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ACACIA* leprdsa. 

 lA'prous Acacia. 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 



Nat.ord. LpdrMiNOs^, \ MimosecB De Cand. {Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 87.) 



ACACIA. — Suprd, vol. 2. fol. 98. 



Sect. 1. foliis deformatis, nemp^ : foliolis ssepius proesertim in plantii 



adultii abortivis, petiolis dilatatis filiformilius, in Phyllodia ncnipe mutatis. 

 § 1 . Capitatir, floribus ncmpi in capitula globosa collcctis, capitulis in 



pedunculo solitariis. De C. 



A. leprosa ; stipulis subnullis, pliyllodiis lineari-lanceolatis leproso-punctatis 

 uninerviis basi attenuatis mucrone incurvo calloso terminatis glabris, 

 ramulis angulato-sulcatis, capitulis 2-3 axillaribus, pediculis capitulo 

 brevioribus cano-pubescentibus. De Cand. prodr. 2. 450. 



A. dealbata. Horf. Angl. 



A greenhouse shrub, native of New Holland, whence 

 it was introduced two or three years ago by Mr. Tate. 

 Our drawing was made from specimens communicated in 

 January last under the name of Acacia dealbata. 



It forms rather a handsome very upright bush, and, 

 when we saw it, was covered with a profusion of pale-yellow 

 blossoms. 



A. leprosa owes its gray powdery appearance, not to 

 the presence of hairs or scales on its surface, but to the 

 exudation of a brittle concrete matter, which is readily 

 removed by rubbing. A tendency to the formation of this 

 is visible in A. dodona-ifolia, and even in A. stricta, two 

 supposed species, to which A. leprosa approaches so nearly 



See fol. 1317. 



