any gland, of a pale yellowish green, and smooth. Stipules
consisting of short rigid spines, about the length of those at the
point of the leaf. Spikes axillary, solitary, from 2 to 3 inches
in length, many-flowered. Flowers of a pale yellow, very fragrant.
Peduncle clothed with dense wool. Bractes 2, at the
base of the calyx, short, concave, woolly outside, deciduous. Calyx deeply 4-cleft, pubescent, the laciniae ovate and obtuse. Corolla of 4 petals, slightly connected at the base: petals
ovate, scarcely acute, spreading, shorter than the stamens, and
more than double the length of the calyx. Stamens numerous,
spreading. Barren flowers without any ovarium. Ovarium in
the fertile ones tomentose. Style smooth, longer than the stamens.
Stiyma a simple blunt point.
This fine plant is of late introduction to this country, and
we believe was first raised at His Majesty’s Botanic Garden at
Kew. Our drawing was made in April last, from a fine plant,
in the select collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, at Bays-
water; and we afterwards saw a strong bushy plant of it in flower
at Mr. Knight’s Nursery, in the King’s Road. It is a very desirable
plant for the Greenhouse or Conservatory, both for the
elegance and delightful fragrance of its flowers; and we have no
doubt but it would succeed well in a border by the side of a wall
in a southern aspect, to be covered by a mat or two in severe
frosty weather; the only protection it requires is to be kept
from severe frost, as a slight frost will not hurt it; the best soil
to grow it in, is an equal mixture of light sandy loam and peat,
the pots to be well drained with small potsherds, that the wet
may pass off" readily. It may. be increased by seeds; or young
cuttings, planted under bell-glasses, in sand, will strike root.
The generic name is derived from Acacia a kind of thorn,
or from the Celtic ac a point.
1. Bracte. 2. Calyx. 3. The 4 Petals united at the base.ducing no Ovarium. 5. Fertile Flower, the Stamens spread op4e. nB atorr esnh oFwlo twhee rw, oporloly
Ovarium and Style : all magnified.