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ACACIA longifolia. 
Long-leaved Acacia. 
POLYGAMIA MONQ@:CIA. 
Nat. ord. Leauminosm. Jussieu gen..345. Div. I. Corolla regularis. 
Legumen multiloculare, sepitis bivalve, dissepimentis transversis, loculis 
monospermis. Stamina distincta. Arbores aut frutices; folia abrupté 
pinnata=Mimosex. Brown gen. rem. in Flind. voy. 2. 551. 
ACACIA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 98. 
Diy. Foliis simplicibus. 
A. longifolia, inermis; foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque angustatis trinerviis 
striatis, spicis axillaribus geminatis cylindraceis. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 1052. 
Acacia longifolia. Andrews’s reposit. 207. Venten. malmais. 62. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2. 5.461. Willd. enum. 2.1050. _ Curtis's magaz. 1827. 
Frutex sempervirens excelsior. Caulis erectus, teres, ramosus, foliosus, 
glaber, fusco-cinerascens: rami axillares, sparsi, stricti, angulost. Fol. 
Sparsa, approximata, patentia, obliqua, inferné versis attenuata, apice obtusa, 
venosula nervis 3 varicosioribus, glabra, plana, persistentia, haud saturaté 
virentia: petioli brevissimi, articulati, articulo corrugaté protuberantes, de- 
currentes. Spice instar amentorum, se@piuis gemine, fermeque opposite, 
axillares, plurimim breviores folio, pe Shes? sessiles, cylindrice: pedunculi 
per omnem longitudinem floriferi, bracteati. Flores sessiles, confertiores, 
4nodori, citrini, plerumque hermaphroditi, modo masculi. Bractez simplices, 
sigillatim pede spice florisque uniuscujusque posite, ovales, concave, mem. 
branose, subrubentes, caduce; spicarum duplo longiores florum. Cal. campa- 
nulatus, membranosus, pallidé lutescens, 5-dentatus, triplo brevior corolla. 
Pet. 5, imo ‘calyci affixa, ovalia, .acula, erecto-recurva. Fil. numerosa, 
Sindo calycis sub petalis inserta, basi in annulum connata, inde libera, globoso- 
divergentia, capillacea, petalis quibus dupld longiora concolora: anth. erecta, 
rotundiuscule, citrine, minima, bilobe. Germ. liberum, albicans, ovale, 
pubescens: stylus lateralis, stamina exsuperans, rectus, capillaceus.s stig. 
simplex, obtusum. 
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When cultivated in the border of the conservatory, this 
plant forms a fine tall shrub; and is covered from February 
to May with blossom nearly throughout the whole of the 
branches. Introduced by Mr. Ord in 1792. Native of 
New South Wales. There are several presumed varieties, 
differing with longer and shorter, broader and narrower, 
paler and deeper green leaves. 
_ The drawing was taken from a specimen from Mr. Her- 
bert’s collection at Spofforth. 
Evergreen. Stem upright, round, branching, leafy, 
smooth, of a cinereous brown: branches axillary, scattered, 
