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LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



base ; heads of flowers disposed in loose racemes ; racemes 

 rather longer than the phyllodia ; flowers 5-cleft. Jj . G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Heads of flowers 

 on long pedicels. 



Two-veined-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



66 A. CULTRIFORMIS (Cunningh. mss.) branches smooth, an- 

 gular ; phyllodia cultriform, ending in an acute hooked mucrone, 

 which leans to one side, and furnished with a gland on the mid- 

 dle of the upper margin, 1-nervtd, the nerve nearly parallel with 

 the lower margin ; heads crowded, disposed in racemes, which 

 are either axillary or terminal, fj . G. Native of New South 

 Wales. Phyllodia 8-10 lines long, and 4 lines broad. 



Cultri/brm-\eaved Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



67 A. PROMINENS (Cunningh. mss. Loud. hort. brit. 407.) 

 phyllodia divaricate, retrorsely falcate, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 1 -nerved, ending in a hooked mucrone, with a rather prominent 

 gland on the upper margin at the base ; heads of flowers in ter- 

 minal and axillary racemes. Jj . G. Native of New South Wales. 

 Phyllodia 1-| inch long, and 1-J line broad. 



Prominent Acacia. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



68 A. FIMBRIA'TA (Cunningh. mss.) phyllodia straight, linear, 

 obtuse, mucronulate, 1 -nerved in the middle, and furnished with 

 one gland on the upper margin at the base ; branches angular, 

 the angles fringed, as well as the phyllodia ; heads of flowers 

 racemose, axillary. J? . G. Native of New South Wales. Phyl- 

 lodia 1 ^ inch long, and 2 lines broad. 



Fringed Acacia. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



69 A. LUNA'TA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 461.) phyllodia 

 obliquely oblong, rather falcate, narrowed at the base, terminating 

 in an oblique callous mucrone, convex beneath the middle on the 

 margin, and furnished with a minute gland in the convex part, 

 and are glabrous, as well as the branches ; heads of flowers dis- 

 posed in racemes, which are longer than the phyllodia. Jj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Phyllodia an inch long, and 3 lines 

 broad, almost veinless, with a lateral nerve running along the 

 straight side, t? . G. Native of New Holland. Lindl. hot. 

 reg. 1352. Lodd. bot. cab. 384. Sweet, fl. austr. t. 42. 



Lunale-\ea.ved Acacia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1810. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



70 A. BREVIFOLIA (Lodd. bot. cab. 1235.) phyllodia elliptic, 

 ending in a spine-like mucrone, 1 -nerved, and feather-nerved, 

 glaucous, glabrous, with a gland on one side ; branches angular, 

 smooth ; heads of flowers racemose, longer than the phyllodia. 

 T? . G. Native of New South Wales. 



Short-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 3 

 to 4 feet. 



71 A. OBTUSA'TA (Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 441.) phyl- 

 lodia oblong-cuneated, obtuse, attenuated at the base, 1 -nerved, 

 entire, and glandless, coriaceous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 glabrous; heads of flowers disposed in racemes, which are 

 shorter than the phyllodia ; flowers 5-cleft. Tj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Phyllodia 20 lines long, and 3-4 lines broad. 



Blunted-leaveA Acacia. Fl. Ap. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 ft. 



72 A. BuxiFbLiA (Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 344.) glabrous ; phyllodia ovate, acute, bearing a gland on the 

 upper margin ; heads of flowers axillary, twice the length of the 

 phyllodia. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, in pine ranges at 

 Macquarie river. A. conferta, Cunningh. mss. 



Acacia. Fl. Feb. Ju. Clt. 1824. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 

 'SCULA (Wendl. diss. no. 20. t. 8.) phyllodia 

 , quite entire, attenuated at the base, 

 ending in an inflexed mucrone ; heads 

 me ; flowers 5-cleft. Tj . G. Na- 

 he east coast. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. 



_ 



rounded at 



of flowers 



tive of New Hollan 



holl. no. 464. 



8 



Thickish-le&ved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 4 to G feet. 



74 A. SUAVE OLENS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1050.) phyllodia linear, 

 tapering a little at the base, acute, mucronulate, 1 -nerved, quite 

 entire ; heads of flowers racemose ; calyx 5-parted ; ovary gla- 

 brous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on the east coast. 

 Mimosa suaveolens, Smith in Lin. soc. trans. 1. p. 253. Labill. 

 nov. holl. 2. t. 236. Lodd. bot. cab. 730. Legume oblong, 

 glaucous from grey powder, 15 lines long, and 5 lines broad. 



Var. /3, platycarpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 453.) legumes nearly 

 twice the length of the breadth, especially 15 lines long, and 9 

 lines broad. Mimosa ambigua, Salisb. prod. 325. 



Sweet-scented Acacia. Fl. Feb. June. Clt. 17'JO. Sh. 4 to 8 ft. 



75 A. ANGUSTIFO'LIA (Wendl. diss. no. 22.) phyllodia linear, 

 tapering a little to the base, acute, mucronate, .1 -nerved, quite 

 entire; heads of flowers racemose ; calyx 4 -toothed ; ovary to- 

 mentose. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jack- 

 son. Lodd. bot. cab. 768. Mimosa angustifolia, Jacq. schcenbr. 

 3. t. 391. A. odorata, Desv. Very like the preceding species, 

 but differs in the fructification. 



Narrow-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



76 A. ADU'NCA (Cunningh. mss.) phyllodia straight, elongated, 

 linear, attenuated at the base, but rounded at the apex, ending 

 in a callous mucrone, which forms a right angle with the phyl- 

 lodia, 1 -nerved, and bearing a gland on the upper margin be- 

 tween the middle and the base ; heads of flowers crowded, dis- 

 posed in terminal and axillary racemes. Jj . G. Native of New 

 South Wales. 



Hooked Acacia. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



77 A. LINIFO'LIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1051.) phyllodia narrow, 

 linear, mucronate. 1-nerved, quite entire; heads of flowers race- 

 mose ; racemes length of the phyllodia ; calyx sinuately 5- 

 toothed ; ovary glabrous. f? G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the east coast. Mimosa linifolia, Vent. eels. t. 2. Andr. bot. 

 rep. 394. Mimosa linearis, Wendl. hort. herrench. t. 18. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 2168. Bonpl. nav. t. 19. 



Flax-leaved Acacia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1790. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



78 A. ABIETINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1051.) phyllodia narrow, 

 linear, mucronate, 1-nerved, quite entire ; heads of flowers race- 

 mose ; racemes longer than the phyllodia. Jj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Perhaps this is merely a variety of the preceding 

 species. 



Fir-like Acacia. FL April, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 3 to 6 ft. 



79 A. SUBULA'TA (Bonpl. nav. t. 45.) phyllodia very long and 

 linear, subulate and mucronate at the apex ; heads of flowers 

 racemose ; racemes one-half shorter than the phyllodia ; calyx 

 5-cleft ; ovary tomentose. Jj . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Wendl. diss. no. 25. 



Subulate-leaved Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



80 A. RU'BIDA (Cunningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 344.) 

 phyllodia ovate-lanceolate, ending in an oblique innocuous mu- 

 crone at the apex, bearing a gland on the upper margin ; racemes 

 small, pedunculate, axillary, and terminal ; the rib and margins 

 of the leaves coloured with red. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, frequent on the edge of rills on the blue mountains. 



Reddish Acacia. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 4 to 6 feet. 



3. Sjricatce (from spicntus, spiked ; disposition of flowers). 

 Flowers disposed in cylindrical spikes. Stipulas usually mant- 

 ing, or when present they are small and unarmed. 



81 A.? TAXIFOLIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1050.) phyllodia in 

 whorles of threes, lanceolate ; spikes axillary, solitary, rather 

 ovate ; flowers 4-cleft, tetrandrotis. fj . G. Native of Cochin- 



