224 LEGUMINOSjE, 



87. CALLIANDRA, Benth. 

 (Zygia, P. Br., non E. Mey.) 

 Corolla 5-dentate, rarely 5(-3)-fid. Stamens ao-10, long-exserted, monadelphous. 

 Legume mostly compressed, thickened on the margin, usually at length elastically bivalved. 

 — Leaves bipinnate, usually eglandular ; flowers in large heads or clusters : stamens pur- 

 ple or white. 



Sect. 1. Pseudacacia. — Flowers sessile. Calyx membranaceous, not striate. Corolla o-fld. 

 Stamens 20-co , shortly connected at the base. — Leaflets small, many-jugal. 



241. C. portoricensis, Benth. ! Unarmed; branehlets and petioles pubescent (or gla- 

 brate); pinna 4-6 (-2-8) -jugal: leaflets 15-25 {-40)-jugal, oblong-linear, bluntish, gla- 

 brescent ; flower-heads globose, usually fascicled ; stamens 20-25 ; legume straight, linear, 

 tapering at the base, glabrous : valves chartaceous'. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 633.— Mimosa, Jacq. 

 Acacia, W. A. ungulata, Besv. A. vespertina, Mac/.! A. litoralis, Rich. Cub. — M. cara- 

 casana, Jacq. {I.e. t. 632 ; Acacia, W), differs by purple stamens and the calyx glanduli- 

 ferous on the margins, but is according to Bentham the same species. — A shrub, 10' high; 

 leaflets 4"'-5'" long; flowers and stamens white; legume 3" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Macf., llartw., March, common in the mountains ; [Cuba and Mexico ! to Vene- 

 zuela ! and Ecuador !] 



Sect. 2. Eucalliandea. — Flowers usually sessile. Calyx striate. Corolla 5-dentate. 



Stamens connected with a slender tube. Legume devoid of pulp. 

 § 1. Stamens 20 ; tube slender, included within the corolla. — Leaflets small, many-jugal. 



242. C. Cruegerii, Gr. (n. sp.). Unarmed; branehlets and petioles lanuginose ; pinna 

 4-S-jugal: leaflets 20-40-jugal, falcate-linear, acuminate with a bluntish point, rigid, 

 ciliate, glabrescent : stipules persistent, oblong-lanceolate, striate ; flower-heads globose, 

 subsessile, axillary, or in an interrupted spike ; corolla hirsute, twice as long as the glabres- 

 cent calyx ; stamens 20, connected to one-third ; legume . . . . — Allied to C. dysantha, 

 Benth. Branches leafy ; leaflets 2"'-l £"' long : pinnae 3"' distant from each other and from 

 the base of the petiole : stipules rusty-scariose, 3'" long ; corolla 3'" long, 2-3 times ex- 

 ceeded by the purple stamens. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Chocachocacco. 



§ 2. Stamens 10-15 : tube included within the corolla. — Leaflets small •. stipules spiny, 

 or with a spine at their base. 



243. C. hsematomma, Benth.! Branehlets armed with infrastipular spines, pubescent 

 or glabrescent ; pinna 1-jugal : leaflets 1-4-jugal, oblong, blunt, glabrous, subciliate ; 

 flowers sessile in peduncled heads ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx ; stamens 10-15, con- 

 nected at the base ; legume straightish, linear, tapering at the base, villous-pubescent : valves 

 coriaceous. — BC. Leg. t. 68. — A tortuous shrub ; leaves shortly petioled, exceeded by the 

 peduncles ; leaflets 3"'-2'", petiole 2"'-l'", setaceous spines 3"'-l"', lanceolate, striate sti- 

 pules 2'", puberulous peduncles 1"-*1£", corolla 2'", purple stamens 8"'-12'" long ; legume 

 2£" long, 3'" broad : seeds roundish, compressed, pendulous. 



o. Corolla strigose-pubescent ; calyx 5-dentate. 

 $. glabrata. Corolla glabrous ; calyx 5-fid, spreading. 



Hab. Bahamas!, Swains, (a); Jamaica!, March, Wils., in maritime woods, St. David 

 {$); [Haiti!]. 



§ 3. Stamens 10-20 : tube slender, exserted. — Leaflets broad, few or 1-jugal, shining above. 



244. C. purpurea, Benth. ! Unarmed, glabrescent ; pinna 1-jugal : leaflets 1-Z-jugal, 

 elliptical-oblong or obovate, bluntish ; flowers sessile, in peduncled heads ; corolla thrice as 

 long as the calyx; stamens 10: tube shortly exserted; legume slightly curved, broadly 

 linear, long-tapering at the base, glabrous -. valves chartaceous, with very thick margins. — 

 Plum. Ed. Burm. 1. 10./. 2.— Mimosa, L. Inga, W.— Leaflets4'"-8'" (-12'"), pedumies 15'" 

 -3"', corolla 3'", purple stamens 12"' long ; legume 3" long, 5"'-4'" broad above.— Hab. S. 

 Kitts !, Antigua 1, Nichols., Wullschl. ; St. Vincent !, Anders. ; [S. Croix ; Venezuela !, 

 Guiana 1, Para !]. 



245. C. tergemina, Benth.! Unarmed, glabrous; pinna 1-jugal: leaflets \\-jugal 

 {i.e. one in the inferior pair abortive), obliquely obovate- oblong, blunt ; flowers sessile in pe- 



