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Acacia armata (Mimosaceae) , 48035. Kangaroo thorn. 



From Tangier, Morocco. Seeds presented by M. Jules 

 Goffart, Societe d 'Horticulture de Tanger. This sim- 

 ple-leaved, prickly acacia has a shrubby stem, 10 to 

 20 feet high, with graceful branches which are leafy 

 to the tip. The long stamens give a soft fluffy ap- 

 pearance to the heads of opened flowers, which are 

 borne on axillary peduncles longer than the leaves. 

 This plant is much grown for hedges, though less man- 

 ageable than various other hedge-plants and not so 

 fire proof; it is more important for covering coast 

 sand with an unapproachable prickly vegetation. The 

 wood is small, but beautifully grained, sound and 

 durable. Native in southern Australia. (Adapted 

 f .- om Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 349; 

 and Curtis 's Botanical Magazine , pi . 1653. ) 



Acacia cyannp^ylla (Mimosaceae), 48040. Blue-leaved 

 wattle. From Tangier, Morocco. Seeds presented by M. 

 Jules Gofr'art, Societe d 'Horticul ture de Tanger. A 

 handsome shrub from western Australia, 18 feet in 

 height, with drooping branches and glabrous, lanceo- 

 late phyllodia; the lower ones are 1 foot, the upper, 

 6 inches in length. The numerous, large, golden yellow 

 flowers are grouped in heads of 3 to 5 on short ra- 

 cemes. The pods are long and narrow. (Adapted from 

 Bentham, Flora Australiensis , vol. 2, p. 364.) 



Acacia clongata (Mimosaceae), 48042. From Tangier, 

 Morocco. Seeds presented by M. Jules Goffart, Societe 

 d 'Horticulture de Tanger. This slender curved-leaved 

 acacia is a graceful species abundant on the Blue 

 Mountains of New South Wales. It has drooping, angu- 

 lar branches, and the younger ones are green and gla- 

 brous. The phyllodia are long and linear and bear 

 clusters of peduncled, globose heads of yellow flowers 

 in their axils. These clusters, which so profusely 

 cover the leafy branches, even to the tips, make this 

 a remarkably ornamental plant. It is especially suita- 

 ble for damp sandy land. (Adapted from Curtis 's Botan- 

 ical Magazine, pi. 3337.) 



Acacia hoixalop]>i/lla (Mimosaceae), 48045. From Tan- 

 gier, Morocco. Seeds presented by M. Jules Goffart, 

 Societe d 'Horticulture de Tanger. A small tree, a- 

 bundant on the barren heaths of the interior of New 

 South Wales where it is one of the "spear-woods" of 

 the natives. In Victoria, it grows on the saltbush 



