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row leav'd hairy Acac'm without 

 Thorns, having round white Flow- 

 ers, and fhort hairy Pods. 



ly. Acacia, non fpinofa-^ lariore 

 folio, villofo; fioribus globofis albisy 

 Jiliquis hre^vibus hirfutis. Houji. 

 Broad leav'd hairy Acacia, having 

 round white Flowers, and broad 

 hairy Pods. 



6. Acacia, non fpinofa j Jloribus 

 ojis albis i folioram pinnis te- 

 nuiJJJmis glabris ; filiquis ad fin- 

 gtila grana tumiclis. Houfl. Acacia 

 without Thorns, having round 

 white Flowers, very narrow fmooth 

 Leaves, and jointed Pods. 



The firfc of thefe Acacia's Dr. 

 Vluhemt mentions to have been 

 rais'd in the Garden of the Bi- 

 fhop of London at Fulham, about 

 the Year 1698, iince which Time 

 it hath been rais'd in great Plenty 

 in fevcral Gardens near London, 

 where there are fevcral very large 

 Trees. This Sort hath, produced 

 Flowers in the Fhy/ich Garden at 

 Chelfia, which are very jGiiall, 

 and of an herbaceous Colour ; 

 and in the Year 1729, it produced 

 ripe Fruit in the Gardens of the 

 Bilhop of London at Tulham. The 

 Seeds of this Tree are frequently 

 brought over from Virginia and 

 Carolina, by the Name of Locujl, 

 which, I fuppofe, is a general Name 

 for mofl: Trees which produce Pods, 

 in which are contained a fv/eedlh 

 Pulp flirrounding the Seeds. 



The fecond Sort is nearly allied 

 to the firft, but hath very few 

 Thorns^ the Shoots, are greener 

 and the Tree is of quicker Growth. 

 The Seeds of this Tree were fent 

 from Carolina Anno 1.724, by 

 Mr. Catesby, by the Name of 

 Water Acacia, as being an Inliabi- 

 tant of wet Soils. The Flowers 

 pt this Tree have not yet appeared 

 in England, fo that I can give no 



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Account how this differs in that 

 Particular from the firft. 



The third Sort is the Tree from 

 whence the true Succus Acaci& is 

 taken ; which although mentioned 

 as a Native of Egypt, yet is alio 

 found in divers Parts of America, 

 from whence the Seeds of this 

 Tree have been fent into England, 

 which have been rais'd in feveral 

 Gardens near London. 



The fourth Sort is the mofl: 

 common Kind in Jamaica, Bar- 

 badoes, and the other warm Parts 

 of America, and hath, for the 

 Sweetnefs of its Flowers, been 

 dilpers'd thro' mofr Parts of E-u- 

 rope i which although a Native of 

 the warmer Parts of the Indies, 

 yet hath been made familiar to 

 the. Italian Gardens, and is culti- 

 vated in great Plenty in Vortugal 

 and Spain. 



The fitdi Sort is, at prefent, very 

 rare in England, and only to be 

 found in fomc curious Gardens. This 

 Tree produces its Spines by Pairs, 

 which are extreme large and crook- 

 ed, and of a whitiHi Colour j but I 

 don t remember ever to have feen 

 this Flower. 



The lixth Sort was brought 

 from the Bahama JJlands by Mr. 

 Catesby, Anno iji6. -The Seeds of 

 this Plant (which are flat, and one 

 half of a beautiful red Colour, the 

 other half a deep Black) grow in 

 long twifted Pods" which, when the 

 Seeds are ripe, open on one Side, 

 aud let the Seeds out,- which hang- 

 ing by a fmall Thread for fome 

 time out of the Pods, make a very 

 agreeable Profpeft : The Leaves of 

 this Tree branch out and divide 

 into many Ramifications i the Lobes 

 are round ilh and placed in a very 

 regular Order: The Flowers have 

 not as yet appcp.r'd in England, but 

 horn a Painting done-i from the 



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