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LEGUMINOSJE. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



cent, permanent ; phyllodia triangular, with 1 nerve, which ap- 

 proximates the lower side, and is drawn out into a spine at the 

 apex, the superior margin furnished with 1 gland-bearing tooth ; 

 heads solitary, on short peduncles, 2-flowered. >j . G. Native 

 of New Holland, on the western coast. Wendl. diss. no. 3. 

 t. 2. Branches pubescent. Corolla 4-cleft. 



Two-forvered Acacia. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1 803. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



C A. HASTULA'TA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. suppl.) stipulas spi- 

 nescent, permanent ; phyllodia glabrous, rhomboid, ending in a 

 spinose acumen, with 1 nerve in the centre, and the superior mar- 

 gin furnished with 1 gland-bearing, obtuse tooth ; branchlets his- 

 pid; heads solitary, 3-4-flowered. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, at King George's Sound. Stipulas bristle-formed, erect. 



Hastitlate-leavcd Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1821. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



7 A. NERVOSA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 449.) stipu- 

 las spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia oval-oblong, acuminated at 

 both ends, ending in a spine, with 1 nerve in the middle, and 

 with nerve-formed, entire margins ; heads pedunculate, usually 

 twin, 5-8 -flowered. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Nerved-\caved Acacia. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh.3to6ft. 



8 A. ORNiTiio'riioRA (Sweet, fl. austr. 24.) stipulas spines- 

 cent, permanent, a little shorter than the phyllodia ; phyllodia 

 obliquely oblong-lanceolate, 1-nerved, rather pilose, ending in 

 a hooked beak at the apex, and furnished on the upper mar- 

 gin with a gland-bearing tooth ; branches hairy ; heads of flowers 

 pedunculate, solitary, or twin, numerous. ^ . G. Native of 

 New Holland. The outline of the leaves gives the form of the 

 body and head of a bird. 



Bird-bearing Acacia. Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



9 A. PARADOXA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 74.) stipulas spi- 

 nescent, permanent ; phyllodia obliquely oblong-lanceolate, quite 

 entire, undulated, 1-nerved ; branches clammy, glabrous ; heads 

 of flowers solitary. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. A. undulata, \Villd. enum. suppl. p. 68. Wendl. 

 diss. no. 4. t. 3. 



Paradoxical Acacia. Fl. Apr. June. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



10 A. ARMA'TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 463.) stipulas 

 spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia obliquely ovate-oblong, quite 

 entire, 1-nerved; branches hairy; heads of flowers solitary; 

 legumes velvety. Tj G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 southern coast. Sims, bot. mag. 1653. Bonpl. nav. t. 55. 



Armed Acacia. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



11 A. GENISTIFOLIA (Link, enxim. 2. p. 448.) stipulas spines- 

 cent, very minute ; phyllodia linear, ending in a subulate pun- 

 gent point, approximate ; branches glabrous, angular ; heads 

 of flowers solitary. T? . G. Native of New Holland. 



Genista-leaved Acacia. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



12 A. JCNIPE'RINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1049.) stipulas seta- 

 ceous, spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia linear-subulate, ending 

 in a pungent mucrone ; branches terete, pubescent ; heads of 

 flower^ solitary. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eas- 

 tern coast. Lodd. bot. cab. 398. Mimosa juniperina, Vent, 

 malm. t. 64. Mimosa ulicifolia, Wendl. coll. 2. t. 6. A. ver- 

 ticillata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 449. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Petals 5. 



Juniper-like Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1790. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



13 A. ASPARAGOIDES (Cunning, in Field's new south wales, 

 p. S43.) stipulas permanent; phyllodia linear, sulcate, stiff, mu- 

 cronate, alternate, and crowded, somewhat dilated near the base, 

 where it bears a glandular tooth ; heads of flowers axillary, 

 solitary ; branches glabrous, diffuse. Tj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales, on the Blue Mountains. Intermediate between 

 A. acicularis and A. juniperina. 



Asparagus-like Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1818. Sh. 

 diffuse. 



14 A. BRO'WNII (Steud. nom. phan. 1. p. 2.) stipulas setosely- 

 spinescent, small, deciduous ; phyllodia linear-subulate, ending 

 in a pungent mucrone, distant, spreading ; branches terete, gla- 

 brous ; heads of flowers solitary, unarmed ; peduncles a little 

 shorter than the phyllodia. 1j . G. Native of New Holland, 

 in King's Island. A. acicularis, R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 450. 

 but not of Willd. A. juniperina, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. 

 no. 463. The phyllodia are much more distant from each 

 other than those of A. juniperina. 



Brown's Acacia. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1796. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



15 A. ECIIINA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 449.) stipulas setaceous, 

 spinescent, permanent ; phyllodia linear-subulate, ending in a 

 pungent mucrone ; branches terete, hairy-pubescent ; heads of 

 flowers solitary ; bracteas ending in a spine-like bristle, each 

 longer than the corolla, tj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 A. juniperina, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 447. Very like A. 

 juniperina, but differs from it in the young heads of the flowers 

 being echinated from the spinose exserted bracteas. 



Echii/ate-headed Acacia. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



16 A. PUGIONIFORMIS (Wendl. diss. no. 26. t. 9. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of R. Brown,) stipulas very acute, small, and 

 almost permanent ; phyllodia linear-terete, smooth, obtuse, 

 obliquely mucronate ; branches terete, glabrous ; heads of flowers 

 solitary ; peduncles 3-times shorter than the phyllodia. fj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Dagger-formed-leaveA Acacia. Fl. March, July. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



* Stipulas not spinescent, but are either very small or mint- 

 ing, and usually deciduous. 



17 A. DIFFU'SA (Ker. bot. reg. 634.) stipulas small, caducous ; 

 phyllodia linear, 1-nerved, ending in an oblique acumen, with 

 the spinula continuous along the lower margin ; branches dif- 

 fusely procumbent, glabrous, angular ; heads of flowers usually 

 twin. Tj . G. Native of New South Wales, on the Blue Moun- 

 tains, Sims, bot. mag. 2417. A. prostrata, Lodd. bot. cab. 631. 

 A. daviesioides, Cunningh. mss. 



Diffuse Acacia. Fl. Apr. June. Clt. 1818. Shrub diffuse. 



18 A. SULCA'TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 460.) stipulas 

 small, concave, deciduous ; phyllodia linear-terete, sulcate, mu- 

 cronate ; branches nearly terete, glabrous ; heads of flowers 

 usually twin. ^ Gr. Native of New Holland, on the western 

 coast. Wendl. diss. no. 27. t. 10. Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, 

 ex Wendl. Bracteas concave, permanent. Legume flexuous. 



Fiirron'ed-\ea.ve& Acacia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 

 2 to 6 feet. 



19 A. SALIGNA (Wendl. diss. no. 16.) stipulas almost wanting ; 

 phyllodia linear, attenuated at both ends, quite entire, almost 

 nerveless ; branches angular, glabrous ; heads of flowers soli- 

 tary, on short peduncles ; legumes contracted between the seeds, 

 loment-formed. fj . G. Native of New Holland, at Cape 

 Van Diemen and about Port Jackson. Mimosa saligna, Labill. 

 nov. holl. 2. p. 86. t. 235. There is a variety with broader 

 phyllodia, and another with very narrow ones. 



Willomy Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. C to 10 ft. 



20 A. EMARGINA'TA (Wendl. diss. no. 17.) stipulas wanting ; 

 phyllodia linear-spatulate, attenuated at the base, emarginate at 

 the apex, and mucronate ; heads of flowers twin ; peduncles 

 longer than the heads. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Per- 

 haps a variety of the following species, the calyx being sinu- 

 ately 5-toothed in both. 



Emarginate-\e&\edi Acacia. Fl. Mar. July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 6 to 10 feet. 



21 A. STRICTA (W'illd. spec. 4. p. 1052.) stipulas wanting ; 



