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LEGUMINOSJE. CCXXXIII. ACACIA. 



284 A. CHRYSA'NTHA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed ; leaves 

 and branches glabrous ; leaves with 20-23 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 8 pairs of linear-oblong, obtuse leaflets ; petioles 

 glandless ; peduncles 3-4-together, axillary ; heads of flowers 

 oblong. ^j. S. Native of Cayenne. Mimosa chrysantha, 

 Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 38. Stamens innumerable, golden yellow. 

 Legume unknown. 



Golden-flowered Acacia. Tree. 



285 A. ASPLENIOIDES (Neuw. reis. bras. 2. with a figure, ex 

 flora, 1821. p. 303.) unarmed ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing 12-1 5 pairs of leaflets ; petioles hairy ; spikes 

 terminal, corymbose, globose, pedunculate. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Stamens long, purple. 



Splecmvort-like Acacia. Tree or shrub. 



286 A. INUNDA'TA (Mart. reis. bras, ex Schleicht. Linnaea. 5. 

 p. 43.) arboreous, glabrous; petiole bearing one gland in the 

 middle, and one at the apex ; leaves with 3 pairs of pinnao, each 

 pinna bearing 12-13 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, oblique, unequal- 

 sided, nerved leaflets, which are shining above, but glaucous be- 

 neath ; heads of flowers pedicellate, disposed in racemes along 

 the axillary peduncles, shorter than the leaves ; petioles and pe- 

 duncles pubescent. Ij . S. Native of Brazil. 



Inundated Acacia. Tree. 



\ Species of Acacia not sufficiently known. 



* Leaves with only one pair of pinnce, each pinna bearing f cm 

 or many pairs of leajlets. 



287 A. RUIVEFOLIA (Link. enum. 2. p. 444.) leaves with one 

 pair of pinna? ; leaflets unequal ; flowers yellowish. Tj . S. Native 

 country unknown. 



Rue-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1810. Shrub. 



288 A. OLIGOPHY'LLA (Hoffmans. verz. 1824. p. 201.) un- 

 armed ; leaves with one pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 3-4 

 pairs of ovate-oblong, apiculated leaflets ; stipulas filiform. Tj . 

 S. Native country unknown, as well as the flowers and fruit. 



Fem-leajtetted Acacia. Clt. 1817. Tree. 



* * Unarmed trees and shrubs, with bipinnate leaves. 



289 A. HOFFMAXSE'GGII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed; 

 leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 linear, equal-sided, bluntly acute leaflets, which are unequal at 

 the base ; petioles pubescent, with a gland below the lower pair 

 of pinnae, and one between the upper pair of pinna?, fy . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. H. pectinata, Hoffmans. verz. 

 1824. p. 201. but not of others. Said to be allied to A. rostratu, 

 but the flowers and fruit are unknown. 



Hoffmansegg's Acacia. Tree. 



290 A. VENU'STA (Willd. enum. p. 1052.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 3-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing from 15-20 pairs of 

 falcate, acutish, quite glabrous leaflets, fy . S. Native of South 

 America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Beautiful Acacia. Tree. 



291 A- ? JAVA'NICA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 471.) unarmed ; leaves 

 with 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 70 pairs of oval, lucid, 

 obtuse leaflets. Tj . S. Native of Java. Gleditschia Javanica, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 466. Lower leaves bearing fewer leaflets than 

 the upper ones. 



Java Acacia. Tree. 



292 A. GUACHAPE'LE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 281.) unarmed ; leaves with 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- 

 ing 5-6 pairs of obovate or subelliptic-oblong membranous leaf- 

 lets, which are pubescent on both surfaces, with a gland on the 

 middle of the petiole, and between each of the 2 superior pairs 

 of pinnae ; flowers capitate ; stamens monadelphous ; legumes 

 linear, ending in a long beak. Tj . S. Native of Quito, in woods 

 near Guayaquil. Guachapele is the vernacular name of the tree. 



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Guachapele Acacia. Tree 50 to 60 feet. 



293 A. HADIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 472.) unarmed; leaves 

 with 3 pairs of pinna;, lower pair furnished with one scale, 

 upper pair furnished with a double scale, each pinna bearing 

 about 14 pairs of oval-linear leaflets, middle ones the longest. 

 Tj . G. Native of Arabia, about Hadie. Mimosa Sejal, Forsk. 

 descrip. p. 197. but not of Delile. 



Hadie Acacia. Tree. 



294 A. PIUSMA'TICA (Hoffmansegg, verz. 1824. p. 159.) un- 

 armed ; leaves with 7-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 1 4- 

 17 pairs of oblong two-coloured leaflets; branches angled; pe- 

 tioles glabrous ; young leaves clammy. Jj . S. Native country 

 unknown. Said to be allied to A. discolor, but the flowers and 

 fruit are unknown. 



Prismatic Acacia. Tree. 



295 A. COCHLIOCA'RPA (Gomez, mem. acad. das. sci. lisb. 3. 

 p. 104. under Mimosa?) leaves with 3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing about 3 pairs of leaflets ; legumes compressed and spiral. 

 \ . S. Native of Brazil. Abaremotemo, Pis. bras. Its root 

 is known by the name of Cortex Brasiliensis, and is a very power- 

 ful astringent. The plant is known in Brazil by the name of 

 Barbatimao. 



Twisted-fruited Acacia. Tree. 



* * * Prickles stipular, twin, but without any petiolar ones. 



296 A. PLATY'LOBA (Bert. ined. in herb. Balb. ex D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 472.) glabrous ; prickles stipular, hooked ; leaves with 3 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2-3 pairs of obovate obtuse 

 leaflets; petioles glandless ; legumes flat, rather stipitate. I?.S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. I'nga Magdalenae, Spreng. in herb. 

 Balb. Legume 6 inches long, and li inch broad, 2-valved, dry 

 inside. Seeds flat, shining. Flowers unknown. A very doubt- 

 ful species, allied to A. Lebbek and A. latisilii/ua, but differs in 

 being prickly. Perhaps it ought to be inserted between the sec- 

 tions Globijlora; and Spiciflorne. 



Broad-podded Acacia. Tree. 



297 A. 1 LEPTOPHY'LLA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 74.) 

 prickles stipular, straight, setaceous, distinct, short ; leaves with 

 4-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 12 pairs of oblong distant 

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

 branches, with a gland on the petiole between the lower pair of 

 pinnae. fj . S. Native of South America. Flowers and fruit 

 unknown. 



Slender-leaved Acacia. Clt. 1824. Tree. 



298 A. ? VIRE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; prickles stipular, 

 setaceous, straight, distinct ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing 12-20 pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, with an ob- 

 solete gland on the petiole between the lower pair of pinnae. 

 lj . S. Native of South America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Greenish-&ov<ercd Acacia. Clt. 1S20. Tree. 



299 A. LENTISCJFOLIA (Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 2. p. 208.) 

 glabrous ; spines subulate, stipular, straight ; leaves with usually 

 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 10 pairs of ovate, 

 mucronate, rather coriaceous, shining leaflets, with a sessile 

 gland between each of the pairs of pinnae. ^ . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Mimosa lentiscifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 263. Poir. suppl. 

 1. p. 84. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Lentiscus-leaved Acacia. Tree. 



300 A. PA'TULA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. enum. 1055.) 

 spines stipular, connate, twin, compressed at the base and dilat- 

 ed ; leaves with 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 15-20 

 pairs of linear leaflets, which are glabrous on both surfaces ; pe- 

 tioles rather pilose and glandless. 17 . S. Native of South 

 America. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Spreading Acacia. Clt. 1818. Tree. 



301 A. PERUVIA'XA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. enum. p. 



