LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



405 



Native of New South Wales. Phyllodia 3 inches long, and 3 

 lines broad. Habit of Salix Baliylunica or JVeeping-willow, 



Drooping-branched Acacia. Fl. April. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 

 to 10 feet. 



51 A. MELANOXYLON (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 462.) phyl- 

 lodia lanceolate-oblong, rather falcate, obtuse, quite entire, many 

 nerved ; heads of flowers very few, disposed in a kind of raceme. 



fj . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast, and of Van 

 Dicmen's Land. Sims, bot. mag. 1659. Wendl. diss. no. 14. t. 

 6. A. arcuata, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 459. Legume 

 linear, arched, length of phyllodia. Umbilical funicle coloured, 

 plicate, girding the seed. 



Black-wooded Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1808. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



52 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1054.) phyllodia 

 linear, attenuated at both ends, rather falcate, many nerved ; 

 there are also sometimes bipinnate leaves at the tops of the 

 branches ; heads of flowers disposed in a kind of raceme. J? . S. 

 Native of the island of Bourbon. Mimosa heterophylla, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 14. exclusive of var. ft. Heads 2 or 3 in each raceme. 



Variable-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



53 A. AMO; V NA (Wendl. diss. no. 8. t. 4.) phyllodia oblong, 

 tapering much at the base, 1 -nerved, bearing 1-3 glands in front 

 on the upper margin ; heads of flowers racemose; flowers 5-cleft. 



Tj . G. Native of New Holland. Very like the following species, 

 but differs in the racemes being one-half shorter than the phyl- 

 lodia. Petals 5, distinct. Ovary tomentose. The plant under 

 this name in Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 452. differs from 

 Wendland's in the phyllodia being scarcely margined, and only 

 furnished with one gland in front on the upper margin, although 

 perhaps the same. 



Pleasing Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 4 to 6 ft. 



54 A. MYRTIFOLIA (Willd. spec. 

 4. p. 1054.) phyllodia oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, tapering much at the base, 

 1 -nerved, and furnished with one 

 gland in front on the upper mar- 

 gin ; heads few-flowered, race- 

 mose ; flowers 4-cleft. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the 

 eastern coast. Sweet, austr. t. 49. 

 Mimosa myrtifolia, Smith, new 

 holl. t. 15. Curt. bot. mag. 302. 

 Calyx sinuately 4-toothecl. Petals 

 connected at the base. Ovary gla- 

 brous. Perhaps not sufficiently 

 distinct from A. lunata of Lodd. 

 bot. cab. 324. 



Myrtle-leaved Acacia. Fl. Feb. 

 May. Clt. 1789. Shrub 3 to 6 ft. 



55 A. OLEIFOLIA (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. 407.) sti- 

 pulas small, caducous ; phyllodia ovate-oblong, oblique, margi- 

 nated, falcate at the apex, mucronate, and are, as well as the 

 branches, pubescent ; heads solitary, axillary, length of the phyl- 

 lodia. ^ . G. Native of New South Wales. A. uncinata, 

 Lindl. bot. reg. 1332. 



Olive-leaved Acacia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



56 A. PODALYRLEFOLIA (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. p. 

 407.) plant clothed with hoary powder ; phyllodia elliptic, obtuse, 

 rather undulated, 1 -nerved, ending in an oblique mucrone ; 

 heads of flowers racemose, axillary, elongated. T? . G. Native 

 of New South Wales. Phyllodia 1 inch long, and inch broad. 

 Peduncles forming panicles at the tops of the branches. 



Podalyria-kaved Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 4 to 6 feet. 



57 A. SCAPULIFORMIS (Cunningh. mss.) aspect white ; phyl- 



FIG. 53. 



lodia roundly triangular or obliquely obovate, mucronate at the 

 apex, with an angle on the upper margin above the middle, 

 wherein one gland is seated, having only one nerve, which is 

 curved ; heads of flowers disposed in axillary and terminal 

 racemes, crowded. I? . G. Native of New South Wales. A. 

 papulifbrmis, Loud. hort. brit. 407. Phyllodia -^ inch long, and 

 4 lines broad. 



Scapula-formed-\esived Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



58 A. VESTITA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 698.) phyllodia obliquely 

 elliptic-lanceolate, 1 -nerved, ending in an awn-like mucrone, and 

 are, as well as the branches, hispid ; heads of flowers loosely 

 racemose along the peduncles, upper ones solitary. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland, in the interior of the country. A. con- 

 spicua, Cunningh. mss. Racemes longer than the phyllodia. 

 Petals 5. 



Clothed Acacia. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



59 A. MARGINA'TA (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 462.) phyllodia 

 lanceolate, elongated, 1 -nerved, bearing one gland on the upper 

 margin in front ; heads few-flowered, racemose ; flowers 4-cleft. 



Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. This 

 species has much the appearance of A. myrtifolia, but the ovary 

 is tomentose. Wendl. diss. 1. t. 5. A. 



Marginated-lewed Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1803. Sh. 



3 to 6 feet. 



60 A. FURFURA'CEA ; glaucescent ; leaves elliptic or ovate, 

 glabrous, oblique, ending in an innocuous mucrone, bearing a 

 gland on the upper margin ; racemes erect, axillary ; legumes 

 covered with white furfuraceous powder, fj . G. Native of 

 New Holland, on hills on Gugee-gong river, 50 miles from Ba- 

 thurst. A. dealbata, Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 345. but not of Link. A slender shrub. 



Scurfy Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



61 A. UMBRO'SA (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. p. 407.) 

 phyllodia obliquely ovate-lanceolate, tapering at both ends, 

 smooth, 3-nerved, with the nerves to one side, acute at the apex, 

 and ending in a hooked mucrone, and bearing a gland on the 

 upper margin not far from the base ; heads of flowers racemose ; 

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

 Wales. Phyllodia 4 inches long, and 1 inch broad. 



Shady Acacia. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



62 A. AsiRiNGENS (Cunningh. mss.) phyllodia glaucescent, 

 broad, obliquely ovate-oblong, obtuse, somewhat arcuate, and 

 marginated, feather-nerved, smooth, furnished with one gland on 

 the upper margin at the base ; heads of flowers racemose. Jj . G. 

 Native of New South Wales. Phyllodia 3-4 inches long, and 1 

 inch broad. 



Astringent Acacia. Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



63 A. PYRIFO'LIA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 452.) 

 stipulas hard, permanent ; phyllodia broad, oval, ending in a 

 pungent mucrone, furnished with a middle nerve, as well as with 

 feathered and reticulated veins, quite entire, and are, as well as 

 the branches, glaucescent ; heads numerous, racemose ; flowers 

 5-cleft. tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Pear-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



64 A. BINERVA V TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 452.) phyllodia oblong, 

 acuminated at both ends, and furnished with a gland on the upper 

 margin at the base, and with 2 nerves, which run the whole 

 length of the phyllodia ; heads of flowers racemose ; racemes 

 shorter than the phyllodia. I? . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. 504. 



Two-nerved-\ea.ved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 



4 to 8 feet. 



65 A. BIVENOSA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 452.) 

 phyllodia oblong, obtuse, rather attenuated at the base, quite 

 entire, glaucous, smoothish, furnished with 2 fine nerves at the 



