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126 THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
balls of flowers, which are very small, are crowded together in the same manner as the leaves. The species appears 
to have been introduced about 1887. 
A. LINIFOLIA Willd. 
This species forms a very ornamental shrub, from the delicacy of its branches and foliage, and from the feathery 
appearance of its flowers when they are fully expanded. They generally appear in the winter time, and are sweet 
scented. The plant was introduced in 1819. 
A, UNCINATA Jind. 
A neat greenhouse plant, having at first sight very nearly the appearance of A. armeata, but differing very 
considerably when examined in detail. The present species is destitute of spiny stipules, and the phyllodia, which 
are rather large and broad, terminate in a sharp hooked point. The flowers are of a pale yellow, and the heads are 
very small. This species was introduced in 1828. 
§ 3. Flowers disposed in cylindrical spikes. 
10.—ACACIA VERTICILLATA Dec. THE WHORLED-LEAVED ACACIA. 
Synonymes.—Mimosa verticillata Z’Her.; M. ulicifolia Salisb. proper phyllodium, and the others dilated stipules assuming the form 
Eneravinc.—Bot. Mag., t. 110. of phyllodia. Spikes axillary, solitary, oblong ; flowers five-cleft. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Phyllodia linear, ending in a pungent mu- | Young legumes pubescent. (G. Don.) 
crone, disposed yerticillately, probably tern; the middle one being the 
Description, &¢.—This is a very singular species, the full-grown plant, when not in flower, bearing a close 
resemblance to a furze-bush. When, however, the seedlings come up, they have bipinnate leaves, and these 
frequently remain on near the root even when the plant has attained a considerable size; so that it presents the 
singular appearance of a furze bush growing out of the stem of a plant having bipinnate leaves. The flowers are of 
a beautiful yellow, and they are disposed so as to form small and elegant cones. The species is a native of Van 
Diemen’s Land, and it was introduced in 1789. There are several varieties of this species. 
11.—ACACIA OXYCEDRUS Sieb. THE DOWNY-STEMMED ACACIA. 
Synonymes.—A. pugioniformis Cunn.; A. taxifolia Lodd. pungent point, glabrous, three-nerved, destitute of a gland at the 
Eneravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 2928; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1225; and | margin. Stipules subulate. Spikes of flowers axillary, solitary. Rachis 
Paxt. Mag. of Bot., vol. vii., p. 151. pubescent. 
Sprciric Cuaracrer.—Petioles lanceolate, attenuated into a long 
Description, &c.—This is a very elegant species, with long spikes of flowers, and numerous rigid dark-green 
phyllodia, which are marked with three distinct prominent veins, but are without the usual gland at the margin. 
The species is a native of the Blue Mountains in New Holland, though it is sometimes confounded with the 
A. taxifolia of Willdenow, which is a native of China. It was introduced in 18238. 
12.—ACACIA LONGIFOLIA Willd. THE LONG-LEAVED ACACIA. 
Synonymes.— A. floribunda Steb.; Mimosa longifolia Andr. ; Speciric Cuaracter.—Phyllodia sublanceolate. attenuated at both 
M. macrostachya Pozi. ends, alternate, articulated. Spikes of flowers axillary, generally twin, 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 1827, and t. 2166; Bot. Rep., t. 207; | on very short peduncles. Calyx of the flowers four or five-toothed. 
Bot. Reg., t. 862; Paxt. Mag. of Bot., vol. iv., p. 197; The Bota- 
nist, t. 77; and our fig. 3, in Pl. 26. 
Dxscriprion, &c.—This very handsome species appears, from the great number of times that it has been 
figured, to be also a popular one, and it is certainly well deserving of cultivation. It was introduced in the year 
1792. It is easily propagated by either seeds or cuttings. In its own country (Australia) it forms a tree 


