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LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



tlie pairs of pinnae ; spikes twin, filiform. Tj . S. Native of Ca- 

 raccas, on the sandy banks of rivers. 



Sand Acacia. Clt. 1818. Tree 10 to 12 feet. 



131 A. LOPHANTIIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 457.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 8-9 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 1 2 pairs of 

 oval-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; petioles glandless, and are as well 

 as the branchlets pubescent ; racemes usually twin, short, axil- 

 lary ; calyxes glabrous. Jj . S. Native of Jamaica. Flowers 

 and habit of the following species. Legumes unknown. 



Lophantha-like Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



132 A. LOPHA'NTHA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1070.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 8-10 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 25-30 pairs of 

 lineal', bluntish leaflets ; petioles and calyxes clothed with vel- 

 vety down, with a gland at the base of the common petiole, and 

 one between each of the two extreme pairs of leaflets ; racemes 

 ovate-oblong, axillary, twin. 1? . G. Native of New Holland. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 2108. Mimosa distachya, Vent. eels. t. 20. 

 butnotofCav. Mimosa elegans, Andr. bot. rep. t. 563. A. 

 lophantha, Lodd. bot. cab. 716. This and the preceding species 

 would almost constitute a proper section from the flowers. 

 Perhaps A. insignis of Hoflinans. verz. 1824. p. 159. is not 

 distinct from the present species. Flowers yellow. 



Crest-flowered Acacia. Fl. May.Jul. Clt. 1803. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



133 A. GUIANE'NSIS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1061.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10 pairs of 

 elliptic, obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; petiole rather velvety, fur- 

 nished with a convex gland at the base ; spikes filiform, solitary, 

 axillary. 17 . S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne. Legume 

 lanceolate, flat. Mimosa Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 2. t. 357. 

 Flowers small, glabrous, white. 



Guiana Acacia. Clt. 1803. Tree 40 feet. 



134 A. PSILOSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 457.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 7-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15-20 pairs 

 of oblong-linear, obtuse, glabrous leaflets, which are truncate at 

 the base, with an adpressed gland at the base of the petiole, 

 and one between the extreme pair of pinna? ; spikes filiform, 

 slender, solitary, axillary. Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. 

 Flowers small, as in the preceding, but pubescent. 



Smooth-spiked Acacia. Tree. 



135 A. ACAPULCE'NSIS (Kunth, mim. 78. t. 24. nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 267.) unarmed ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of pinna 1 , 

 each pinna bearing 35-45 pairs of oblong-linear, glabrous leaf- 

 lets, with a gland between 2 or 3 of the extreme pairs of pinn;c, 

 and one at the base of the petiole ; spikes cylindrical, axillary, 

 solitary, twin, or tern. tj . S. Native of Mexico, about Aca- 

 pulco, in the sand by the sea- side. Flowers white. Stamens 

 numerous, monadelphous. Legumes unknown. 



Acapulco Acacia. Clt. 1825. Tree. 



136 A. EIEPHANTHORHI'ZA (Burch. cat. geogr. no. 2410.) 

 unarmed ; leaves with 10-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 25 pairs of linear, glabrous leaflets ; petioles glandless ; branches 

 and flowers glabrous ; spikes axillary, cylindrical, solitary. 



^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 15. Sta- 

 mens 10. Perhaps a species of Prosopis. 

 Elephant-root Acacia. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 



137 A. SCLEROXYLA (Tussac, fl. antil. t. 21.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 10-15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing an indefinite 

 number of leaflets, with an urceolar gland below the lower 

 pair of pinnae ; spikes filiform, solitary ; branches warted. J? .S. 

 Native of the French West India Islands, where it is called 

 Tendre a caillou batard, with many other species. 



Hard-wooded Acacia. Tree 60 feet. 



138 A. PULCHE'RRIMA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1061.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 13 pairs of pinnae ; each pinna bearing numerous 

 pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse leaflets, which are pubescent be- 

 neath as well as the petioles, and with a convex gland at the 



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base of the petiole ; spikes of flowers axillary, twin, filiform. 

 I; . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Flowers pilose, 5-cleft. 

 Fairest Acacia. Clt. 1823. Tree 50 feet. 



139 A. DUMETO'RUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 458.) stem furnished 

 with a few prickles ; branches sulcate, pubescent ; leaves bipin- 

 nate, each pinna bearing many pairs of minute, linear-elliptic 

 leaflets, which are glandularly dotted beneath ; spikes axillary, 

 twin, slender ; corolla profoundly 5-cleft ; stamens free ; ovary 

 villous. Jj . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Novas. Mimosa dumetorum, St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. 1. p. 1. 

 Legume unknown. 



Bush Acacia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



140 A. ADSTRINGENS (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 

 5. p. 41.) unarmed ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 4-5 pairs of broad-ovate, glaucescent leaflets, which are 

 unequal at the base, obtuse, and glabrous, with a gland between 

 the superior pair of pinnae ; petioles and young branches clothed 

 with chestnut-coloured tomentum ; spikes cylindrical, axillary, 

 with the rachis and calyxes tomentose. 1? . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Legume oblong, compressed. 



Astringent Acacia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



141 A. MACRO'LOBA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1060.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 16 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 linear, falcate, acuminated leaflets, which are angular at the 

 base ; petioles with 2 hairy lines on the upper side ; spikes fili- 

 form, solitary, axillary. T? . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. 



Long-podded Acacia. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



142 A. SPRENGE'LII ; branches glandless; petioles hairy; 

 leaves with 6 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 15 pairs of 

 oblong, obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; spikes short, twin. ^ . S. 

 Native of Jamaica. A. Berteriana, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 138. but 

 not of Spreng. in herb. Balb. D. C. 



Sprengd's Acacia. Tree. 



143 A. ASPIDIOIDES (Meyer, prim, esseq. 165.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 15-18 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs 

 of linear, glabrous leaflets, and bearing on the under side at the 

 base a transverse gland each ; petioles glandless, pubescent ; 

 spikes cylindrical, disposed in terminal racemes. (7 . S. Native of 

 Guiana, in the island of Arowabisch, in humid places. Petals 5, 

 white, hardly connected at the base. Stamens 10. Legume curved. 



Aspidium-like Acacia. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



144 A. DEALBA'TA (Link. enum. 2. p. 445.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 15 pairs of pinnae, each bearing many pairs of minute, 

 equal, pubescent leaflets, with a perforated gland seated between 

 one of the pairs of pinnse ; racemes lateral. >j . S. Native 

 country and legumes unknown. 



Whitened Acacia. Tree. 



145 A. WALLICHIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 458.) unarmed; 

 branches and leaves pubescent; leaves with 10-12 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing about 50 pairs of approximate, linear 

 leaflets ; petiole bearing a gland beneath the pinnae, and one 

 between each of the pairs of pinnae ; spikes cylindrical, elon- 

 gated ; legumes flat, lanceolate; quite glabrous, 6-10-seeded. 



H . S. Native of the East Indies. Stamens 20-25. 

 Wallich's Acacia. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 



* Prickly or spiny trees or shrubs. 



146 A. FERRUGINEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 458.) spines stipular, 

 straightish, conical, broadest at the base ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of linear, bluntish, gla- 

 brous, glaucous leaflets ; petiole furnished with a large, de- 

 pressed gland ; spikes of flowers cylindrical, slender, disposed 

 in a panicle ; legumes oval, hard, compressed, 1-2-seedcd, inde- 

 hiscent. Tj . S. Native of Coromandel. Mimosa ferruginea, 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 41. Stamens 20-25. Allied to A. Sundra 

 and A. Catechu. 



