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ACACIA calamifolia. 
Bodkin-leaved Acacia. 
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POLYGAMIA MONQCIA. 
Nat. ord. Mimosex. R. Brown. 
ACACIA, Supra vol. 2. fol. 98. Ss 
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Div. I. Folia adulta nulla, eorum loco petioli foliiformes. Capituli in pe- 
dunculo solitarii. Zink enum. 2. 442. : 
A. calamifolia, petiolis filiformibus longissimis cernuis, pedunculis solitariis 
petiolo multoties brevioribus, leguminibus arcuatis articulatis corrugatis. 
A. calamifolia. Sweet in Colv. cat. ed. 2. ‘ 
Fota glaberrima. Rami teretes, graciles, angulati. Petioli Siliformes, 
compressi, cernui, approximati, apice incurvi; stipule decidue. Capituli 
florum parvi, lutei, erecti, in pedunculo stricto, tenut, solitario, petiolis 
sexies breviore. Legumina arcuata, articulata, petiolis paulo longiora, ar- 
ticulis 7, ovalibus, corrugatis, equalibus. Semina oblonga, glabra, nitida, 
atro-brunnea, hilo terminali truncato. 
An apparently undescribed species of Acacia, brought 
by Mr. John Richardson, to Mr. Colvill, from the south- 
west interior of New Holland, under the name of the 
Bodkin-leaved Acacia. It is a handsome greenhouse plant, 
propagated by cuttings. [ 
The whole plant quite smooth. Branches rounded slen- 
der, angular. Leafstalks (or leaves as they are usually 
called) filiform, compressed, weeping, close together, with 
a little incurved point; stipules deciduous. Heads of flowers . 
small, yellow, erect, with an upright, slender, solitary stalk, 
six times as short as the leaves. Pod bowed, jointed, a little 
longer than the leaves; joints 7, oval, wrinkled, equal. 
Seeds oblong, smooth, shining, dark brown, with a trun- 
cated hilum at one end. 
J.L. 
