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LEGUMLNOSAE. 



Acacia, Willd. 



A. farnesiana, Willd. Sp. iv. 1083 (1806). A. Cavenia, Bert, ex 

 Bull. Ferussac, xx. 108 (1830), ace. to Hook, f . & Jacks. Ind. Kew. i. 7 ; 

 Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 21 (1830); Hook. f. (3), 228; Anderss. 

 (1), 255, & (2), 113. — Albemarle Isl. : Darwin; Macrae. Further 

 distrib. extra trop. S. Am., also the Texano-Mexican region ? 



A. macracantiia, H. & B. in Willd. Sp. iv. 1080 (1806) ; Kunth, 

 Mimos. t. 28 ; Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 500 ; Rob. & Greenm. 

 (1), 146. A. firxuosa, H. & B. in Willd. 1. c. 1082 (1806) ; Hook, 

 f. (3), 229; Anderss. (1), 256, & (2), 113. — Galapagos Ids.: 

 Habel. Charles Isl. : Baur ; Snodgrass & Heller, no. 415 (lib. Gr.). 

 Chatham Isl. : Andersson. Indefatigable Isl. : south of Conway 

 Bay, Baur, no. 94 (hb. Gr.). James Isl.: Scolder. Further distrib. 

 S. Am., W. Ind. An Acacia mentioned by Caruel (1), 623, as collected 

 on Charles Isl., by Chierchia may well have been this species. 



A. tortuosa, Willd. Sp. iv. 1083 (1806) ; Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 xxx. 501 ; Rob. & Greenm. (1), 146. A. tortuosa, var. glabrior, Hook, 

 f. (3), 229 ; Anderss. (1), 256, & (2), 113. A. albida, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 t. 1317 (1830). — Charles Isl. : grassy places, middle region, Anders- 

 son. Chatham Isl. : similar situations, Andersson. James Isl. : 

 Scolder; Darwin; Orchilla Bay, Baur, no. 65 (hb. Gr.) ; James Bay, 

 Baur, no. 64 (hb. Gr.). Further distrib. Mex., W. Ind., northern 

 S. Am. 



A. sp. affin. A. macracantiia, H. & B. — Albemarle Isl.: moun- 

 tain north of Elizabeth Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 283 (hb. Gr.) ; 

 Tagus Cove, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 161 (hb. Gr.). In its minute 

 leaflets, velvety branchlets, and small spines this is very different from 

 the preceding or indeed from any specimen of A. macracantiia at hand. 

 The species, however, has been so widely drawn by Bentham, 1. c, and 

 contains such an aggregation of old species, that it is impossible to 

 characterize with confidence any new species of this affinity until the 

 whole group can be worked over again. 



A. sp. ? Hook. f. (4) 261 . — Charles Isl. : Edmonston, ace. to Hook. 

 f., 1. c. 



A. sp. — James Isl.: Snodgrass & Heller, no. 398 (hb. Gr.). Near 

 A. tortuosa, but with larger leaflets. 



