400 



LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXXI. Prosopis. 



with pulp inside, linear, rather compressed, swollen above the 

 seeds, and at length separable into 1 -seeded divisions. — Un- 

 armed or prickly trees or shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, having 

 from 1-4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of ob- 

 long-linear leaflets, and pedunculate elongated axillary spikes of 

 flowers. Flowers rather distant on the spikes, greenish, whitish, 

 or yellow. The pulp in the pods of all the species is eaten by 

 the natives in the various countries of their growth. '^'^^ ^^^''' 



Corolla green. 



Filaments 



edulis, WiUd. enum. p. 1056.? 



white. Legume torulose, containing 13-15 seeds. The pulp 

 contained in the pods is very sweet, and is eaten by the inha- 

 bitants of the countries where the trees grow, 



Sweet'-poMed Algaroba. Clt. 1818. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



6 P. microphy'lla (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 308,) spines stipular, subulate ; leaves with 2-4 pairs of pinnae, 



carp almost entirely consists of tannin. 



Sect. I. Apeno'pis (from a?i|v ahvoc^ aden adenos^ a gland ; 

 in reference to the anthers, which are terminated by a deciduous 

 gland each, as in the genus Adenanthera). D. C. prod. 2. p. 



The peri- each pinna bearing from 11-18 pairs of minute, oblong, pubescent, 



canescent leaflets; rachis of leaves bearing 2 glands.' T2 . S. 



Native of Mexico, between Valladolid and Tolucco. This is 

 perliaps a species of Vnga^ according to Kunth. 



Small-leafletted Algaroba. Tree 20 feet. 



7 P. Wbia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 309.) 



446. Anthers tipped by a deciduous gland each. Indian trees, unarmed; leaves with 12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 



11-21 pairs of linear-oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets ; rachis of 

 leaves biglandular. ^ . S. - Native of New Granada, near 

 Turbaco. Legume somewhat spirally convolute. 

 Z)om6{/wZ Algaroba. Shrub 5 feet. 



8 P. ta'llida (Kunth, mim. p. 106. nov. gen. amer, 6. p. 

 yellow. Legume linear, terete, attenuated at both ends, pen- 309.) spinose or unarmed ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnas, each 

 dulous, filled with mealy pulp, which the natives of the coast pinna bearing 11-12 pairs of linear, obtuse, pubescent leaflets ; 



rachis of leaves bearing 2-3 concave glands ; spikes of flowers 



Native of Soutli 



furnished with a few scattered prickles. 



1 P. sPici'oERA (Lin. mant. 68.) prickles scattered ; leaves 

 with 1-2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 7-10 pairs of 

 oblong-linear, obtuse leaflets. T2 . S. Native of the coast of Co- 

 romandel. Roxb. cor. 1. t. 63. 



urm 



of Coromandel eat ; it has a sweetish agreeable taste, and may 

 be compared to that of the Spanish Algaroha^ or locust-tree, 

 Ceralonia sitiqua. 



Far. fly adennnthcra (D, C. prod. 2. p. 446.) prickles scat- 

 tered, compressed at the base ; leaves with 1-2 pairs of pinnse, 

 each pinna bearing 10-11 pairs of linear, acute leaflets. I2 • S. 

 Native of the coast of Coromandel. Adenanth^ra aculeata, 



solitary, filiform, exceeding the leaves. Tj . S. 



America, on hills about Bracamora, near Passo de Matara. 



Pale Algaroba. Tree. 



9 P. siliqua'strum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 447.) spines stipular, 

 twin, straight ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 numerous pairs of linear, obtuse leaflets ; legumes compressed, 



Roxb. hort. berig. 90. Both this and tlie species are called falcate. Tj , S. Native of Chili, where it is called Algaroba 



de Chile^ and where the inhabitants eat the pulp contained in 



Tshamk by the Telingas, and Vanni-maram by theTarauls. 

 Spikc-hcaring Algaroba. Clt. 1812. . Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Sect. II. AtoARo'sA (Algaroba is the name in South America 

 for several of the species). D. C. prod. 2. p. 446. Anthers 



thepods. Ackcia siliqudstrum, Lag. nov. gen. etspec. 16. no. 205. 

 Flowers white ? 



Silique-i^odded or Chili Algaroba. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



10 P. iLExuosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 447.) spines stipular; 



without glands. — American trees, which are either destitute of leaves with only 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing usually 

 Ines, or when present they are axillary. 

 2 P. h6rrida (Kunth, mim. p. 106. t. 33. nov. gen. amer. 6. 



about 8 pairs of glabrous, linear, obtuse leaflets, which are nar- 

 rowest at the base; legume rather terete, torulose. Tj, G. 



p 



pular, twin, very long ; leaves with 2-3 pairs Native of Chili. Acacia flexuosa. Lag. nov. gen. et spec. 16 



which are pubescent on both surfaces ; rachis of leaves bearintr 

 2 or 3 glands. ^ . S. Native at the bottom of the Andes, on 

 the eastern side, and in the sand on the sea-shore along the 

 Pacific oCMn, where it is called Algaroba by the natives, who 

 eat the pulp contained in the pods. Flowers white. Legume 

 torulose, 17-24-seeded. 



Horrid Algaroba. Tree 20 feet. 



3 P. OLANDCLO^sA (Torrcy, in ann. lye. 2. p. 192. t. 2.) spines 

 thick, cyhndrically conical; leaves with 1 pair of pinnse, each 

 pinna bearing 6-7 distant pairs of linear, rather falcate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, rather coriaceous leaflets, with glands between the 

 jmt of piunffi, as well as between the pairs of leaflets ; le- 

 gumes straight, torulose, pulpy inside; spikes of flowers cylin- 

 drical. T2. P. Native of North America, on the Canadian river. 



Glandular 



Tree. 



4 P. wb'rms (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 307.) 



unarmed; leaves with S pairs of pinn^, each pinna bearing 



6-13 pairs of hnear oblong leaflets, which are finely pubescent 



beneath ; rachis of leaves bearing 2-3 small, cup-shaped glands 



h . S. Native of Peru. ^ .... * o 



Vnarmcd Algaroba. 



Flowers greenish 

 Tree 60 feet. 



no. 205. Very like the preceding species. 

 Flexuous Algaroba. Tree. 



11 P. Cumane'nsis (Kunth, mim. 106. nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 310.) unarmed; leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing many pairs of linear leaflets, which are obtuse at both 

 ends, and glabrous as well as the petioles, with a sessile, oblong, 

 obtuse gland, seated on the petiole between the pair of pinnae ; 

 spikes filiform ; flowers opposite. Tj . S. Native of Cumana. 

 Acacia Cuman^nsis, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1058. Legumes un- 

 known. Leaflets 1 1 pairs on each pinna, ex Willd., but in 

 Bonpland's specimen there are 22 pairs on each of the pinna. 



Cumana Algaroba. Clt. 1822. Tree 20 feet. 



12 P. bracteola'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 447.) spines stipular, 

 straight ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing from 

 16-18 pairs of linear leaflets, which are obtuse at both ends, 

 and are as well as petioles glabrous, with a sessile gland on the 

 petiole between the pairs of pinnae ; spikes filiform, bearing subu- 

 late erect bracteoles beneath the flowers. ^ . S. Native of 

 St. Martha. Habit as well as flowers like that of the preceding 

 species, from which it is hardly distinct. 



jBrac^eo/a^e-flowered Algaroba. Tree. 



18 P. Dominge'nsis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 447.) spines stipular, 



«; P MT't/.to7v »1 • 11 *** Jr. JL/OMlNGE NSis (1^. V^. proQ. z. p. **/ .; spmes supuiar, 



« \^T\l^L Iw' \ ' ""'"; P' *• ^'*- ^°^:,««"- a™e'- 6. straight, small ; leaves with 1 pair of pinna/each pinna bearing 



wi.l, 1 i tfXf nf^- ' °' ■""*'•'' T*'"S °' de^'duous ; leaves from 16-18 p^irs of linear leaflets, ^Ihich are obtuse at both 



ted 



«tf leaves bearing 1 -2 small, convex gland 



Spaj 



kevigita, Willd. spec 



>l 



5 pairs of gla- 

 the apex ; rachis 



Native of 



ends and glabrous as well as the petioles, with a sessile gland 

 between the pair of pinnae ; spikes filiform ; legumes com- 

 pressed, constricted between the seeds. Tj . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo, where it is called Bohahunda, and therefore perhaps 



