LEGUMINOS.E. CCXXIX. Desmanthus. CCXXX, Adenanthera. CCXXXI. Pkosopis. 



SOD 



D. C. legum, mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 445. Legume linear, twisted nutans, Pers. ench. 2. p. 115. This is perhaps the same as Z). 

 or somewhat falcate ? Sterile filaments linear, and elongated ; leptostachys, but differs in the spines being strai^'ht, spreadin^S 

 anthers of the fertile ones bearing a pedicellate gland at the simple, hairy, but at length becoming glabrous. 



apex of each. Petals 5, distinct or joined ? — Shrubs, having the 

 branches usually spinescent, w^ith bipinnate pubescent leaves, bear- 

 ing from 5-10 pairs of pinnae, and each pinna bearing many pairs 

 of leaflets, furnished with glands between the pairs of pinnae, espe- 



Nodding -spiked Desmanthus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 

 Cult. A mixture of peat, loam, and sand suits the species of 

 this genus, and young cuttings root readily if planted in a pot of 

 ... sand, with a bell-glass placed over them. The kinds belonging 



cially between the low^er ones. Flowers disposed in oblong-cylin- to section 1. Neptimia, being aquatics with sensitive leaves, 

 drical 2-coloured spikes, in consequence of the sterile stamens should be grown in tubs or large pans, with 4 or 5 inches of 

 being white or variously coloured, and the fertile ones yellow. mould in the bottom, and filled up with water. The tubs or 



14 D. dive'rcens (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1048.) leaves with 8 pans should be placed in a warm situation in a stove, or in a hot- 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-15 pairs of ciliated leaf- bed in summer, where the plants will thrive and produce seeds, 

 lets ; spikes of flowers twin, pendulous, cylindrically obovate ; 



legumes twisted. T2 • S. Native of Abyssinia. Bruce, trav. 

 5. t. 61. 



Diverging Desmanthus. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 



15 D. LErxo'sTAciiYS (D.C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 445.) 



leaves with 8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20-30 pairs of 



ciliated leaflets, furnished with a stipitate gland between each pair 



of pinnae ; petioles and peduncles hairy ; spikes of flowers usually 



twin, cylindrical, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 



Senegal and Sierra Leone. Sieb, pi. exsic. seneg. 47. Very 



nearly aUied to the preceding species, but differs from the plant 



figured by Bruce, in the leaflets being more numerous, and in 



the spikes of flowers being more slender, and not pendulous, 



and, lastly, in the sterile^ filaments being filiform. 



Slender-spiked Desman tlms. 

 3 to 5 feet. 



CCXXX. ADENANTHERA (from a^n^. aden, a gland, 



and avOrjpa, atitheray an anther ; in reference to the anthers, 

 which are terminated by a deciduous, pedicellate gland each). 

 Lin. gen. no. 526. Lam. ill. t. 334. D. C. prod. 2. p. 440. 



Lin. syst. Dccandria, Monogynia, Flowers hermaphro- 

 dite. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, lanceolate, sessile. Stamens 

 10. Anthers terminated by a pedicellate, deciduous gland 

 eacli. Legume compressed, linear, membranous, transversely 

 many-celled inside, somewhat swollen above the seeds, des- 

 titute of pulp. — Trees or shrubs, with bipinnate leaves and 

 racemose spikes of flowers. This genus is related to Cassia^ 

 according to Bronn. diss. p. 130. but differs in the petals being 

 valvate in aestivation. 



1 A. Pavoni'na (Lin. spec. 553.) leaflets oval, obtuse, gla- 

 Fl. July. Clt. 1825. Shrub brous on both surfaces; legumes rather falcate. T? . S. Native 



of the East Indies. Jacq. coll. 4. p. 212. t. 23. — Rumplj. amb. 

 3. t. 109, Flowers white and yellow mixed. Legume falcate, 

 10-12-seeded. Seeds highl}^ polished, of a vivid scarlet colour, 

 with a circular streak in the middle on each side. This is one 



16 D. CALLi'sTACHYS (D. C, prod. 2. p. 445.) leaves with 5 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs of leaflets ; 

 petioles and peduncles hairy ; glands on the petiole sessile ; 



spjkes solitary, cylindrical, erect. ^2 • S. Native country un- of the largest trees in the East Indies, and its timber is mucJi 

 known. Spikes of flowers rose-coloured at the bottom, but yel- 

 low at the top. Sterile filaments linear. Anthers furnished w^ith 

 ? "''»ck gland each. The specimens of this plant were collected 

 'n the gardens of Teneriffe. 



Ijeaut'ffuUspikei 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



valued on account of its solidity. TJie natives use the powder 

 of the leaves in their ceremonies. The seeds, besides being 

 eaten by the common people, are of great use to jewellers and 

 goldsmiths, on account of their equality, for weights, each of 



IJ D. TRicHo^'sTACHYs (D. C. Icgum. mcm. xii. t. 67.) leaves 

 l^ith 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 20 pairs of ciliated 



eanets ; petioles and peduncles puberulous ; glands on the pe- 



»oles pedicellate; spikes cylindrical, erect, interrupted at the 



jase, rather longer than the leaves. Tj • S. "" 



Mimosa bicolor, Bade in litt. 1820. Mimosa varia, 

 '>«. 1835. " 



Native of Senegal. 



Perr. in 

 S *l '• ^^'^^c'^GS unarmed according to the specimen, 



pikes 2 inches long. Sterile filaments very long, and hair- 



Jialr-sjiihed Desmanthus. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. them weighing 4 grains; they also make a cement by beating 



them up with borax. 



Peacock Adenanthera. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1759. Tr. 100 ft. 



2 A. falca'ta (Lin. spec. 550.) leaflets oval, acutish, tonien- 

 tose beneath ; legume straight. T? . S. Native of the Mo- 

 luccas. Rumph. amb. 3. t. 111. Petals 4, yellowish. Seeds 

 blackish. 



Falcate Adenanthera. Clt. 1812. Tree GO feet. 



•f" Species not sufficiently known, 



3 A.? BoNPLANDiA^NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. 

 p. 311.) leaflets oblong, puberulous beneath ; spikes of flowers 



• i-J. CINE REUS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1048.) leaves w^ith 8-10 twin, nearly terminal. T2 • S. Native of Caraccas, in shady 



lajrs of pinnae, each pinna bearin:? about 12-15 pairs of ciliated ' ' ^ ' "' . -. - . 



leaflets • i^oH'^i i/ .,^^ n^ K' 



ra^h^^^ 1 P^^'^^^s pubescent ; spikes of flowers solitary, nodding, 

 J ^"^ Sihorter than the leaves ; corolla gamopetalous, 5-tootbed ; 

 b S ^ xt"^^^' falcate, somewhat transversely loculate inside. 

 Unr* r» ^^'^^ of the East Indies. Mimosa cinerea, Lin. spec. 

 .7 • *^oxl>-cor. 2. t. 174. 



spec 



Burn), zeyl. t. 2. Spikes rose- 

 Branches white, 



Coin A 1 /4'.— Durni. zeyi. i. 



ured at the bottom and yellow at the apex. 

 ^hen young pubescent. 



^^nereous Desmanthus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. Shrub 

 ^ to / feet. ^ 



youL^l ^^'^^^^ (^- C- prod. 2. p. 440.) branches spiny, when 

 pj o clothed with hairy tomentum ; leaves with 10 pairs of 

 tiole*'lf^^ pinna bearing 20-25 pairs of ciliated leaflets; pe- 

 «o<l(r ,^ "^ 5 spikes pedunculate, rather shorter than the leaves, 



cast/f^' ^*^^'crs decandrous, the filaments in the lower ones ^^-^.- - - — ^ , 



^""ate and petaloid. h. S. Native of Senegal. Mim6sa mcnts hardly joined at the base. Leg 



humid woods, near Higuerote and Guriepe. Legume unknown. 

 Perhaps a species of Prosopis, Corolla green. 



Bonplanas Adenanthera. Tree 25 feet. 



4 A. ? circinna'lis (D, C. prod. 2. p. 446.) leaflets ovate, 

 acute, tomentose beneath ? legumes circinnately incurved. Fj . S. 

 Native of the Moluccas. Clypearia rubra, Rumph. amb. 3. 



t. 112. 



CiVcmwa/^-podded Adenanthera. Tree 30 feet. 

 Cult* See I'nga for culture and propagation, p. 39C. 



CCXXXI. PROSO'PIS (from Trpoffwror, ^>ro5(?/)o«, a mask ; 

 a name given by Dioscorides to A'rctium lappa), Lin. niant. 

 68. Kunth, mim. lOG. D. C. prod. 2. p. 446. 



Lin- syst. Polugamia, Monoecia. Flowers polygamous. 



toothed. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10, with tlie fila- 



