Botanic Garden^ Melbourne. 
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Botanical Name. 
Authority, 
Common Name. 
Description. 
Ordor. 
Acacia— t'y"?c/.— 
g]auca . . 
leucocephala 
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r«(?cLeuc£euaglauca,Bentham 
LeguminosEe 
Thozetiaiui 
F. Mueller . . 
Vide Albizzia Thozetiana, 
1''. Mueller 
stricta . . , , 
Willdenow . . 
X^pright Acacia . . . . 
Hardy evergreen shrub ; height, 2 to 
10 feet 
arabica.. *. 
Willdenow . . 
Arabic Gum or Kikar of the 
Punjaub 
Hardy evergreen tree 
concinna 
Willdenow .. 
Soap-pod W^attlo . . ■ - 
Hardy evergreen tree ; height , 20 to 
30 feet 
Bpeciosa 
Willdenow ,. 
Showy Acacia 
Greenhouse evergreen tree; height, 10 
lo 10 leet 
.. 
serissa . . 
Roxburgh ,. 
Shireesh of India . . 
Half-hardy or greenhouse evergreen 
tree ; height, 20 to 30 feet 
.. 
odoratissiuia . . 
Willdenow . . 
Fragrant Acacia . . 
Half-hardy or greenliouse evergreen 
tree ; Jieight, 40 to 50 feet 
Catechu 
Willdenow . . 
Catechu or Khair Tree 
Half-hardy or greenhouse evergreen 
tree ; height, iiO to 50 feet 
capensis 
Burchell . . 
Vide A. horrida, Willdenow 
acuminata 
Bentham . . 
Pointed Acacia 
Hardy evergreen tree ; height, 40 feet 
Acalyplia 
Linnceus 
Copper Lbap .. 
EuphorbiaceiB 
marginata 
Sprengel 
Margined Acalypha or Cop- 
per Leaf 
Stove or greenhouse evergreen shrub 
marginata, var, 
acumiuata 
Pointed Kalambuci or Cop- 
per Leaf 
Stove or greenhouse evergreen shrub 
Wilkesiana 
Syn. A. tricolor 
F. Mueller . . 
Fijian Fire Plant or Kalam- 
buci damu 
Stove or greenhouse evergreen shrub ; 
height, 10 feet 
obcordata 
Guilfoyle . . 
Inverse Heart-leaved Ka- 
Stove or greenhouse evergreen shrub 
grandia 
Bentham . . 
Leaf 
Stove or greenhouse evergreen shrub 
tricolor 
Hortorum . . 
A. Wilkesiana, F.Mueller 
circinata 
A. Gray 
Acantbosta- 
chys 
stroljilacea 
KlotzscJi 
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Cone-shaped A canthostachys 
Hardy herbaceous perennial 
Br ome lia ce se 
Acanthus 
Linnceus 
BEAU'a Breech .. 
Acanthaceaj 
moutanus 
T. Anderson 
Mountain Bear's Breech 
Hardy herbaceous perennial 
mollis .. 
Willdenow . . 
Soft Bear's Breech . , 
Plardy herbaceous perennial 
longifolius 
Poiret 
Long-leaved Bear's Breech,. 
Hardy herbaceous perennial 
spinosus 
Persoon's Sy- 
nopsis 
Prickly Bear's Breech 
Hardy herba ceous perennial 
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latifolius 
Broad-leaved Bear's Breech 
Hardy herbaceous perennial 
Acer 
Liimtfus 
Maple 
Sapindacete 
dasycarpum 
Ehrhart 
White or Silver Maple 
Hardv deciduous tree ; height, 50 to 
60 feet 
rubrum 
Linnoeus 
Red Maple , . 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 80 feet 
uet;mi(lo 
Linnseus 
Box Elder 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 40 feet 
neguudo variegata 
Variegated Box Elder 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 40 feet 
pseudo-platan ua 
Liunajus 
Common Sycamore . . 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 50 to 
100 feet 
pseudo-platan us 
var. Leoijoldii 
Hortorum . . 
Yellow Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree 
oampestre 
Willdenow . . 
Common Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 25 to 
40 feet 
palmatum 
Thunberg . . 
Palmate Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 20 to 
30 feet 
platanoides 
Lmnffius 
Norway Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 50 to 
70 feet 
fiacchariuum . . 
Wangenheim 
Sugar Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 40 to 
80 feet 
saccharinum, var. 
nigrum 
Wangenlieim 
Black Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree; height, 25 to 
40 feet 
pennsylvanicum 
Linneeus 
Striped Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 20 to 
macrophyUum .. 
Pursh 
Large-leaved Oregon Maple 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 60 to 
90 feet 
colchicimi 
Hartweg 
Abcassian Maple . . 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 10 to 
20 feet 
monspeasulanum 
Linnreas 
Montpellier Maple . . 
Hardy deciduous shrub ; height, S to 
10 feet 
montauum 
Pursh 
Mountain or Spike-flowered 
Maple 
Vide. A. pennsylvanicum, 
Linnajus 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 30 feet 
striatmn 
Lambert 
Leopoldil 
Hortorum ,. 
Vide A. pseudo-platanus, var. 
Leopoidii 
tartaricum 
Linnaius 
Tartarian Maple . . 
Hardy deciduous tree ; height, 20 to 
30 feet 
tartaricuia, var. 
Golden or Corstorphine Plane 
Hardy deciduous tree 
Habitat. 
Queensland 
Victoria and New 
South Wales 
Tropical Africa and 
East Indies 
East Indies 
East Indies 
East Indies 
East Indies 
Troi^ical Asia and 
Africa 
Western Australia 
East Indies 
Aneiteum 
Fiji Islands 
South Sea Islands 
Fiji, Phihppinea, and 
the Moluccas 
Brazil 
West Africa 
Italy 
Italy 
North America 
North America 
North America 
Garden origin 
Europe 
Garden origin 
Central Europe and 
Asia 
Japan 
Europe 
North America 
North America 
North America 
North America 
Abcassia 
France 
North America 
Tartary 
Garden origin 
