Lyx campanulate, smooth, of a pale yellow, very short, limb of 5 . 
~ straight teeth. Coroxza of 5 straight petals, oval, acute, concave, 
inserted at the base of the calyx. Stamens numerous, yellow, ap- 
proximating at the base, distinct and spreading towards the upper 
part; filaments slender, longer than the corolla; anthers straight, 
rounded, two-lobed, opening by lateral lines. Ovary oval, obtuse, 
slightly compressed, smooth. Sryze lateral, straight, slender, longer 
than the stamens. StTiema simple. 
Popunar anp GeoerarnicaL Notice. This plant is a native of 
the Eastern part of New Holland. While the true Mimosas are almost 
completely confined within the tropics, the Acacias extend more to- 
wards the Poles, but chiefly the South Pole; their leaves are less 
irritable than those of the genuine Mimosas, such as the Sensitive 
Plant, but the Acacia pubescens is influenced by light in a very pecu- 
liar manner. Towards evening, or during gloomy weather, the pri- 
mary petioles bend downwards, while the secondary petioles take a 
horizontal direction, approximating each other by their faces. These 
movements, and the prevalence of such shrubs in the Southern hemis- 
phere, justify the introduction of them by James Montgomery, as a 
part of the scenery of the Pelican Island. 
Plants of superior growth now sprang apace, 
‘With moon-like blossoms crowned, or starry — 
Light flexible shrubs, among the greenwood played 
Fantastic freaks,—they crept, they ene ats budded, 
And hung their flowers and berries in the 
As the breeze taught, they danced, they ‘ite. they twined 
Their sprays in bowers, or spread the ground with net-work. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE Grown; CuLTurE. Introduced into Bri- 
tain in 1790. The plant from which our drawing was made, flowered 
in March, 1837, and continued in flower for two months, in the elegant 
conservatory of Wm. Leaf, Esq., Parkhill, Streatham. It grows about 
18 feet in height, and constitutes, when in flower, the most beautiful 
sight we have witnessed in any collection i in Europe. It requires, like 
most New Holland plants, a free supply of water. 
DERIVATION OF THE ‘Names. 
Acacia, from aca%w Akazo, to sharpen, many species having sharp thorns. 
PuseEscens, pubescent, in bak Bg > the soft hairs, or pubescence, with which 
meer all the plant is coy 
SynonyMeEs. 
Acacta PUBESCENS. Robert Brown, in Hortus Kewensis, Vol. 5, p. 467. Bo- 
tanical e, Folio 1263. ries dolle. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis 
Regni Vegetabilis. Pars. If, 
MIMosa PUBESCENS, Wake Sidin de Malmaison, t. 21. 
