LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



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Native of St. Domingo. Flowers not seen, and therefore its affi- 

 nity with the present species is rather doubtful. 



Broad-podded Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1777. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



241 A. PORTORICE'NSIS (Willd. 1. c.) unarmed ; leaves with 

 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing '20 pairs of linear, obtuse, 

 smoothish leaflets ; petioles glandless, and are, as well as the 

 branches, pubescent ; heads of flowers 2-3-together, axillary ; 

 calyx with ciliated margins, fj . S. Native of Porto-Rico. 

 Mimosa Portoricensis, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 633. coll. 4. p. 143. 

 A. alba, Hortul. Stamens with long white filaments. 



Porto-Rico Acacia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 

 to 10 feet. 



242 A. CARACCASSA'NA (Willd. 1. c.) unarmed, smoothish ; 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinna, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs 

 of linear bluntish leaflets ; petioles glandless, and are, as well 

 as the branches, rather pubescent ; heads of flowers peduncu- 

 late, 2-3-together, axillary, and somewhat terminal ; calyxes with 

 glandular margins. ^ . S. Native of Caraccas. Mimosa Ca- 

 raccassana, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 632. coll. 4. p. 142. Stamens 

 with purple filaments. 



Caraccas Acacia. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 to 12 feet. 



243 A. LYCOPODIOI DES (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 69.) 

 unarmed ; branches tetragonal ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing many pairs of minute rather pubescent leaf- 

 lets ; flowers in capitate spikes, on long peduncles ; stipulas dis- 

 tinct, lanceolate, striated. ^ S. Native country unknown. 

 Mimosa lycopodioldes, Pers. ench. 2. p. 263. Poir. suppl. 1. 

 p. 68. 



Club-moss-like Acacia. Shrub. 



244 A. LAMBERTIA'NA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 721.) unarmed; 

 branches terete, and are, as well as the leaves, villous ; leaves 

 with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 9-12 pairs of oval- 

 oblong leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends ; petiole gland- 

 less; heads of flowers 3 -5 -together, disposed in a raceme. 1? . 

 S. Native of Mexico. Stamens 20-25, with purple exserted 

 filaments, like those of 1'nga purpurra. Legume unknown. 



Lambert's Acacia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



245 A. QUADRANGUI.A'RIS (Link. enum. 2. p. 445.) unarmed ; 

 branches tetragonal ; leaves with 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing many pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, the lower 

 and outer ones the shortest ; petioles pubescent, glandless ; 

 heads of flowers usually tern, pedunculate, axillary. Ij . S. Na- 

 tive country, as well as the legumes, unknown. Stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, and are, as well as the peduncles, striated longitudinally. 

 Filaments long, white. 



Quadrangular-branched Acacia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



246 A. TETRAGO NA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1069.) unarmed, gla- 

 brous ; branches tetragonal ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing 16-29 pairs of linear acute leaflets, the outer 

 ones the largest ; heads of flowers pedunculate, usually tern, 

 axillary ; legume linear, obtuse, with thickened margins. Tj . S. 

 Native of Caraccas, in sand on the banks of rivers. Flowers 

 white. 



Tetragonal-branched Acacia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



247 A. DI'SCOLOR (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1068.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 9-12 pairs of oblong, 

 glabrous, acute leaflets, which are pale beneath ; petioles glandu- 

 lar at the base, and are, as well as the branches, pubescent ; 

 heads of flowers pedicellate, disposed along the axillary peduncles 

 in long racemes. ~fy . G. Native of New Holland. Mimosa 

 discolor, Andr. bot. rep. 235. Mim6sa botrycephala, Vent. eels, 

 t. 1. A. discolor, Sims, bot. mag. 1750. Branches nearly terete. 

 Flowers yellow. Legume flat, broad-linear, obtuse, 2-J- inches 

 long, and 8-10 lines broad. 



Discoloured-leaved Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1788. 

 Shrub 6 to 10 feet. 



248 A. ANGULA'TA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 2. p. 68.) un- 

 armed, quite smooth ; branches tetragonal ; leaves with 5-7 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 30 pairs of very narrow 

 linear leaflets, with one perforated gland beneath the pinnee, and 

 one between each pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers pedicellate, 

 disposed in long racemes along the axillary peduncles. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. A. sulcipes, Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. 

 no. 460. Heads of flowers small, yellow. Leaflets usually alter- 

 nate. Legumes unknown. 



^ng'M/ftr-branchcd Acacia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Tree 

 10 to 15 feet. 



249 A. PUBE'SCENS (R. Br. in hort. kew. 5. p. 467.) unarmed ; 

 branches terete, hairy ; leaves with 3-10 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 6-18 pairs of linear glabrous leaflets; petiole 

 glandless ; heads of flowers globose, pedicellate, disposed in 

 racemes along the axillary peduncles. I? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the east coast. Mimosa pubescens, Vent. malm. t. 

 21. Sims, bot. mag. 1263. Sieb. pi. exsic. nov. holl. no. 466. 

 Heads of flowers small, yellow. Legume unknown. 



Pubescent Acacia. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1790. Shrub 6 

 to 10 feet. 



250 A. FILICINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1 072.) unarmed ; branches 

 terete, and are, as well as the petioles, glandless, and pilose ; 

 leaves with usually 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 50-70 pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets ; heads of flowers 

 pedicellate, disposed in long racemes along the panicled pe- 

 duncles, ^.S. Native of Mexico. Mimosa filicoides, Cnv. 

 icon. 1. t. 78. Mimosa ptericina, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 74. Flowers 

 polyandrous. Legume linear, flat, pilose, with thickened margins. 



Fern-like Acacia. Clt. 1 825. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



251 A. VILLO'SA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1067.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 5-6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 12 pairs of 

 ovate leaflets, which are, as well as the branches, villous ; petioles 

 glandless ; heads pedicellate, disposed in a terminal panicle. 17 . 

 S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains on the south side. 

 Mimosa villosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 982. Flowers white. 

 Legume short, flat, hairy. 



Villous Acacia. Clt. 1806. Shrub C to 8 feet. 



252 A. FRONDO'SA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1076.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 14 pairs of distant lan- 

 ceolate leaflets, which are pubescent beneath, as well as the 

 branches and petioles, with a gland between the inferior pair of 

 pinnae ; heads of flowers axillary, pedunculate, solitary. fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Legume linear, flat, with the margin 

 rather repand on the outside. 



Leafy Acacia. Clt. 1816. Tree. 



253 A. OUYRARE'MA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 469.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 30 pairs of oblong, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous, 2-nerved leaflets, which are obliquely truncate at 

 the base ; petioles acutely trigonal or tetragonal, a little winged, 

 bearing an oblong depressed gland at the base. Tj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Mim6sa Ouyrarema, Aubl. guian. 946. exclusive of 

 the synonyme. The Guiana name of the tree is Ouyrarema. 



Ouyrarema Acacia. Tree. 



254 A. STIPULA'CEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 469.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20-30 pairs of oblong 

 leaflets, which are pubescent beneath, as well as the petioles, 

 peduncles, and branches ; stipulas ovate, cordate, acute, large, 

 permanent ; heads of flowers pedunculate, somewhat corymbose. 



fj . S. Native of Bengal. Mimosa stipulata, Roxb. hort. beng. 

 p. 40. Legume linear, flat, glabrous, straight, 6 inches long, and 

 9 lines broad. Gland ovate, striated in the middle of the naked 

 part of the petiole. 



Large-stipuled Acacia. Clt. 1 800. Tree 40 feet. 

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