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56. KENNEDYA, Vent. Two upper lobes of calyx half-united. Ban- 

 ner broad, spreading, keel as long as the wings, incurved. Legume linear. 

 ^ Australian twiners with brilliant flowers in clusters. Leaves 3-natc. 



1 K. COMPTONIANA. Smoothish ; Ifts. 3, ovate, retuse, veiny; peduncle bearing an 



erect raceme of many bright bine flower*, very ornamental in the conservatory. 12f. 



2 K. RUBICUNDA. Hairy ; Ifts. ovate ; ped. 3 flwd., fls. dark-red or crimson, to scarlet. 5f. 



57. HARDENBERGIA, Benth. Two upper teeth of calyx united. 

 Banner broad, spreading, keel much shorter than wings. Legume linear. 

 Australian. Flowers in racemes, very delicate. Leaflet mostly but 1. 

 H. MONOPHYLLA. Plant very smooth ; 1ft. lance-ovate ; rac. erect ; fls. blue-purple. lOf. 



58. ACACIA, Necker. Calyx valvate, 4- or 5- toothed. Pet. 4 or 5, 

 small, distinct or nearly so. Sta. numerous, distinct. Legume not jointed, 

 dry, 2-valved, oo-seeded. Beautiful trees or shrubs, native of warm cli- 

 mates. Lvs. twice pinnate, or reduced to phyllodia ( 321). Fls. yellow 

 or yellowish, in spikes or heads, very numerous and showy. 



Leaves bipinnate. Flowers collected in heads or spike? Nos. 13 



Leaves abortive reduced to flattened petioles (phyllodia) with their edges 



vertical. Flowers yellow, x in globular, solitary heads Nos. 4, 5 



x in globular, racemed heads Nos. 6, 7 



x in cylindrical spikes Nos. 8 11 



1 A. FarncMfaua L. Sponge Tree. Tree armed with straight stipular spines; Ivs. 



with 48 pairs of pinna;, leaflets 15 20 pairs, oblong, crowded ; ped. 2 or 3 together. 

 Naturalized along the Gulf, Fla, to N. Orleans. Pods 23' long. (Vachellia, C-B.) 



2 A. ALBICANS. Shrub from Mexico, of, with stipular spines, silvery-pubescent ; leaves 



with 8 or !) pairs of pinnae, leaflets 19 30 pairs, linear-oblong, glabrous ; flowers 

 white, the heads in axillary racemes, 25 together. 



3 A. DEALBATA. Shrub thornless, 5f, from N. Holland, all velvety -pubescent; pinnae 



K> pairs, leaflets 30 35 pairs, linear, crowded ; heads in axillary racemes. 



4 A. JUNIPERINA. Shrub from N. Holland, spinescent ; phyllodia linear-subulate, pun- 



gent; branches terete, hairy or downy ; heads solitary ; petals 5. 



& A. ARMATA. Shrub 5 8f, downy or hairy, with spinescent stipules ; phyllodia half- 

 oblong-ovate, entire, 1-veined; heads solitary ; pods velvety. N. Holland. 



6 A. VESTITA. Shrub fif, clothed with a soft down ; leaves (phyllodia) halved, elliptic- 



oblanccolate : heads loosely racemed along the ped.. one being terminal. N. Holland. 



7 A. cuLTniFouMis. Shrub 5f, smooth and glaucous: leaves curved, triangular-lanceo- 



late, coriaceous ; heads in racemes, panicled at the end of the branches. 



8 A . VKUTICII.IATA. Shrub bushy, leafy, with the phyllodia and leaf-like stipules crowded 



and irregularly whorled; spikes oblong, solitary, axillary. New Holland. 



9 A. LONGIFOLIA. Shrub 5f, unarmed, with the phyllodia long, linear- lanceolate, 3- 



veined at base, veiny above ; spikes axillary, in pairs ; flowers 4-parted. N. S. Wales. 



10 A. LINEARIS. Shrub 5f, unarmed, with phyllodia very long (7') and narrowly lin 

 car, 1 -veined ; spikes axillary, many, often branched ; calyx 4-parted. 



11 A. FLORIBUNDA. Shrub or small tree, (> lOf; phyllodia linear-lanceolate, attenuate 

 both ways, 3-5-veir.ed ; ppikes simple, axillary, solitary ; calyx 4-toothed. N. Holland. 



59. POINCIANA, L. Sepals 5, united just at base. Petals broad, un- 

 guiculate, spreading. Stam. 10, very long, decurved with the slender style. 

 Legume flat. J> Tropical. Leaflets very many, no odd one. Fls. large. 

 1 P. PULCHERRIMA, Shrub prickly (used in the W. Ind. for hedges, hence called Flower- 



fence) ; leaflet)? oval-oblong; fis. 2' broad, orange, with crimson filaments 2' long. lOf, 



