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stam. 200 capillar is, basi monad, unica series, 

 stylo filif. stig. capit. leg. 2valv. foL bipinn. jl, 

 racemo ramoso — two types 1 A. falcifolia 

 Sal. Gleditsia inermis L. Acakia houstonia W, 

 bot. reg- 98. Mimosa do P. &c. 2 A, grandi- 

 Jlora Sal. Mim. Ac- do Auctoris, G. akin to 

 Sericandra, how are the pods ? 



757. AsACARA Raf. neog. 9, diff. Gleditsia, fl. 

 herm. cal. duplex ineq. ext. 3part. int, 3-5part, 

 petalis 0, stam. 6-8. leg. ovat. obliq. compresso 



-Type A. aquatica 



monosp. intus iion pwlposo — 

 Raf. Gled. monosperma W. 



758. Melilobus Mitch. Raf. diff. Gleditsia, 

 fl. dioicis polygamis; herm. cal. 5-6part. petalis 

 5-6, stam. 5-6, pistil, villoso, stigma pelt. leg. 

 compressis elongatis intus pulposis polysp. fl, 

 masc. cal. 4part. pet 4, stam. 7-8. Arbor spin, 



fol. pinn. fl. spicatis amentaceis ~1 restore the 

 good name of Mitchell for all the Gleditsias, to 

 this G. apparently different, if Robin's account 

 is correct. The Asiatic sp. perhaps belong to 

 it or form another, 



759. Melilobus heter ophyla Raf. Gled. do fl. 

 lud 332. Ramulis patulis scabris, aculeis basi 



fascic. ramosis, fol. pinn, et bipinnatis — Louisi- 

 ana, lurge tree 70 feet high, very distinct from 

 Gl. triacanthos by long thorns surrounded with 

 small ones at base, some trees are polyg 

 h-erm. and male ii. others bear only female. 



760. Baliiinia L. &c, this G. like Mimosa 

 has been made up pretty much by habit of bi- 

 nate leaves instead of flowers ! yet no one has 

 thought to reform it, altho' some admit of Hy- 

 menea, Phanera and Pauletia. I shall attempt 

 to indicate such a reform and revision, see till 

 767. — Batjhinia Raf cal. 5fid. fisso decid. pet, 

 5 subcq. stam. 10 incq. libcris fertilis, leg. stipit. 



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