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Acacia.| LEGUMINOSAE. 113 
coriaceous, falcate, 5—7‘ X 1/e—1', tapering below, acute, with 5—8 pro- 
minent nerves, the gland persisting on the convex side of the short pe- 
Flowers white, numerous in globose heads of about 4“ in diameter, 
the heads on peduncles of 6“ in length, 3—5 of them racemosely arranged 
along an sara rhachis a wis 6’, — in coe upper axils, where single 
heads are often se Bra ute, ov Calyx turbinate, with 5 
very sate parent et the entre ‘aity aeetod Petals '/3 longer than 
e calyx, united to the height of the same. Stamens very numerous, 
shortly exserted. ues glabrous, the naked style several times longer, 
twisted in the bud, with. truncate stigma. Pod straight, oblong, about 
6‘ < 1‘ when fully developed, obtuse ee both ends, flat, thin, without 
- ckened margins, 2-valved, conpiy nuous. Seeds spout 12, dark oe — 
A. heterophylla, Hook. & Arn. in Bot. Bech. p. a (not Willd.). 
ap. 
it is much employed for veneers. Out of its trunks the natives in former times cut their 
great war-canoes. The bark is used for tanning. 
var. Leaves shorter, 2—3’ < 4—6”, little curved, almost straight, 
sere: seria Racemes shorter. 
an 
2. ye Rpaia: sp. — Leaves as before. Axillary racemes with not 
more than 3 heads, poten reduced to a single one. Pod very narrow, 
not over 4” in width by 5—6‘ in length, and somewhat curved. Seeds 
oblong, the long diameter (3”) in the direction of the valves, flattened, 
with a funis of about the same length. Otherwise as in no. 
‘ se Kalae! E. Maui, Kula? Nat. name: «Koaia». Has a harder wood than 
Kauaiensis, ws nm. — Phyllodia falciform as in no. 1, but some- 
nud obtuse, mucronate, with a pitted gland on the petiole. Inflorescence 
tomentose, terminal, ee, the panicle foliose below with smaller 
phyllodia which are uncinate at the apex, the paniculate raceme of the 
lowest axilla 3‘ long and floriferous along its entire length with n 
rous, mostly single free on tomentose peduncles of only inp - 
Bracts minute. Sepals 5—6, free to near the base, spathulate, obtuse, 
glandular-pubescent. hae free, oblanceolate, by one half longer than 
the sepals. Ovary puberulous. 
Kauai! (Kn. 55 
+4. A. Farnesiana, Willd. — DC. Prod. I, 461. — A much branched 
shrub, quite glabrous or slightly pubescent on the petioles and peduncles. 
Leaves of 4 to 6 or rarely 8 pairs of pinnae. Leaflets 10—20 pairs to 
Hiliebrand, Flora of the Geaiiinn Islands 
