Addisonia 7 



(Plate 196) 

 ACACIA LEPROSA 

 Climbing Acacia 



Native oj New South Wales and Victoria 

 Family Mimosacba^ Mimosa Family 



Acacia leprosa Sieber; DC. Prodr. 2: 450. 1825. 



Here is an acacia which makes an excellent plant for training on a 

 column or against a wall in the cool house. The long slender 

 branches have a decided drooping habit, breaking away from the 

 main stem at a right angle with the upper part bending down in a 

 willowy manner; in bloom the whole plant presents an appearance 

 of wonderful grace and beauty. Quite in contrast with the more 

 sturdy and bushy forms, it is a striking object in the conservatory. 

 Specimens of this will be found in the central display house, range 2, 

 New York Botanical Garden; the illustration was prepared from 

 one of these. 



The climbing acacia is a tall shrub, more or less glutinous, with 

 pendulous slender branches which are glabrous or sometimes 

 minutely pubescent when young. The phyllodes, standing out at 

 nearly a right angle to the stem, are linear, sometimes somewhat 

 falcate,- up to three inches long and an eighth of an inch wide; the 

 apex is acute or obtuse, with a short curved point, the base nar- 

 rowed. The orange flower-heads, unusually large, are globose; 

 they are on hairy stalks about equaling their own diameter, and 

 occur solitary or in clusters of two or three in the axils of the phyl- 

 lodes. The flowers usually have five sepals and five petals, the 

 former about a half as long as the latter which are united to the 

 middle. The flat pod is usually falcate, under a quarter of an 

 inch wide, and has the oblong seeds placed longitudinally. 



George V. Nash. 



Explanation of Plate. Fig. 1. — Flowering branch. Fig. 2. — Bract, X 4. 

 Fig. 3.— Flower, X 4. Fig. 4.— Pistil, X 4. 



