226 LEGUMINOS.E. 



circle, compressed, tumid at the large seeds, coriaceous, indehiscent, pulpy, and with spurious 

 dissepiments within. — Unarmed trees; leaves bipinnate; flowers subsessile, greenish, in pe- 

 duncled heads. 



250. E. cyclocarjfam, Gr. Glabrous ; pinnae 4-9-jugal : leaflets 20-30-jugal, un- 

 equal-sided, oblong, pointed, glaucescent beneath : petiole bearing glands between the lowest 

 and uppermost pinnae ; calyx puberulous, more than half as long as the corolla ; stamens oo, 

 connected at the base ; legume repaud, forming a complete circle, the rounded top touch- 

 ing the rounded base. — Jacq. Fragm. t. 34. f. 1 : the legume. — Mimosa, Jacq. Inga, W. 

 Macf. ! Pithecolobium, Benth. — The legume of the continental C. Timbouva, Mart., forms 

 one-half or two-thirds of a circle, the basilar sinus being open. — A lofty tree ; leaflets 6'", 

 peduncles la" long; flower-heads (the stamens excluded) 6'" diam. ; stamens white; legume 

 H'-lf" broad, with the basilar sinus closed (the whole fruit consequently 3"-4" diam.), 

 dark-brown, polished. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., M' Nab, Pd., near Spanish Town; [Vene- 

 zuela]. 



89. PITHECOLOBIUM, Mart. 



Corolla 5(-6)-dentate. Stamens oo, monadelphons. Legume cochleate, or spirally 

 twisted, bivalved. — Woody plants ; leaves bipinnate ; flowers in heads or spikes. 



Sect. 1. U?fGris-CATi. — Legume cochleate, with the valves often at length twisted -. seeds 

 semi-immersed into a fleshy arillus. — Petioles bearing glands between the pinnae. 



251. P. unguis-cati, Benth. Armed with minute, spinescent stipules (or unarmed), 

 glabrous ; pinna \-jugal : leaflets \-jugal, obliquely obovate, or oblong, blunt ; flowers 

 sessile, in peduncled, racemose heads; legume circulate, flat-compressed, broadly linear, 

 glabrous, forming somewhat more than a single gyrus. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 4 ; Desc. Ft. 1. 

 t. 11. — Mimosa, L. Inga, W. J. guadalnpensis, Hesv. : the unarmed state. J. leucantha, 

 Prl. — A shrub, 10' high; leaflets variable, 2"-l" long; flowers greenish-yellow, usually 

 puberulous , legume red, 4"'-5'" broad. 



a. Leaflets obovate or obovate-roundish ; stamens yellow or slightly purpurascent. 



B.forfez, Kth. Leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate ; stamens rosy. — Kth. Mimos. 1. 16. 



Hab. Bahamas!, Swains ; Jamaica!, Pd., common in thickets, but said to be introduced 

 (Macf.); Antigua \,Wullschl. ; S. Lucia!, Anders.; S.Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Cr. ($)'; 

 [Florida !, Venezuela !]. 



252 P. oblongum, Benth. Armed with stipular spines, glabrous; pinna \-jugal: 

 leaflets \-jugal, oval-oblong or obliquely oval, blunt ; flowers sessile, in short, peduncled, 

 racemose spikes, puberulous ; legume circinate, flat-compressed, broadly-linear, subsinuate, 

 glabrous, forming more than a single gyrus : valves at length twisted. — Leaflets 2"-l"long; 

 spikes lax, oblong, 4"'-6"' long ; legume 4'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Chacacha- 

 carro ; [Panama !, New Granada]. 



253. P. trapezifolvam, Benth. ! Unarmed ; branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent, 

 or glabrate ; pinna 2-A-jugal : leaflets 2-8-jugal, rhomboid, shining above, glabrate be- 

 neath ; flowers sessile, in peduncled heads or short spikes, rusty-pubescent ; " legume broad- 

 linear, glabrate, cochleate." — Mimosa, V. Inga, DC. — Leaflets, 1'' long, 8'" broad, or the 

 inferior smaller. — Hab. Trinidad (Benth.) ; [Guiana!, Para!]. 



Sect. 2. Gykolobium. — Legume spirally twisted : seeds devoid of an arillus. — Unarmed 

 plants ; petioles bearing glands between the pinnse. 



254. P. micradenium, Benth. ! Branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent ; pinna 4-8- 

 jugal: leaflets ?>-\Z-jugal, rhomboid, glabrous or glabrescent beneath ; flowers subsessile, in 

 long-pednncled heads or short spikes ; legume flat-compressed, oblong-linear, glabrate, red, 

 forming 3-5 contiguous windings. — T. Brongniartii, Walp. ! — A large tree ; leaflets 6"'-10'" 

 long, 3"'-5'" broad; legume 6"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al. ; Dominica!, Imr.; [Guade- 

 loupe !, in mountain woods]. 



255. P. filicifolium, Benth. ! Branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent ; pinna 8-16- 

 jugal : leaflets 20-ZO-jugal, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, obliquely tapering into the 

 bluntish point, broadest at the base, glabrescent; flowers in long-peduncled heads; legume 



