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ACACIA myrtifolia. 
Myrtle-leaved Acacia. 
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Linnean Class and Order. POLYGAMIA MONG:CIA. 
‘Natural Order. LEGUMINOSZ. DC. prodr, 2. p. 93. 
Subordo I1I. seu Ordinis. Tribus VIII. MIMOSE:. DC, l.c. 2. p, 424. 
ACACIA. Supra fol. 6. 
Sect. I. Foliis deformatis, nempé: foliolis seepiiis prasertim in planta adulta 
abortivis, petiolis dilatatis filiformibus in Phyllodia nempe mutatis. PHYLLODINEA. 
DC. |l.c. 2. p. 448. 
§. 2. Capitato-racemose, jloribus nempé in capitula globosa collectis, capitulis sectls 
pedunculum axillarem racemosis.—Stipule omnium subnulle aut inermes. 

A. myrtifolia, phyllodiis oblongo-lanceolatis basi valde attenuatis uninerviis margine 
antico uniglandulosis, capitulis paucifloris racemosis, floribus quadrifidis, DC, 
prodr. 1, p.452, n. 39. 
Acacia myrtifolia. Willden. sp. pl. 4. p.1054. Hort. Kew. ed. 3. p. 462. Swt. hort. 
brit. p. 102. n. 37. Spreng’. syst. 3. p. 135. 
Mimosa myrtifolia. Smith nov. holl. t.15. Curtis botan. magaz. 302. 

A handsome evergreen bushy Shrub, with slender smooth 
branches: branches acutely angular or slightly winged, striate, 
oftentimes pendulous when in bloom, with the weight of the 
flowers. Leaves alternate, spreading, oblong, a little unequal 
sided, attenuated to both ends, smooth on both sides, the margins 
thickened, with a gland on the upper edge, at some distance from 
the base, midrib prominent, from which branch slender veins. 
Petioles very short and thick, generally tinged with red. Flow- 
ers in axillary racemes, straw-coloured, with yellower anthers, 
generally fertile, but some few abortive. Racemes not so long 
as the leaves. Peduncles angular. Pedicles angular, fleshy, 
thickest near the base, transparent. Heads 3-flowered, or very 
rarely 4-flowered. Calyx short, slightly 4-lobed. Corolla of 
4 petals, at first spreading, afterwards reflexed, oblong, bluntish. 
Stamens numerous: filaments smooth, very slender, straw- 
coloured: anthers very small, yellow. Ovarium silky. Style 
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