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ACACIA. diffusa. 
Straggling-branched Acacia. 
Bi 
POLYGAMIA MONQ@:CLA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosam. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. I. Corolla regularis. 
Legumen multiloculare, spits bivalve, dissepimentis transversis, loculis 
monospermis. Stamina distincta. Arbores aut frutices; folia abrupté pin- 
nata.—MIMosE®. Brown gen. rem. in flind. voy, 2. 551. 3 
Div. foliis simplicibus. 
A; diffusa, ramis procumbenti-diffusis glabris, foliis linearibus uninerviis acu- 
mine obliquo, spinula marginis inferioris continua prefixis; stipulis mini- 
mis caducis: capitulis subgeminis, globosis. 
Frutex glaber, trunco brevi, ramis numerosis vimineis gracilibus recum- 
bentér diffusis, angulosis, laxits foliosis. Folia sparsa, in glandulam decur- 
rentem articulato-sessilia, linearia cum plano perpendiculari, subuncialia 
latitudine sublineart, uninervia, acumine é latere interiore obliquatim acutata, 
spinuld marginis exterioris continua prefixa. Stipule minute, subulate, in- 
nocue, erecte, caduce. Capitula lutea, axillaria, pedunculata subgemina 
(haud raro solitaria) magnitudine vix pist mediocris, ramis superné race- 
matim circumposita: pedunculi folio subequales, filiformes, stricti, erecti, 
glabri, lutescentes. Cal. minimus, corolle concolor. Petala 5, ovalia, stra- 
mineo-albicantia, filamentis plurimum breviora. Legumen (maturum non 
vidimus) sesquiunciale vel magis, angustissimum, lineare, acutum. 
__ Said to be native of the newly discovered territory on the 
inland side of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales; 
and. now first introduced by Messrs. Colvill, of the Chelsea 
Nursery, King’s Road. It has a lively showy appearance 
in flower, and proves a valuable addition to our green- - 
houses. 
Quite smooth in every part: branches trailing, vimine- 
ous, numerous, slender, angular, leafy.. Leaves loosely 
scattered, sessile by a one-jointed decurrent gland, linear 
with the flat side perpendicular, about an inch long, one- 
nerved, slantedly pointed, with a small prickle at the end 
of the lowermost edge. Stipules minute, subulate, upright, 
caducous. Flowerheads yellow, axillary, peduncled, ge- 
nerally in pairs though often solitary, the size of a small 
pea, disposed bunchwise round the upper part of the 
branches. Peduncles about even with the leaf, filiform, 
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