LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



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phyllodia linear, attenuated at the base, but rounded and mucro- 

 nate at the apex, 1 -nerved in the middle ; heads of flowers twin ; 

 peduncles shorter than the heads. (7 . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the eastern coast. Mimosa stricta, Andr. bot. rep. 

 t. 53. Sims, bot. mag. 1121. Mimosa suaveolens, Desf. 

 Straight Acacia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



22 A. LEPROSA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 2455.) stipulas 

 almost wanting; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, leprously dotted, 

 1 -nerved, attenuated at the base, and terminating in a callous, 

 incurved mucrone ; branches angularly-furrowed ; heads of 

 flowers 2-3-together, axillary ; peduncles clothed with hoary 

 pubescence, shorter than the heads. ^ . G, Native of New 

 Holland. Very like A. dodonecefblia. 



Leprous Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1817. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



23 A. DODONEXFOLIA (Willd. enum. stippl. p. 68.) stipulas 

 wanting ; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, rather falcate, attenuated 

 at the base, 1 -nerved in the middle, and terminated by an in- 

 curved callous mucrone ; branches angular, and are as well as 

 the phyllodia clammy ; heads of flowers twin; peduncles longer 

 than the heads. fj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eas- 

 tern coast. Mimosa dodonesefblia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 261. A. 

 viscosa, Wendl. diss. no. 19. t. 7. Calyx 5-toothed. 



Dodoncea-leaved Acacia. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1816. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



24 A. MULTINE'RVIA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 450.) 

 stipulas wanting ; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the 

 base, many-nerved, furnished with a gland-like tooth on the 

 upper margin ; heads of flowers solitary or twin, on short pedun- 

 cles. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 

 Young branches angular, adult ones terete. 



Many-nerved-leaved Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



25 A. EGLANDULOSA (D. C. legum. mem.xii. prod. 2. p. 450.) 

 stipulas wanting; phyllodia linear- lanceolate, attenuated at the 

 base, entire on both sides, and glandless, many-nerved at the 

 base ; heads of flowers solitary ; peduncles rather longer than 

 the heads. )j . G. Native of New Holland. 



Glandless-}e&ved Acacia. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



26 A. LANI'GERA (Cunning, in Field's new south wales, p. 

 345.) shrub villous ; phyllodia lanceolate, acute, stiff, nerved, 

 falcate, ending in a pungent mucrone ; heads of flowers twin, 

 axillary ; upper part of branches and legume very woolly. 



Jj . G. Native of New Holland, frequent on rocky barren 

 ranges in the interior of the country. Hook. bot. mag. 2922. 

 Wool-bearing Acacia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 6 to 8 ft. 



27 A. RIGENS (Cunningh. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 406.) 

 stipulas almost wanting or deciduous ; phyllodia filiform, com- 

 pressed, ending in an oblique, callous mucrone at the apex, 3- 

 nerved at the base, and furnished with a gland-bearing tooth 

 on the upper margin at the base ; branches straight, angular, pu- 

 bescent ; heads axillary, solitary ; peduncles clothed with rufous 

 scales, much shorter than the phyllodia. fj . G, Native of New 

 Holland. Phyllodia 3-4 inches long. 



Stiff Acacia. ( Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1 824. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



28 A. LINEA'TA (Cunningh. mss.) stipulas wanting or deci- 

 duous ; phyllodia linear, ending in an oblique, callous mucrone 

 at the apex, glandless, 1 -nerved, the nerve parallel with the 

 superior margin, and contiguous to it ; phyllodia as well as the 

 branches hairy ; heads of flowers usually twin ; peduncles fili- 

 form, longer than the phyllodia. T? . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Phyllodia \ an inch long. 



Lined-leaved Acacia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



29 A. HISPI'DULA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1054.) stipulas small, 

 deciduous ; phyllodia oblong, 1-nerved, with both the nerve and 

 margins denticulately hispid ; heads of flowers solitary. ^ . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Lodd. bot, cab. 



836. Mimosa hispidula, Smith, new holl. t. 16. Calyx 4- 

 toothed. Petals 4. Legume oval-oblong, 2-seeded. 



Hispid Acacia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1794. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



30 A. COCHLEA'RIS (Wendl. diss. no. 7.) stipulas almost want- 

 ing ; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, many-nerved at the base, 

 rather pilose, quite entire, mucronate ; heads solitary. '7 . G. 

 Native of New Holland, in Van Leuwin's Land. Mimosa coch- 

 learis, Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 85. t. 234. Calyx 5-parted. Le- 

 gume linear-oblong, straightish, 4-8-seeded, somewhat contracted 

 between the seeds. 



.S/joore-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



31 A. CORIA'CEA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 451.) 

 stipulas wanting ; phyllodia very long and linear, quite entire, 

 nerveless, thick, and coriaceous, when young they are clothed 

 with adpressed, velvety down, but in the adult state they are 

 glabrous ; heads of flowers solitary ; branches terete. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Legume linear, 

 curved into a circle, when young clothed with cinereous down. 

 The down on the leaves is at first yellowish, but at length be- 

 comes cinereous. 



Coriaceous-leaved Acacia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



32 A. A'NCEPS (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 451.) sti- 

 pulas wanting ; phyllodia obovate-oblong, tapering to the base, 

 obtuse at the apex, quite entire, and with 1 nerve in the middle ; 

 heads of flowers solitary ; branches angularly 2-edged. lj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the east coast. 



Two-edged-branched Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



33 A. MA'NGIUM (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1053.) stipulas almost 

 wanting ; phyllodia ovate, acute, attenuated at the base ; lon- 

 gitudinal nerve parallel to the lower margin of the leaf, and 

 sending out oblique nerves on the upper side ; heads of flowers 

 usually solitary ; branches triquetrously-angular. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Moluccas, where it is called Mangi Gocnong. Man- 

 gium montanum, Rumph. amb. 3. p. 123. t. 81. 



Mangimn Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 feet. 



34 A. LAURIFOLIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1053.) stipulas almost 

 wanting ; phyllodia obliquely ovate-oblong, 7-8-nerved, emar- 

 ginate at the apex, and oblique at the base ; heads of flowers glo- 

 bose, usually solitary ; branches hardly angular ; legumes fal- 

 cate. Tj . G. Native of the Friendly Islands and the Hebrides, 

 as well as of New Caledonia. Labill. nov. cal. p. 68. t. 68. 

 Mimosa simplicifolia, Lin. suppl. 436. Mimosa Mangium, 

 Forst. prod. no. 395. Legume moniliform. 



Laurel-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1775. Tree 20 to 25 feet. 



35 A. TRINERVA'TA (Sieb. 1. c. no. 445.) stipulas almost want- 

 ing ; phyllodia linear, mucronate, smoothish, with 3 nerves run- 

 ning the whole length without any gland on the side, twice the 

 length of the peduncles ; heads of flowers sometimes solitary, 

 sometimes disposed in short racemes on long pedicels. lj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Phyllodia nearly like those of the 

 preceding species, but 1|- inch long, and ending in a long ob- 

 lique mucrone. Branches and phyllodia rather pilose at the top. 

 This is an ambiguous species, apparently joining the present di- 

 vision of the genus to the following. 



Three-nerved Acacia. Fl. Apr. Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



36 A. ELONGA'TA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 443.) stipulas 

 almost wanting ; phyllodia linear-falcate, 3-nerved, ending in a 

 callous mucrone, bearing 1 gland on the upper margin at the 

 base ; branches angular, glabrous, as well as the phyllodia ; 

 heads of flowers solitary, twin, or tern ; peduncles canescent, 

 much shorter than the phyllodia. Tj . G. Native of New South 

 Wales. A. hebecephala, Cunningh. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 

 406. Branches angular, drooping. Phyllodia 3 inches long and 

 1 line broad. Corolla 5-cleft. 



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