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LEGUMINOS.E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



199 A. REVOLU'TA (Kunth, mim. 84. t. 26. nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 270.) stipular spines twin, straight ; petioles unarmed ; leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of pinna>, each pinna bearing 8-12 pairs of oblong, 

 ciliately-scabrous leaflets ; heads axillary, 2-3-together, pedun- 

 culate ; legumes flat, compressed, falcate, prickly on the exterior 

 or convex suture. J? . S. Native of Peru, at Caxamarca. 

 Flowers white, but the petals are green. 



7?:o/!<fc-podded Acacia. Shrub 6 feet. 



200 A. CAVE'NIA (Hook, in Beech, voy. append, bot. p. 21.) 

 spines stipular, about half an inch long, twin, straight ; petioles 

 furnished with 1 obscure gland ; leaves with usually about 5 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 9-10 pairs of linear-oblong 

 leaflets, which are clothed with scabrous pubescence ; peduncles 

 axillary, aggregate ; heads of flowers globose ; flowers poly- 

 amlrous. Jj . G. Native of Chili. Mimosa Cavenia, Mol. 

 chil. At Valparaiso the flowers are called Flor d' Aroma, and 

 the tree Es;:i>io by the inhabitants. It is used for various pur- 

 poses, especially as yielding the best charcoal. 



Cavenia Acacia. Tree 20 feet. 



201 A. DOMINGE'NSIS (Bert. ined. ex D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) 

 stipular spines hooked, sometimes wanting ; petioles prickly, 

 glandless ; leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 7 

 pairs of elliptic-oblong, glabrous leaflets ; heads of flowers 2-3- 

 together, axillary, ultimate ones disposed in a branched panicle ; 

 legumes unarmed, fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers 

 white. Legume flat, compressed, quite glabrous, falcate, irre- 

 gularly coarctate on one side. 



St. Domingo Acacia. Tree. 



202 A. ACANTHO'LOBA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. 

 p. 1089.) prickles scattered, hooked ; petioles unarmed, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing about 

 10-12 pairs of leaflets, which are pubescent beneath; heads of 

 flowers almost sessile, racemose ; legumes flat, membranous, 

 prickly on both margins. T? . S. Native of South America. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 279. Flowers pale rose- 

 coloured. Perhaps belonging to the following division. 



Spiny-podded Acacia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



* Rameal prickles scattered without order. Stems erect. 



203 A. ? PSORA'LEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) rameal prickles 

 scattered ; petioles unarmed, but are beset with brown warts as 

 well as the peduncles ; leaves with 2-5 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing about 7-8 pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets ; heads of flowers axillary, solitary, pedunculate, tj . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Legumes unknown. 



^cw/y-branched Acacia. Shrub. 



204 A. ? CONCI'NNA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) rameal prickles 

 scattered ; branches clothed with velvety villi ; petioles prickly, 

 bearing 1 gland above the base ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing many pairs of linear-cultrate, ciliated leaflets ; 

 stipulas cordate, upper ones in the form of bracteas ; heads of 

 flowers disposed in a terminal panicle. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Mimosa saponaria, Roxb. in herb. Lamb. Mi- 

 mosa concinna, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1039. Legume unknown. 



Neat Acacia. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



205 A. TAMARINDIFO'LIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1092.) rameal 

 prickles straight, scattered ; leaves with 4-6 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing 10-15 pairs of oblong, obtuse, quite glabrous 

 leaflets ; petioles rather prickly, and furnished with a gland at 

 the base ; stipulas cordate, upper ones in the form of bracteas ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, disposed in a panicle. (7 . S. 

 Native of the West India islands and South America. Mimosa 

 tamarindifolia, Lin. spec. 1509. Jacq. schcenbr. 3. t. S96. 

 Plum. ed. Burm. t. 7. Flowers white. Legume broad-linear, 

 flat, straight. 



Tamarind-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1774. Tree 40 feet. 



206 A. GUADALUPE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) rameal and 

 petiolar prickles very few, scattered, and recurved ; leaves with 

 7-9 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15-20 pairs of oblong- 

 linear, glabrous leaflets ; petioles glandless ; heads of flowers 

 pedunculate, disposed in a terminal panicle. Ij . S. Native of 

 Gnadaloupe. Flowers yellow, polyandrous. Legumes flat, gla- 

 brous, on short stipes, 3-4 inches long, and 9 lines broad. 



Guadaloupe Acacia. Tree or shrub. 



207 A. I NTSIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1091.) rameal as well as 

 petiolar prickles scattered and recurved ; leaves with 6 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing about 12 pairs of incurved leaflets, 

 with a gland between the lower pairs of leaflets ; prickles shorter 

 than the stipulas ; heads of flowers pedunculate. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Rheed. mal. 6. t. 4. Pluk. phyt. 122. 

 f. 2. Mimosa I'ntsia, Lin. spec. 1508. I'nlsi is the Malabar 

 name of the tree. 



Jntsia Acacia. Clt. 1778. Tree 20 feet. 



208 A. INTSIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) rameal as well as 

 petiolar prickles scattered and recurved ; leaves with 8-10 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 25 pairs of linear-oblong, 

 somewhat incurved leaflets, with a gland at the base of the pe- 

 tiole ; heads of flowers pedunculate, aggregate, somewhat pa- 

 nicled, with the branches between the flowers unarmed. I? S. 

 Native country unknown. Leaves and branches glabrous. Heads 

 of flowers about the size of those of A. Farnesiana. It has 

 very much the appearance of the preceding species and to the 

 figure of Rheedc, and it differs at first sight from the following 

 in heads of flowers being larger. 



Intsia-like Acacia. Tree. 



209 A. PENNA'TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1090.) rameal as well 

 as petiolar prickles scattered and recurved; leaves with 8-16 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20-30 pairs of linear-oblong 

 leaflets, with a depressed gland at the base of the petiole ; heads 

 of flowers on short peduncles, aggregate, disposed in a terminal 

 prickly panicle. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon (Burin, zeyl. t. 1.), and 

 Madagascar (Commerson). Mimosa pennata, Lin. spec. 1507. 

 The whole plant is glabrous. Heads of flowers yellow, smaller 

 than those of A, Farnesiana. Legume unknown. Perhaps 

 different from A. pterophylla of Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 207. 

 which has glands between the exterior pairs of pinnae. In Co- 

 chin-china the bark is converted into a sort of tow, which is 

 used to fill up cracks in houses as well as in boats. 



Feather-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1773. Shrub. 



210 A. WESTIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 464.) rameal as well as 

 petiolar and peduncular prickles recurved ; leaves with 8 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15-27 pairs of linear acute leaflets, 

 with a gland at the base of the petiole, and one between the 

 outer pair of leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed in a terminal 

 panicle ; pedicels from 2-5, rising from the same dot or centre. 



fy . S. Native of the island of Santa Cruz. Mimosa panicu- 

 lata, West, beschr. 312. ex Vahl. eel. amer. 13. p. 39. It 

 differs from A. paniculato, of Willd. It is perhaps the same as 

 Mimosa tenuifolia, Lin. spec. 771. but the description is not 

 sufficient to decide this point. 

 (Vest's Acacia. Tree. 



211 A. C^SIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1090.) rameal as well as 

 petiolar prickles scattered and recurved ; leaves with 5-7 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing 12-16 pairs of oval-lanceolate 

 leaflets, with an oblong gland above the base of the petiole ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, disposed in a terminal panicle ; 

 branches of panicle prickly. T? . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Pluk. t. 330. bad. Mimosa ess sia, Lin. spec. 1507. but not of 

 Burm. Legume unknown. 



Grey Acacia. Clt. 1773. Tree. 



212 A. CENTROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 465.) prickles of 

 the branches, petioles, and panicles numerous, scattered, and re- 



