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bearing a gland above its base : stipules oblong-linear, deciduous ; flower-heads globose, 

 shortly peduncled ; stamens 10-12, connected at the base; legume . . . . — Pithecolobium, 

 Benth.— k white-barked shrub, like the preceding ; leaflets membranaceous, 4'" long, 2'" 

 broad, stipules as long; peduncles 6'" long. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Venezuela!]. 



Sect. 3. Albizzia. — Legume flat-compressed, indehiscent or tardily bivalved. Stamens 

 usually monadelphous. — Unarmed plants. 



Bentham regards Albizzia as a genus confined to the old world, and distinguished from 

 from Acacia by monadelphous stamens. I see, however, no important difference in certain 

 of his American Pithecolobia. A. trichodes, W. {Leuccena, Benth.), said to be West In- 

 dian, is also related to Albizzia, but has 10 distinct stamens. 



237. A. Berteriana, Balb. Brahchlets glabrescent ; pinna 8-12 -jugal : leaflets 

 ZO-hO-jugal, linear or oblong-linear, very nnequal-sided, semicordate at the base, glabrous, 

 shining above : petiole bearing an oblong gland above its base ; flower-heads globose, shortly 

 peduncled, racemose, and in a leafy panicle; stamens 10-20, monadelphous : their tube as 

 long as the corolla ; legume straight, broadly linear, shortly stipitate, velvety-pubcrulous, 

 indehiscent : valves membranaceous, connected between the seeds. — Pithecolobium, Benth. 

 P. fragrans, Benth. ! Inga fragrans, Macf. ! — A tree ; leaflets 3"'-4'" long ; peduncles 

 fascicled, 4'" long ; corolla white, much longer than the calyx ; legume 4" long, 6'" broad. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., common in the mountains of Port Royal ; [Panama !]. 



238*. A. Julibrissin, W. Branchlets pubescent (or glabrescent) ; pinna 7-12-jugal : 

 leaflets 20—40-jugal, obliquely oblong, with a juxtamarginal midrib, pointed, ciliate : 

 petiole bearing an orbicular gland above its base ; flower-heads globose, racemose ; stamens 

 10- 15, connected at the base; legume straight, moniliform-sinuate, accuminate at both 

 ends, glabrous, indehiscent : valves cohering, membranaceous. — Albizzia, Boiv. Ac. tricho- 

 phylloides, Macf. A. angustiloba, DC. sec. Macf. — A tree ; leaflets 3"'-4'" long ; stamens 

 4 times as long as the puberulous corolla ; legume 4" long, 8'" broad at the seeds. — Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils., and the Caribbean Islands ; [introduced from Asia, where it 

 ranges from Taliisch ! and northern China to the East Indies.] 



239*. A. Iiebbek, W. Glabrescent; pinnce 2-A-jugal: leaflets 5-9-jugal, large, 

 obovate-oblong or oblong, unequal-sided, rounded at the top : petiole bearing an oval gland 

 above its base ; flowers pedicellate, in long-peduncled clusters ; stamens oo , connected at 

 the base ; legume straight, oblong-linear, pointed at both ends, sessile, flat and tumid at the 

 seeds, glabrous, tardily bivalved. — Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 29. — Albizzia, Benth. Ac. speciosa, W. 

 A. propinqua, Bich. .- a pubescent form. — A tree ; leaflets l"-2" long ; corolla white, twice 

 as long as the calyx ; stamens long, yellow, greenish at the top ; legume 6"-12"long, l"-2" 

 broad. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Hist., Al. ; Antigua !, Wullschl., St. Vincent !, 

 Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Senegambia ! to Egypt 1 ; East Indies ! to Afghanistan ! and 

 China !]. 



86. LYSILOMA, Benth. 



Corolla 5-fid. Stamens <x> -15, monadelphous : anthers eglandular, globose. Legume of 

 Mimosa. — Habit of Acacia. 



240. Xi. Marchiana, Gr. (». sp.). Branchlets puberulous or glabrescent ; pinnce 2-3- 

 jugal, spreading : leaflets 20-12-jugal, unequal-sided, oblong, bluntish, truncate at the base : 

 petiole eglandular : stipules minute, subulate, subspinescent ; flower-heads globose, long- 

 peduncled, axillary ; stamens ao , connected at the base ; legume short, falcate, glabrous : 

 valves membranaceous. — Bark whitish ; branches diffuse, leafy ; leaves membranaceous, 

 lively-green, glabrescent: pinna? 3'" distant from each other, 8"' from the base: leaflets 4"' 

 long, 1'" broad, inferior pairs smaller : stipules 1'" long, somewhat pungent, but deciduous ; 

 peduncles subsolitary, 2-1" long; flowers sessile, glabrous ; corolla campanulate, 2'" long, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; stamens very numerous, 8"' long; legume 10 ' long, 3'" broad, 

 semicircinate-oblong, blunt, pointed at the sessile base, 5-6-seeded, flat-compressed : valves 

 continuous, separating from the cartilaginous border. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, Wullschl. 



