476 



LEGUMINOS^. CHRYSOBALANEiE. 



3. p. 359.) plant clothed with hoary puhescence ; root fibrous; about 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs of 

 stem branched at the base ; leaflets 5-9, oblong-linear, mucro- linear-rhomboid, rather coriaceous, shining leaflets; rachis cora- 

 nate, somewhat attenuated at the base ; stipulas lunately-sagit- planate, sulcate, pubescent ; spikes twin, axillary, filiform, on 



very long peduncles, cylindrical, loose-flowered ; flowers minute. 



Native of Guiana. This species should follow A. Giii- 



tate, profoundly cut ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered, twice the 

 length of the leaves; calycine teeth broad- lanceolate, ^ upper one 

 shortest. % . H- Native of Altaia, in salt fields at the river Kurts- 

 chum. Flowers with a reddish vexillura, yellowish wings, and the 

 keel tipped with blue. To follow O. Idcteus, Bieh. p. 339. no. 14. 

 Rather-villous Bitter-vetch. Fl. April, May. PL 1 foot. 



T2 . S. 



anensiSy Willd. p. 410. no. 135. of the present volume. 



Slender -spiked Acacia. Tree. 



94 Aca'cia Hamiltonii (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) 

 unarmed ; young branches pubescent ; leaves with 5 pairs of 



87 O^ROBUs iNTERME^Dius (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. 1. 484.) plant pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of rather remote, linear, 



sparingly pilose ; stem simple ; leaves with 4 pairs of narrow, 



oblong, apiculated, nerved leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate or 



hastate, toothed at the base or entire, much shorter than the 



leaflets; peduncles axillary, 4-8-flowered, longer than the leaves; 



calycine teeth equal in length to the tube, upper ones the 



shortest. % . H. Native of Altaia, about the metal mines of armed, shrubby ; branches nodose, striated, pubescent at the 



Nicolajewsk. Intermediate between 0. Idcteus and 0. /w/eM5. apex; bracteas rather hardened, permanent ; leaves with usually 



Flowers pale yellow or cream-coloured. 



Intermediate Bitter-vetch. Fl. May, June. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



obtuse, ciliated leaflets ; peduncles elongated, and are as well as 

 the rachis pilose ; spikes subglobose. Tj . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. To follow A.formosay Kunth, p. 417. no. 223. 



Hamilton's Acacia. Tree. 



95 Aca'cia linea'ris (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) un- 



Tribe V. Phaseblece^p. 341. 

 88 CanavaYia pube'scens (Gaud, ex Hook, in Beech, voy. 



5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs of narrow, 

 linear, crowded, rather ciliated leaflets ; peduncles terminal, 

 elongated, fastigiate ; spikes subglobose. T? . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. This plant should follow the last species. 

 Zmear-leafletted Acacia. Shrub. 



part. hot. p. 81.) stem twining; branches and petioles pubes- 9Q Aca^cia microca'ntha (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 60.) 



cent ; leaflets ovate, elliptic, ending in a very short acumen, 

 rather oblique at the base, membranous, glabrous above, but 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered. 1/. '^. S, 

 Native of the Sandwich Islands. Nearly allied to Dolichos 

 galeatiiSy Gaud. p. 357. no. 4. of the present volume, which is 

 also a species of Canavalia. To follow C rutilansy p. 363. no. 7. 



Pubescent Canavalia. Shrub tw. 



89 Mucu'na akgui'na (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 19. t. 236.) 

 flowers cymose, dense ; legumes roundish, transversely wrinkled, 

 hispid, 1 -seeded; leaflets glabrous above. Tj . '^. S. Native 

 of Chittacrong. Flowers large, dark purple, fetid. 



Snake-stemmed Cow-itch. Fl. Nov. Shrub tw. 



stem armed, arborescent; branches pubescent; leaves with 

 usually 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 minute pubescent leaflets ; spikes stipitate, globose, axillary, 

 solitary, on short peduncles, nodding ; bracteas rather spines- 

 cent. Tj . S. Native of Guiana. This species should follow 

 A. albicans, Kunth, p. 414, no. 185. of the present volume.^ 



Small-spined Acacia. Tree. 



97 AcA^ciA a'lbida (Lindl. bot. reg. 1317.) spines twin, 

 short; branches, petioles, and peduncles pubescent ; leaves with 

 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-10 pairs of linear, 

 acute leaflets ; heads of flowers pedunculate, twin, ^^^j^^^J' 



Tj . G. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow. This species sho 

 90 LupfNUs mi'nimus (Dougl. mss. Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. follow ^./i^ifcan^, Kunth, p. 414. no. 185.of the present volume. 



168.) plant small, herbaceous, and densely clothed with silky 



TVhitish Acacia. Fl. Oct. Clt. ? Shrub. 



hairs; stem furnished with 1-2 leaves ; leaflets 7-9, lanceolate, 98 Aca'cta selenoca'rpa (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. 2. p. 



acute, tapering to the base; flowers alternate and verticillate ; " 



pedicels bractless ; upper lip of calyx bifid at the apex, lower 

 one entire ; root small, rather fusiform. ©. H. 



North-west America, in mountain valleys near the Kettle Falls, 



and very abundant towards the Rocky Mountains along the 

 Columbia. To follow Z. micrdnthus^ Dougl. p. 366. no 15. of 

 the present volume. 



Small Lupine. PI. ^ foot. 



Tribe VI. Dalbergiece, p. 373. 



91 Ponga^mia elli'ptica (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 20. t. 

 237.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 3-5 pairs of cuneate-oblong, 

 pubescent leaflets ; branchlets, peduncles, and calyxes clothed 

 with ferruginous villi ; racemes in fascicles ; legumes elliptic- 

 lanceolate. Tj . '^. S. Native of Amboyna. Galedupa ellip- 

 tica, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 53. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Elliptic Pongamia. Shrub tw. 



Tribe Vni. Mimdscie, p. 381. 



92 Tnga spinifolia (Hamilt. prod. p. 61.) stem and branches 

 prickly; leaves bipinnate, with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



60.) stem armed; branches whitish, glabrous, spiny; spines 



scattered; leaves with usually 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



Native of bearing about 15 pairs of linear-rhomboid, quite glabrous, 



glaucescent leaflets ; spikes globose, twin, loose-flowered, pe- 

 dunculate ; legumes short, lunate P? . S. Native of GuJana. 

 This species should follow J .macrocdntha,Kunlh,ii. 415.no. IJ^- 



Moon-podded Acacia. Tree. 



Tribe X. Cassie£e,p, 427 



99 HuMBOLDTiA Brunonis (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. S. p. 1 '. t- 

 233.) leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets ; hind lobes of stipulas 

 nearly equal-sided, rounded at both extremities ; branches equa • 



~ ■" itive of the mountains of Malabar and the penm- 



A climbing shrub, with deep orange-colourea 



,. S. 



sula of India, 

 flowers. 



Brow 



Shrub cl. 



Order LXXIX. CHRYSOBALA NEiE (shrubs and trees 

 agreeing with Chrysobdlanus in important characters). K. • 



14._Rosacese, Tribe I. Chrysobalaneae, D- ^' 



Congo. 



P 



bearing 3 pairs of ovate-oblique, reticulated, pubescent leaflets, prod. 2. p. 525. 



ending each in a spine-like mucrone; legumes twisted, pubescent. Flowers more or less irregular (f. 59. a. f. 60. a. f. Cl- *0- 



T2 . S. Native of the West Indies. Desv. journ. bot. vol. 3. o^^ i c • • j i • ^ ^\ :\ ^ /p ^Q a. f. 60. <»• 



i^u- • u ij r II r hjf^ #/^ c^,.^.;^ one i ^^ oepals 5, jomed together into a 5-lobed calyx (t. oJ. a. *• 



Ihis species should follow /. Marth^t bpreng. p. 395. no. 126. ~ *•' ^ ^ kkj a, xj j \ ^ ^^^^ ^ 



Spine-Cleaved Inga. Tree. 



93 AcA^ciA STENosTA*CHYA (Dcsv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) 

 unarmed ; branches angular, brownish, glabrous ; leaves with 



ocpa-is o, jomea logetner into a o-iooea caiyx \^i. ^^* — - 



f. 61. a.), permanent. Petals equal in number to the lobes 

 the calyx (f. 60. b. f. 61. 6.), and inserted in it, imbricate in ces- 



tivation. Stamens inserted in the calyx (f. 60. e*) ••^"S 



