ACACIA. 



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oblong, panicled, tenninal. Legume hairy, fiat. — Found 

 by Dr. Swartz, on mountains in the louth of Jamaica, 

 Browne feems by his herbarium to have confounded this 

 with the real A. arborea, juft defcribed. The prefent is 

 much fmaller, being merely a Jbrub, fix feet high, with 

 hairy furrowed branches. Leaflets downy on both fides, 

 fmaller and more obtufe than in the arborea ; glaucous 

 underneath ; from ten to twelve pair in each fubdivifion. 

 Clvjlers terminal, compofed of many oblong and obtufe, 

 rather than globular fpikes, on vstj hairy ftalks. Flowers 

 fmall, white, with numerous capillary Jiamens, of a tawny 

 hue, linferted into the lower part of the receptacle. Legume 

 ftiort, very different from that of arborea. 



A. difcolor. Two-coloured-leaved Acacia. WiUd. n. 47. 

 Ait. n. 32. Curt. Mag. t. 1750. (Mimofa difcolor; 

 Andr. Repof. t. 235. M. botr^xephala ; Venten. Hort. 

 Celf. t. I.) — Thorns none. Leaves doubly pinnate; firft 

 divifion of five pair ; fecond of about ten pair ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, pale beneath. Heads in terminal and axillary 



clufters, much longer than the leaves Native of New 



South Wales, from whence feeds and fpecimens were among 

 the firft brought into this country, in the year 1788. It is 

 now not an uncommon green-houfe plant in general collec- 

 tions, flowering at various feafons. The branches are 

 angular and zigzag. Lea'ves rather ftiff, their footjlalks 

 hairy like the young branches ; leaflets not half an inch 

 long, acute, fmooth ; dark green above ; very pale beneath. 

 Flowers yellow, in numerous globular heads, difpofed in 

 very confpicuous long clufters. 



K. pubefcens. Hairy-ftem'd Acacia. Br. in Ait. n. 33. 

 (Mimofa pubefcens ; Venten. Malmaif. t. 21. Curt. Mag. 

 t. 1263.) — Thorns none. Branches hairy. Leaves doubly 

 pinnate ; firft divifion of about eight pair ; fecond of about 

 fifteen pair ; footftalks without glands ; leaflets obtufe. 

 Heads in axillary clufters, longer than the leaves. — Native 

 of New South Wales, from whence its feeds are faid to 

 have been procured by fir J. Banks, about the year 1790. 

 This pretty deUcate fpecies has an arborefcent Jiem, with 

 drooping branches, and its copious fern-like foliage exhibits 

 a moft elegant appearance. Both fides of the leaflets are of 

 a fimilar bright green. The whole compound /fa/" meafures 

 ufually two inches ; the numerous clufters of yellow capitate 

 fiotvers, which finell like new hay, being about twice that 

 length. 



A. lophantha. Two-fpiked New Holland Acacia. Willd. 

 n. 53. Ait. n. 34. (Mimofa diftachya ; Venten. Hort. 

 Celf. t. 20. M. elegans ; Andr. Repof. t. 563.) — Thorns 

 none. Leaves doubly pinnate ; firft divifion of ten or twelve 

 pair ; fecond of about twenty pair ; leaflets lanceolate ; 

 top and bottom of the common footftalk glandular. Spikes 

 oblong, axillary, in pairs. — Obferved by Mr. Brown, on 

 the fouth-weft coaft of New Holland, from whence feeds 

 were fent to Kew, in 1803, by Mr. Good. A tsUlJhrub, 

 or perhaps a tree, with furrowed warty branches. Leaves 

 large, drooping, dark green, with innumerable narrow 

 fmooth leaflets. Spikes ftalked, ovate or oblong, not globofe, 

 of numerous, crowded, fulphur .coloured Jlowers, having 

 each about 200 monadelphous Jiamens. Legume oblong, 

 flat, thick^edged, fomewhat conftricted here and there occa- 

 fionally, where the feeds happen to be abortive. 



A. brachyloba. Illinois Acacia. Willd. n. 54. Ait. n. 35. 

 Purfli n. I. (Mimofa illinoenfis ; Michaux Boreal.-Amer. 

 V. 2. 254.) — " Herbaceous, without thorns. Leaves doubly 

 pinnate ; firft divifion of five to eight pair ; fecond of many 

 pair, with a gland between the lowermoft. Heads globofe, 

 axillary, folitary. Legumes lanceolate, ftraight." — In the 

 extenfive natural meadows of Illinois and Kentucky, flower- 



ing in June and July. Perennial. Flowers white, with 

 only ?ise Jiamens. Purjh. Stem fmooth, furrowed. Leaflets 

 from fisteen to twenty-four pair, Unear, acute, fl:?htly 

 fringed at the bafe. Footjlalks nearly faiooth. Heads of 

 flowers the fize of a pea, ftalked. Legume the length of 

 the nail. Willdeno-m. ^ 



A. glandulofa. Glandulous Acacia. Willd. n. 55. Ait. 

 n. 36. Purfcn. 2. ( Mimofa glandulofa ; Michaux Boreal.- 

 Amer. V. 2. 254. Venten. Choix. t. 27. )— Herbaceous, 

 wnthout thorns. Leaves doubly pinnate ; firft divifion of 

 about twelve pair ; fecond of many pair, with a gland 

 between each. Heads globofe, axillarj-, folitary. Legumes 

 oblong, curved — On the banks of the rivers Tennefiee and 

 Mifliffippi, flowering in July. Flowers white, pentandrous. 

 PurJh. This appears to be very nearly related to the laft. 

 Both are herbaceous, with perennial roots, and have been 

 introduced into the Enghfh gardens, but we have not had 

 any account of their fuccefs. They require the flielter of 

 a green-houfe. 



A. decurrens. Decurrcnt Acacia. Willd. n. j6. Ait. 



n. 37. (Mimofa decurrens; Venten. Malmaif. t. 61.) 



Thorns none. Leaves doubly pinnate; firft divifion of 

 about eleven pair ; partial of innumerable hnear leaflets, on 

 a winged ftalk, with a gland near the bafe, on the common 

 ftalk. Heads globofe, in axillary- clufters. — Native of New 

 South Wales. Sir Jofeph Banks is faid to have introduced 

 this plant at Kew, in 1790. It flowers in the early part of 

 fummer, and is a green-houfe yZiru^, of an elegant fern-like 

 afpeft, with ftrongly angular zigzag branches. The lea'vu, 

 though their common ftalk is fubtended by a projeftion 

 from the branch, are not really decurrent. Flowers yellow, 

 forming (hort clufters of httle round heads. 



A. grandiflora. Great Red Acacia. Willd. n. 61. Ait. 

 n. 39. ( Mimofa grandiflora ; L'Herit. Sert. 30. Thornton 

 niuilr. t. 4. Andr. Repof. t. 592.) — Thorns none. Leaves 

 doubly pinnate ; firft divifion of about fifteen pair ; fecond 

 of very numerous, eUiptic-lanceolate, ftraight leaflets. Heads 

 about five-flowered, in a terminal clufter. — Native of the 

 Eaft Indies, from, whence it is faid to have been introduced 

 into the Enghfti ftoves, by Mrs. Norman, about the year 

 1769. No figure of this ftately plant, (Plukenet's fyno- 

 nym, cited by WiUdenow, being too uncertain,) had ever 

 appeared, till Dr. Thornton publifhed his magnificent plate. 

 The_^^»! is ftirubby, ereft, flightly branched, downy, twelve 

 feet or more in height, even in our gardens. Leaves large 

 and fpreading, with downy footjlalks; their leaflets a 

 quarter of an inch long, flightly fringed, bluntifli, unequal 

 at the bafe, but not curved or falcate. Clujlers foUtary, 

 large, terminal, ereft, of many alternate ftalks, foh'tary 

 or in pairs, clothed with rufty down, each ftalk bearing a 

 head of from four to fix Jlowers, whofe corolla is but half 

 an inch long, of a pale greenifh-red ; but the very numerous 

 Jiamens, two inches in length, and of a fine Ihining crimfon, 

 Hke taflels of filk, render this one of the moft beautiful of 

 its tribe. 



A. Houjioni. Houftoun's Purple Acacia. Willd. n. 34. 

 Ait. n. 26. (A. americana non fpinofa, flore piirpureo, 

 ftaminibus longiflimis, filiquis planis villofis, piiinb fohorum 

 tenuiflimis; Houft. Ic.ined. t. 20. MID. Ic. 4. t.5. Anunan. 

 Herb. 584. n. 17. Mimofa Houftoni ; L'Herit. Sert. 30. 

 Banks Rel. Houft. 12. t. 26. Gleditfia inermis ; Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1509, excluding the fynonyms, except Miller's; 

 and place of gro-ivth.) — Thorns none. Leaves doubly 

 pinnate ; firft divifion of five or fix pair ; fecond of very 

 numerous, linear, fomewhat falcate leaflets. Heads of few 

 flowers, in a terminal clufter. — Gathered at Vera Cruz, in 

 South America, by Dr. Houftoun, who fent feeds to Miller, 

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