216 LEGUMIN0SJ3. 



the ovary into the summit of the calyx-tube. Legume sessile, woody-coriaceous, flat-com- 

 pressed, roundish or oblong, 1-2-seeded, tardily dehiscent. — Trees ; leaves pinnate (or reduced 

 to a single leaflet) : leaflets alternate; flowers in axillary racemes. 



197. O. spicata, W. Leaflets 9-13, oblong -lanceolate, acuminate, subequal at the base, 

 glabrous ; legume oval-roundish, lurid-tomentose, rugulose with anastomosing veins. — Audi. 

 t. 147./ 1-4.— Apalatoa, Aubl.— Leaflets 4"-3" long, 12"'-9'" broad; legume 3" long, 

 2"-22" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in the great morass of Westmoreland ; [Guiana]. 



198. C. oblonga, Benth. Leaflets 4-7, oblong, pointleted, slightly unequal- sided, 

 and oblique at the base, glabrous above, puberulous on the ribs beneath, or glabrate ; legume 

 oval-roundish, lurid-tomentose, rugulose with anastomosing veins. — Leaflets 4"-3" long, 

 2"-H" broad; legume 3"-3£" long, 2"-2i" broad.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr.; [Guiana]. 



199. C. obliqua, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaflets 7-4, oblong, pointleted, unequal-sided, oblique 

 at the base, glabrous ; legume broadly oblong, obliquely rounded at the base, subtruncate 

 at the top, lurid-tomentose, rugulose with anastomosing veins. — Hirtella glaberrima, Steud. I 

 in PL Hostm. — Leaflets 5"-3" long, 2\"-\\" broad : the midrib often twice as much distant 

 from one margin as from the other ; racemes lax, puberulous, 6" long : pedicels 3'" long, 

 much longer than the alternate, 2, infraterminal bracteoles : calyx 2^'" long, deciduous, 

 white; ovary villous, ovate, 2'" long: style filiform, unciuate, 5"'-6'" long : stigma minute; 

 legume 5"-4" long, 2£"-2" broad : margins tumid. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pd., Cr., in swamps ; 

 [Guiana!]. 



The African Dialium gnineense, W. (B. nitidum, Fl. Seneg. t. 58), was sent by Guilding 

 from S. Vincent, but is probably only a cultivated tree in that island. 



74. MORA, Schomb. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-6-dentate. Petals 5-6, equal. Stamens 10-1 2, alternately sterile. 

 " Legume woody-coriaceous, oblong, 1-seeded by abortion." — Trees ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; 

 flowers in dense, el og a ted spikes. 



200. M. excelsa, Benth. Leaflets 4-3-jugal, oblong, glabrous ; petals obovate, ciliate, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; stamens covered with deciduous wool. — Linn. Transact. 18. 1. 16, 

 17. — A high tree ; leaflets 8"-5" long, bluntish ; spikes compound at the base, 6"-10" long, 

 nodding; petals 2'" long ; stamens exserted. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr.; [Guiana], 



Tribe III. MIMOSEM. — Flowers regular. Estivation of the calyx and the corolla 

 valvate (rarely slightly imbricate). Embryo straight. 



75. PENTACLETHRA, Benth. 



Calyx 5 -dentate: teeth broad; slightly imbricate. Stamens monadelphous at the base, 

 5 fertile, exserted, 5 (-15) sterile: anthers oblong, with a terminal gland. — Trees; leaves 

 bipinnate ; flowers spicate. 



201. P. filamentosa, Benth./ Pinnae 20-10-jugal: leaflets 50-30-jugal, linear, fal- 

 cate at the top and at the produced base, glabrous ; sterile stamens 5, loug-exserted, and 

 exceeding the fertile ones. — Acacia aspidioides, Mey. ! — Leaflets 3"'-4'" long, %'" broad; 

 spikes 6-8" long, often aggregate, or paniculate at the summit of the branches : rhachis 

 rusty-tomentose : corolla deeply 5-fid, 2'" long ; sterile filaments 8'" long : anther-gland 

 subsessile. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. : a common tree on waste ground at 

 Cocorite; [Nicaragua I, Guiana!, Para!]. 



Parkia biglobosa, Benth., was observed by Jacquin in Martinique {Mimosa, ej. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 262. f. 68 : the biglobose spike). 



76. ENTADA, Ad. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Stamens 10 : anthers ovoid-oblong, with a gland. Legume flat-com- 

 pressed, jointed ■. the joiats separating from each other, and leaving a persistent, continuous 

 border (the replum). — Woody vines ; leaves bipinnate, often cirrhiferous ; flowers in spici- 

 form racemes. 



202. S. scandens, Benth. Unarmed, cirrhiferou& ; pinna 1-2-jugal : leaflets 2—5- 



