104 BOTANWAL MAaAZTNF. fVoi. xvi. 



86. ACACIA, WILLD. 



Flowers yellow or whit<^ in iicdunclcd dcMise, globoso heads. Calyx 

 campanulate, o-toothi'd or 4-partitt'. Petals connate, or i'voc. Stamens 

 free, very numerous, much exserted. Pod linear, ilat or nearly cylindrical, 

 dehiscent or indehiscent. Leaves li:j)innate, or in one species reduced to a 

 simple phyliodinm. S[)inose or prickly shrubs or trees, erect or climbing. 



I. Flowers yellow. 



A. Leaves l)ipinnate : piun;e .'5-7 paired ; stipules spiny. Calyx 

 .^-ti/othed. Petals connate. Pod nearly cylindrical. A 

 lew tree. Cult, in P. G. ; Formosa. 



(^ X*'? ^ i; i') A, Farnc.idiin, Willd. 



\j. Leaves reduced to phyllodia, lauccoLite, acn.minate, many- 

 nerved. Calyx -1-partite. Petals free. Pod ilat. A largo 

 unarmed tree. Formosa. 



(ia-e.l^t) A. JUrMi, A. Gr. 



II. Flowers whit(^ or tinged with purple. Leaves bipinnafe ; the 

 rachis with glands ; pinnre G-17 paired ; stijmles ovate acute. 

 Calyx coloured, ,'3 -toothed, the teeth triangular. Petals connate, 

 ]>m'ple-tinged. Ovary long-stalked, with a large disc at the base. 

 Pod with cross [lartitions. A scandeiit shrtib, th(i young parts 

 pubescent. Liukiu. FI. May. 



(? ^. * y ■:?) A. rone i una, D. C. 



Obs., A. dealbata, Lk., A. microbotrya, Penth,, A. Melanoxy- 

 lon, P. Br. i^T. cult, in R. G. 



87. CALLIANDRA, BENTH. 



Flowers in globose heads, polygamous, 5-merous. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed, ciliate. Corolla funnel-shaped, the lol»es valvate in bud. Sta- 

 mens about 20 ; filaments filiform, red, long exserted, monadelphous at 

 the base ; anthers minute, gland-crested. Ovary fcw-ovuled ; style filiform ; 

 stigma capitate. Pod linear, pubescent, narrowed at the base, 2-valved. 

 Leaves bipinnate, the pinna* .3-.5-paired, leaflets numerous; sti[mles subulate. 

 Peduncles axillary, usually solitary. An unarmed shrub. Cult, in 15. C>. 

 Fl. Sept. 



(^^ =. j,' y f; V y) C. eriophjlla, Penth, 



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