LEGUMINOS^;. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



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nov. holl. no. 446.) unarmed ; branches rather angular, and are, 

 as well as the petioles, clothed with short velvety down ; leaves 

 with 15 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 30-35 pairs of linear, 

 much crowded, pubescent leaflets, with glands on the radii's, 

 one between almost every pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers pedi- 

 cellate, disposed in racemes along the axillary peduncles. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers yellow. The glands between 

 the pairs of pinnae perforated. 



Whitened Acacia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1820. Tree 10 to 20 ft. 



269 A. MOLLIS (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 76. t. 177.) arbo- 

 reous, erect, unarmed ; leaves with 4-8 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing numerous pairs of villous, half-ovate, acute leaflets, 

 with a concave gland above the base of the petiole, and one 

 between each of the ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers in 

 fascicles, on long peduncles, disposed in corymbs at the tops of 

 the branches ; filaments very long, monadelphous at the base. 



Tj . G. Native of Nipaul, where it is grown in gardens at Kat- 

 mandu, under the name of Lakkay. Corolla yellow. Filaments 

 red. Tree villous in every part. 

 Soft Acacia. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



270 A. IRROUA'TA (Sieb. ex Spreng. syst. 3. p. 141.) branches 

 brown, as well a's petioles, which are glandless ; leaves with 15- 

 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous pairs of linear,' 

 bluntish, pruinose leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed in terminal 

 panicles. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Bedewed Acacia. Shrub. 



271 A. CONTORTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 470.) unarmed ; branches 

 nearly terete, and are, as well as the leaves, glabrous ; leaves 

 with 12-16 pairs of pinnas, each pinna bearing 30-35 pairs of 

 linear approximate leaflets, with an urceolate gland on the petiole 

 beneath the lower pair of pinnae ; legume very long, spirally 

 twisted, flat, glabrous. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers un- 

 known. Peduncles axillary, solitary, an inch long. Legume a 

 foot long. 



Twisted- podded Acacia. Clt. 1825. Tree. 



272 A. PENICII.LIFERA (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 16. no. 208.) 

 unarmed ; petioles clothed with adpressed pubescence, glandless, 

 and emarginate ; leaves with about 12 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 20-30 pairsof linear, obtuse, rather ciliated leaflets; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. 

 A weak twiggy shrub, with the habit of A,Jilicina. Legume 

 unknown. 



Pencil-bearing Acacia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



273 A. ESCULE'NTA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 470.) unarmed, glabrous; leaves with 17 pairs of* 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 32 pairs of linear obtuse leaflets ; 

 heads pedunculate, twin, disposed in a terminal panicle ; legumes 

 linear, flat, glabrous, tapering much to the base. fj . S. Native 

 of Mexico, where it is called Yriiaxe. Legume eatable. Flowers 

 white, decandrous. 



Esculent-podded Acacia. Clt. 1825. Tree. 



274 A. PEREGRIN (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1073.) unarmed, nearly 

 glabrous ; leaves with 15-20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 25-30 pairs of oblong-linear ciliated leaflets, bearing one gland 

 in the middle of the petiole, and 1 or 2 at the top of the pinnte ; 

 heads of flowers 2-4-together, pedunculate ; anthers bearing a 

 pedicellate gland at the apex. Jj . S. Native of New Granada, 

 at the river Chota. Kunth, mim. p. 96. t. tiO. nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 274. Mimosa peregrina, Lin. spec. 1504. Flowers white, 

 decandrous. 



Foreign Acacia. Tree 40 feet. 



275 A. BE'LLA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 1 41.) branches and petioles 

 hairy; petioles glandless ; leaves with 15 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing many pairs of minute, imbricated, linear, strigose 

 leaflets; heads of flowers disposed in racemes. T-j . S. Native 

 of Brazil. 



Pretty Acacia. Tree. 



276 A. ANOUSTIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 470.) unarmed, 

 nearly glabrous; leaves with 15-20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 30-40 pairs of linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, with a gland 

 at the base of the petiole, and one between the extreme pair of 

 pinnae ; heads of flowers 2-4-together, pedunculate ; anthers 

 glandless. T? . S. Native of the West India Islands. Mimosa 

 angustifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 12. but not of Wendl. Legume 

 flat, glabrous, with the margins rather sinuated, tapering into a 

 stipe at the base, 6 inches long, and 8-9 lines broad. 



Narron-leajletted Acacia. Tree. 



277 A. GRA'TA (Willd. enum. 1056.) unarmed; leaves with 

 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear leaf- 

 lets, with scabrous margins ; petiole glandular above the base ; 

 legumes repand. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown. 



Grateful Acacia. Tree. 



278 A. MICROPHY'LLA (Willd. ^num. p. 1056.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 25 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 50-60 pairs of 

 linear, acute, ciliated leaflets, with a large gland at the base of 

 the petiole ; branches and petioles pubescent ; heads of flowers 

 axillary, pedunculate, twin. T? . S. Native of the Caraccas, on 

 stony hills. Mimosa parvifdlia, Poir. supril. 1. p. 74. Legume 

 linear, 9 inches long. 



Small-leajlelted Acacia. Tree. 



279 A. PANICULA'TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1074.) unarmed ; 

 leaves with 20-25 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10 pairs of 

 linear, ciliated leaflets, with a gland on the petiole beneath the 

 lower pair of pinnae ; petioles and branches pubescent ; heads of 

 flowers pedunculate, disposed in axillary panicles. Jj . S. 

 Native of Para, in Brazil. Legume unknow.n, The specimen 

 of this species .sent by Willdenow to Desfontains is furnished 

 with hooked scattered spines ; it is, therefore, perhaps a different 

 plant, or it should be placed in a different division of the 

 genus. 



Panicled-fiovrcred Acacia. Tree. 



280 A. BRASILIE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 142.) branches 

 terete, hairy, as well as the petioles, which are glandless ; leaves 

 with many pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, 

 minute, strigose, imbricated leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed 

 in spikes. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, Sello. 



Brazil Acacia. Tree. 



281 A. MULTIFLORA (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 142.) branches an- 

 gular, glabrous ; petioles glandless ; leaves with many pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of smooth, lanceolate, fal- 

 cate leaflets ; heads of flowers disposed in panicles. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, Sello. 



Many-lowered Acacia. Tree. 



282 A. ? PECTINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 282. but not of Hoffrnansegg,) unarmed ; leaves with 15-16 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing 50-60 pairs of linear, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate leaflets, which are glabrous above, but clothed with rusty 

 pubescence beneath, as well as the petioles ; petioles glandless. 



fj . S. Native of South America, at the river Cassiquiare. 

 Leaflets on each pinna usually about 60 pairs. I'nga pectinata, 

 Willd. spec. 4. p. 1126. Flowers and fruit unknown. 

 Pectinate-leaved Acacia. Tree. 



283 A. NIOPO (Humb. rel. hist. 2. p. 620. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 282.) unarmed ; leaves with 20-25 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 50-70 pairs of linear, rather falcate, 

 acute, membranous, glabrous, ciliated, obsoletely 1 -nerved leaf- 

 lets, with a gland on the petiole above the base, and one between 

 the extreme pair of pinnae ; legumes linear, beaked. fj . S. 

 Native of South America, near Maypures and Atures, &c. on 

 the Orinoco. I'nga Niopa, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1027. Niopo is 

 the South American name of the tree. 



Niopo Acacia. Tree. 



