LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXVII. Schrankia. CCXXVIII. Darlingtonia. CCXXIX. Desmanthus. 



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called Locust-tree. Heads of flowers pendulous. Flowers of a 



Cult. All the species of this genus are worth cultivating on 



vermilion colour. The pulp w^ithin the pods is sweet and fari- account of their leaves, which fall at the slightest touch, as those 



naceous, and is eaten by the natives of Africa. This is probably of the sensitive plants. They grow best in a mixture of loan), 



the Niita mentioned by Mr. Mungo Park. peat, and sand, and may be propagated by young cuttings planted 



One-glohed'&oyiereA Nitta-tree- Fl. Feb. Clt. 1822. Tr. 30 ft. in sand, with a bell-glass placed over them in heat, or they may 

 S P. Roxbu'rghii ; leaves with usually 20-24 pairs of pinnae, be increased by separating the tubers of the roots. 



each pinna bearing 50-65 pairs of linear, obtuse, rather falciform 



leaflets, with a gland between 2 or 3 of the upper pairs of pinnae ; 



rachis pubescent ; heads of flowers club-shaped. P? • S- Native 



of Silhet, in the East Indies. I'nga biglobosa, Roxb. Flowers 



vermilion. 



CCXXVIII. DARLINGTO NIA (in honour of Dr. Dar- 



Roxburgh's Nitta Tree. 



Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



Cult. See Tnga for culture and propagation, p. 396. 



lington, an American botanist). D. C. in ann. sc. nat. jan. 

 1825. 4. p. 97. legum. mem. xii. no. 6. prod. 2. p. 443. 



Lin. syst. Pentdndriay Monogynia. Flowers hermaphrodite. 

 Petals 5, distinct. Stamens 5. Legume 2-valved, dry, con- 

 tinuous, lanceolate, few-seeded. — Smooth, unarmed, perennial 

 herbs, natives of North America, with bipinnate leaves, having 



CCXXVII. SCHRA'NKIA (in honour of Francis Von Paula numerous pairs of pinnae and leaflets. Heads of flowers axil- 

 Schrank, a celebrated German botanist, author of numerous bo- lary, solitary, pedunculate. Flowers white. Legumes crowded, 

 tanical works). Willd. spec. 4. p. 1041. D. C. prod. 2. p. 443. 



Lin. syst. Polygamia Moncicia. Flowers polygamous. 

 Petals 5, joined into a 5-cleft corolla. Stamens 8-10, free. Le- 



short, 4-8 lines long. 



1 D. brachy'loba (D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. QG,) plant her- 

 baceous, unarmed, glabrous ; leaves with 6-8 pairs of pinnae, 



gume muricately echinated, tetragonal, and as if it were 4-valved each pinna bearing 16-24 pairs of linear leaflets, with a gland 



in consequence of the valves being divisible into 2 parts longi- 

 tudinally. Seeds numerous, oblong. — Herbs, with tuberous 



roots, and angular stems. ' Petioles and legumes beset with hooked 

 prickles. 



Leaves bipinnate, sensible to the touch, as those of 

 the sensitive plants, 

 bose heads. 



Flowers rose-coloured, collected into glo- 



seated between the lower pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers soli- 

 tary, axillary, pedunculate ; legumes straightish, lanceolate. %. 

 F. Native of meadows in the region of Illinois and Kentucky. 

 Acacia brachyloba, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1071. Mimosa Illinoensis, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amcr. 2. p. 254. Legume glabrous, 6-7 lines 

 long, and 2|- broad. Flowers white. 



Short-2^oddedJ)zx\\i\gtor\m. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1803. Pl.l^ft. 



1 S. aculea'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1041.) stem tetragonal; 



leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous pairs 2 D. glandulosa (D. C. 1. c.) plant herbaceous, glabrous, 



of leaflets; legumes acute, a little longer than the peduncles ; unarmed; leaves with 12-14 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 



heads of flowers solitary. %. S. Native of Mexico, about 20-30 pairs of linear leaflets, with a gland situated on the petiole 



Vera Cruz. Mimosa quadrivalvis, Lin. spec. 1508. Mill. fig. between each of the pairs of pinnae; heads of flowers solitary, 



t. 182. f. 1. Banks, reL Houst. t. 25. Flowers red. Roots pedunculate, axillary; legumes falcate. 7/. F. Native of the 



creeping. 



Prickly Schrankia. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1733. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 S. leptoca'rpa (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 443.) 

 stem tetragonal ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing many pairs of leaflets ; legumes ending in a long acumen, 

 10 times the length of the peduncles ; heads of flowers solitary or 

 twm. 1/ . S. Native of St. Domingo. Prickles of the stem 

 and petioles hooked, but those on the legume are subulate and 

 straight. Flowers red. 



Slender^fruited Schrankia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



plains along the banks of the rivers Tenessee and Mississippi. 

 Mimosa glandulosa, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 254. Vent, choix. 

 t. 27. but not of Smith. Acacia glandulosa, Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1071. Mimosa contortuplicata, Zucc. obs. cent. 1. no. 100. 



Flowers white. 



C/anrfM/ar Darlingtonia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1806. PL l|ft. 



3 D. tnterme'dia (Torrey in ann. lye. 2. p. 191.) unarmed, 



herbaceous, and glabrous ; leaves with 8-9 pairs of pinnae, each 



pinna bearing many pairs of oblong-linear leaflets, with a gland 



seated on the petiole between the lower pair of pinna? ; heads of 



Flowers 



* S. hama'ta (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1042.) flowers solitary, axillary, pedunculate ; legumes falcate. ^% . F. 

 stempentagonal; deaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- Native of North America, on the Canadian river. 

 Jng many pairs of leaflets, which are unequal at the base ; legumes 

 ending in a beak-like acumen ; heads of flowers on very short 

 peduncles. 



white. 



Intermediate Darlingtonia. 



PI. 1 foot. 



1/ . S. Native of South America, on the banks of CuU. Peat and sand, mixed with some vegetable mould is 



the river Magdalena near Mompox. H, B. et Kunth, nov. gen. the best soil for the species of Darlingtonia. They should be 



amer. 6.p.2G0. Flowers red. * . . . .. .i r^- --i--.- -^ .u.„ 



//ooAerf.prickled Sclirankia. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



grown in pots, and placed among the Alpine plants, and they 

 may be increased by dividing at the root, or by young cuttings 



* S. DisTACHYA (Moc. ct Sessc, fl, mex. icon. ined. D. C. planted in sand, with a bell-glass placed over them 

 prod. 2. p. 443.) stems pentagonal ; leaves with 6 pairs of pinnse, 

 each pinna bearing many pairs of leaflets ; legumes acute at both 



!, c ^ ^^"^^^ ^^^^ length of the peduncles ; heads of flowers twin. 

 V • S. Native of New Spain. Flowers red. 



fno-^i^/Aed Schrankia. 



desmCf a bundle, 



which 



and ar'%c, aiithuSf a flower ; in reference to the flowers, 



are collected into bundles or spikes). Willd. spec. 4. p. 1044. 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Kunth, mim. p. 115. D. C. prod. 2. p. 443. 



Mon 



Calyx 



* S. UNciKA^TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 443.) stem pentagonal; ^„ , -,---,, u 



eaves with 6 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing many pairs of 5-toothed. Petals 5, distmct, oblong-spatulate or joined, but 

 ^^aflets; legumes endina in a beak.like acumen at the apex, usually wanting in the neuter flowers. Stamens 10, rarely 5, with 

 ^^^»ce the length of the°peduncles • heads of flowers solitary or the filaments in the lower flowers of the spike sterde, membra- 

 S*»"- It. F. Native of North America, from Virginia to nous, and dilated or filiform. Legume dry, continuous, 2- valved. 

 Florida. MimAd,^,..^i„i„ A4:.i.„ a K^r «mpr. 9. n. 1.54.. —Herbs or shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and linear leaflets. 



Spikes of flowers axillary, pedunculate, ovate or cylmdrical. 



Flowers white, but with the fertile filaments usually yellow. 



Fl July Aug. Clt. 1789. PK Perhaps it would have been better to have divided the present 



^' ^" genus into three separate genera instead of sections. 



^'oncia. Mimosa horridula, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 154. 

 red"^' ^^oix. t. 28. Mimosa I'nstia, Walt. car. p. 252. Flowers 



1 .^^^'^^"^'^-prickled Schrankia. 

 » to 2 feet. 



