ACA’CIA LONGIFO'LIA. 
LONG-LEAVED ACACIA. 
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NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSZ, 
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No. 77. 
* GE Acacta. Nzcxer. Fores polygami. Caryx 4-5 denta 
Peraza 4-5 nunc libera, nunc in corollam 4-5 fidam coalita. Sramrna wae 
varia 10-200. LrecumeEn continuum exsuceum bivalve. DecanDoxLE. 
SPECIES, Acacia LONGIFOLIA. Witzp. Phyllodiis sublanceolatis utrin- 
que yates integerrimis i 2-3-nerviis, ceterum submultinerviis, spicis 
axillaribus binis brevissimé salaacelns, calyce 4-dentatis, Dscan noize. 
cre OF THE GENUS, AcAcIA. FLoweErs polygamous. 
Catyx 4-5-toothed. Prtats 4-5, sometimes free, sometimes united 
into a 4-5-cleft corolla. Sramens varying in number from 10-200. 
Pop continuous, dry, two-valved. 
DEscrIPTION OF THE Species, ACACIA LONGIFoLIA. Stem from 
10-18 feet high, straight, cylindrical, branched, s 2, 
the lea eaves, cylindrical, the 
axes articulated, covered with flowers along their whole Jength, furnish- 
ed with bracteas. FLowers sessile, close together, some having sta- 
mens only, the greater number possessing both stamens and pistils. 
Bracteas solitary, at the base of each spike, and of each flower, calyx 
monosepalous, campanulate, five-toothed, three times shorter than the 
corolla. PrrTaxs five, alternating with the segments of the calyx. 
STaMENS numerous, inserted upon the calyx, united at the base. AN- 
THERS straight, roundish, two-lobed, very small. Ovary free. Sryie 
lateral, straight, slender, longer than the stamens. LEGuMEN coriaceous 
cylindrical, pointed, jointed. Fiowers of a citron colour, diffusing a 
faint odour, similar to that of peach-blossoms, owing to the presence 
of hydrocyanic acid. 
Popunar anp GeocrapHicaL Notice. The vertical position of 
the phyllodia or flattened petioles which constitute the whole of the 
