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ACACIA lophantha. 
Two-spiked Acacia, 
POLYGAMIA MONCGCIA, 
Nat. ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. I. Corolla regularis. 
Legumen multiloculare, spits bivalve, dissepimentis transversis, loculis 
monospermis. Stamina-distincta. Arbores aut frutices; folia abrupt pine 
nata.—Mimosem. Brown gen. rem. in lind. voy. 2. 551. 
‘ACACIA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 98. 
Div. Foliis duplicato-pinnatis, caule inermi, spicis globosis. 
A. lophantha, inermis, foliis bipinnatis, partialibus novem seu duodecimjugis, 
* propriis subvigintijugis lanceolatis aveniis, glandula petiolari, et inter 
binas terminales partialium, spicis oblongis pedunculatis axillaribus 
geminis. Wild. sp. pl. 4. 1070. 
Acacia lophantha. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 468. 
Mimosa distachya. Venten. cels. 20. 
Mimosa elegans. Andrews’s reposit. 563. 
Ramuli ¢eretes sulcati. Fol. bipinnaia, partialibus septem-novem-seu duo- 
decimjugis, propriis 15-18-seu 24-jugis lanceolatis acutis glabris aveniis et 
tantiim costa media instructis. Petioli pubescentes. Glandula urceolata de= 
pressa ad basin petioli communis et inter paria bina terminalia partialium. 
Spice pollicares vel sesqui pollicares oblonge azillares geminate. Legumen 
planum oblongum sinuatum margine incrassatun. Willd. 1. c. 
Found on the south-west coast of New Holland by Mr. 
Brown. Introduced in 1803 by Mr. Peter Good. An orna- 
mental greenhouse shrub, flowering for a considerable time 
in succession at various seasons of the year. 
The drawing was taken in January last at Mr. Knight’s 
nursery, in the King’s Road, Little Chelsea. ast 
Branchlets round, fluted. Leaves doubly pinnate, 
pinnee in seven, nine, or twelve pairs; leaflets in fifteen, 
eighteen, or twenty-four pairs, lanceolate, sharp-pointed, 
smooth, veinless, with only a midrib.  Petioles furred. 
Glands small urceolated depressed, one at the base of the 
common petiole and between the two terminal pairs of the 
partial ones. Spikes from an inch to an inch and a half 
long or more, oblong, axillary, twin. Legume flat, oblong, 
sinuated, thickened at the edge. si 
What are termed leaves in this species, are in fact 
dilated petioles, the true compound leaf being produced 
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