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ACACIA subcerulea. 
Blue-barked Acacia. 
a 
POLYGAMIA MON@CLIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminoss. Tribus Abeer: R. Brown. 
ACACIA. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 98. 
Sect. I. Foliis deformatis, nempé: foliolis seepids preesertim in planta adulta 
abortivis, petiolis dilatatis filiformibus in Phyllodia nempé mutatis. 
PHYLLODINER. 
§. Capitato-racemose, floribus nempé in capitula globosa collectis, capitulis 
secus pedunculum axillarem racemosis. Stipule omnium subnulle aut 
inermes. Decand. prodr, 2.451. 
A. subcerulea ; phyllodiis angusté oblongis glaucis cuspidatis, apice et hinc 
supra basin uniglandulosis, floribus 4-fidis, racemis subcorymbosis, caule 
alato. 
Caulis alatus, valdé glaucus. Phyllodia vix falcata, reticulata, cuspide 
apicis uncinato ; glanduld und ad apicem ad latus cuspidis, alteré paulo supra 
basin marginis superioris. 
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Said to be a native of the tropical part of New Holland. 
Our drawing was made in the Conservatory of the Com- 
tesse de Vandes, in June 1826. . 
A handsome species, remarkable for the fine copious 
blue bloom with which it is covered. The stem is winged, 
and nearly as glaucous as the twigs of Salix violacea. The 
Phyllodia, or leaves, as they are more frequently but inac- 
curately called, are nearly straight, but rarely indicating any 
disposition to become falcate, with reticulating veins, and 
at the point terminated by a hooked cuspis. At the apex, 
by the side of this cuspis, lies a small concave gland; and 
there is another gland just above the base of that margin of 
the phyllodium which points upwards. The racemes of 
little heads are somewhat corymbose. The flowers are 
4-fid. 
The immediate affinity of this plant is with the A. amena 
of Wendland. J.L, 
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