any gland, of a pale yellowish green, and smooth. Stipules 
consisting of short rigid spines, about the length of those at the 
point of the leaf. Spikes axillary, solitary, from 2 to 3 inches 
in length, many-flowered. Flowers of a pale yellow, very fra- 
grant. Pedunele clothed with dense wool. Bractes 2, at the 
base of the calyx, short, concave, woolly outside, deciduous. 
Calyx deeply 4-cleft, pubescent, the lacinie ovate and obtuse. 
Corolla of 4 petals, slightly connected at the base: petals 
ovate, scarcely acute, spreading, shorter than the stamens, and 
more than double the length of the calyx. Séamens numerous, 
spreading. Barren flowers without any ovarium. Ovartum in 
the fertile ones tomentose. Style smooth, longer than the sta- 
mens. S¢2gma a simple blunt point. 
This fine plant is of late introduction. to this country, and 
we believe was first raised at His Majesty’s Botanic Garden at 
Kew. Our drawing was made in April last, from a fine plant, 
in the select collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bays- 
water ; and we afterwards sawa strong bushy plant of it in flower 
at Mr. Knight’s Nursery, in the King’s Road. It is a very de- 
sirable plant for the Greenhouse or Conservatory, both for the 
elegance and delightful fragrance of its flowers ; and we have no 
doubt but it would succeed well in a border by the side of a wall 
in a southern aspect, to be covered by a mat or two in severe 
frosty weather ; the only protection it requires is to be kept 
from severe frost, as a slight frost will not hurt it; the best soil 
to grow it in, is an equal mixture of light sandy loam and peat, 
the pots to be well drained with small potsherds, that the wet 
may pass off readily. It may. be increased by seeds; or young 
cuttings, planted -under bell-glasses, in sand, will strike root. 
The generic name is derived from Acacia a kind of thorn, 
or from the Celtic ae a point. 
qiclac res a ee 3. Racer Petals united at the base, 4. Barren Flower, pro- 
ai varium, 5. Fertile Flower, the Stam ' 
Ovarium and Style: all magnified. ’ ens spread open to show the woolly 
