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ACACIA # pentadenia. 

 Fern-leaved Acacia. 



POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos;e Juss. §. Mimoseae Be Cand. {Introduction 

 to the natural system of Botany, p. 86.) 

 ACACIA.— Supra, vol. 2.fol. 98. 



Sect. IV. Foliis bipinnatis, fioribus in capitula globosa collectis. — De 

 Cand. prodr. 2. 460. 



§ 2. Inermes. 



** Antheris glabris, stigmate simplici. 



A. pentadenia ; inermis glabra, ramis angulatis, pinnis 4-5-jugis, foliolis 



sub-24-jugis oblongis utrinque obtusis, glandula depressa inter omnes 



pinnas, capitulis pedicellatis axillaribus simplieibus. 



Frutex erectus, ramis angulatis, atroviridibus, pilis quibusdam sparsis. 

 Folia bipinnata; pinnis 3-4-5-jugis ; foliolis sub-IA-jugis, parvis, oblongis, 

 obtusissimis, basi quasi truncatis, glabris, vel parcissime pilosis ; petiolus 

 communis, sulcatus, glandula parvd cyathiformi inter utrumque jugum. 

 Stipulse ovatce, acutce, membranacece. Pedunculi plures, axillares, foliis 

 breviores, capitula simplicia flava gerentes. 



Collected for Mr. Knight, on the south-west coast of 

 New Holland. It is a very elegant greenhouse plant, 

 flowering in April; and if not equal to such species as 

 A. pubescens in the beauty of its blossoms, it is perhaps 

 superior to them in the graceful character of its foliage. 



Will thrive with the same treatment as other New 

 Holland Acacias, and is propagated by cuttings in the 

 same manner. 



The little glands that are seated upon the petiole, be- 

 tween each pair of pinnae, are of a highly curious character; 

 they have the form of a minute cup, and seem as if they 

 were destined to expose some portion of the inner substance 



* Seefol. 1317. 



