to three inches long, linear-lanceolate, attenuate at the 
base, acute at the extremity, of a full but yellowish-green 
Colour, not at all approaching to glaucous, obscurely mark- 
ed with three nerves, and with still more obscure, anastomos- 
Ing veins. 
Flowers crowded, fragrant, arranged in rather 
long, slender, cylindrical, spreading, sessile, deep yellow 
spikes, — 
