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d kind of Sphere or Globe -y the Siliqua 

 or Tods are h'ard and thick, indojing 

 feveral Seeds, -which are feparated by 

 iranfverfe Diaphragms jrom each 

 ether, and are clofely furrounded with 

 a ftveetijlj palpy Sahfiance. 



There are a great Variety of 

 thefe Trees cultivated in the Gar- 

 dens of England and Holland, 

 which have been brought from 

 Africa and America \ and are fome 

 of them hardy enough to endure 

 our Winters Abroad ( efpecially 

 fuch as are Natives of North 

 America) ; others are very tender, 

 and are only to be kept in the 

 warm eft Stoves. I fhall firft fet 

 down the Names of fuch as are 

 to be met with in the Znglifly 

 Gardens, and then give fome Ac- 

 count of their Culture. 



The Species of this Tree are, 



1. he xci A Americana abruA fo- 

 liis triacanthos, [roe ad axillas fo- 

 liorum fpina tripUci donata ; Fluk, 

 Mantif. i. The hmtncin Acacia, 

 with triple Thorns j or the large- 

 thorn'd Acacia, commonly caWd, 

 The Locuft Tree in the Wefi- 

 Indies. 



2. Acacia Americana^ paluflris 

 abruA foliis fpinis rarioribus . Water 

 Acacia from Carolina, with very 

 few Spines. 



5 . Acacia 'vera. J. B. The true 

 Egyptian Acacia. 



4-. Acacia Indica, foliis fcorpi- 

 oides leguminofA, filiquis fufcis tere- 

 tibus refmojis. H. L. The Indian 

 Acacia with taper refmous Pods. 



y. Acacia ; fimilis Mexiocana, 

 fpinis cornu fimilibus. Breyn. The 

 great horn'd Acacia, Vulgo. 



6. Acacia, quodammodo acce- 

 dens, five Ceratia Cf* Acacia media 

 'Jamaiccnfis fpinofa, bigeminatis fo- 

 liis, fiofculis flamineis, atronitente, 

 fruciu filiquis intorfis, Tluk. Thyt. 



A G 



Acacia, with branching Leaves, and 

 twifted Pods. 



J. Acacia; arbor ea, major, fpi" 

 nofa, pinnis quatuor majoribus, fub- 

 rotundis, filiquis "variA intortis. Sloan, 

 Cat. Plant. Jam. large four leav'd 

 Acacia, with twifted Pods. 



8. Acacia folio lentifci, fem- 

 pervirens , fpinis vidua. Hort. 

 Amfi. Ever-green Acacia, without 

 Thorns. 



9. Acacia, non fpinofa, fiore aU 

 bo, flaminibus longis; foliormn pin- 

 nis latiufculis, glabris, Cr> auritis, 

 Houfl. Acacia without Thorns, 

 and white Flowers, having long 

 Filaments, and broad Imooth 

 Leaves. 



10. Acacia ; humilis^ non fpi- 

 nofa, foliis fubtus incanis ; florum 

 flaminibus longis, rubentibus. Houfi. 

 Dwarf Acacia without Thorns, 

 and red Flowers, having long Fi- 

 laments. 



11. Acacia, Americana, ?:on fpi- 

 nofa, fiore purpurea, flaminibus lon- 

 gifjimis, fdiquis planis, villofis, pinnis 

 foliorum tenuifjimis. Houft. Ame- 

 rican Acacia without Thorns, and 

 purple Flowers, having very long 

 Filaments, fiat hairy Pods, and very 

 narrow Leaves. 



12. Acacia, fpinofa, foliorum 

 pinnis tenuijfimis, glabris, fioribus 

 globofis, luteis \ fpinis longiffmis. 

 Houfl. Prickly Acacia with very 

 narrow fmooth Leaves, round 

 yellow Flowers, and very long 

 Thorns. 



13. Acacia, non fpinofa, fiore 

 albo ; foliorum pinnis latiufculis 

 glabris; filiquis longis, planis. Houfl. 

 White flowering Acacia without 

 Thorns, having broad fmooth 

 Leaves, and long flat Pods. 



14. Acacia, non fpinofa, tenui- 

 folia, vilfofa ; fioribus globofis albis ,• / 

 filiquis brevibns hirfutis. Houjl. Nar- * 



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