Tab. 4188. 

 CALLIANDRA Tweediei. 



Mr. Tweedies Calliandra. 



Nat. Ord. Lugumino&s. Trib. Mimose^e. — Monadelphia Folyandria. 



Gen. Char. CALLIANDRA, Benth. — Flares plerique bermaphroditi. Calyx 

 eampanulatus 5-dentatus v. varius 5-fidus, ssepius striatus. Corolla infundibu- 

 liformi-campanulata, rarius subtubulosa, laciniis striatis v. tenuiter membranaceis. 

 Stamina indefinite samius rmmerosa corolla prunes longiora, basi in tubum coalita 

 et corollas saepius plus minus adnata. Legumen lineare, rectum v. vix falcatum, 

 compressum, in valvulas 2 lignosas coriaceas v. submembranaceas marginibus 

 valde incrassatis, ab apice ad basin elastice dehiscens, intus uniloculare epulpo- 

 sum. Seminum funiculus ssepius brevis. — Frutices v. arbores parva, America? 

 calidioris incolee, smpius inermes. Folia bipinnata, petiolo rhachique fere in omnibus 

 eglandulosis. Stipulae in ramulis floriferis v. ad basin pedunculorum sapius persis- 

 tentes, subimbricata, foliacea, membranacece v. indurate, in ramulis vegetioribus 

 nonnunquam decidual, rarius postice in spinam ut primum refiexam mox patentem v. 

 surrectam products. Capitula florum globosa, pedunculata v. rarius sessilia, in 

 axillis foliorum superiorum v. in racemo terminali solitaria gemina v. rarius plura, 

 staminibus (idtrapollicaribus) purpureis v. albis, comosa, speciosa. Flores centrales 

 seepius quant in Albizzia diformes, corolla elongalo-tubulosa, stamimm tubo longe 

 exserto. 



CALLIANDHA Tweediei : ramulis petiobsque pilosis, stipulis ovatis acutiusculis, 

 piimis 3-4-jugis, fobolis multijugis oblongo-linearibus acutiuscubs cibatis 

 subtus pilosis, pedunculis petiolo longioribus, bracteolis sub flore lanceolatis 

 linearibusve deciduis, floribus brevissime pcdicellatis molliter pilosis, calyce 

 turbinato corolla dirnidio breviore, legumine sublignoso crasso dense viboso. 

 Benth. 



Calliandea Tweediei. Benth. in Hook. Joum. Bot. v. 2. p. 140. et in Bond. 

 Journ. Bot. v. 3. p. 107. 



An elegant shrab, belonging to a Gemts of Mimoseee, distin- 

 guished by the great length and frequently rich red colour of the 

 stamens, whence the appropriate name Calliandra, Benth., 

 (<caXX oy , beautiful, and ivh P -avh p0Si the stamen). Sixty species are 

 enumerated by Mr. Bentham in the ' London Journal of Botany,' 

 all inhabitants of the American continent. They have, Mr. Ben- 

 tham observes, the corolla of Albizzia, the stamens of an La/a, 

 and a pod different from that of any other Genus, the valves of 

 the pod rolling back elastically in a very remarkable manner. 

 The present species is a native of Rio Grande and Rio Jaqury in 



wi'ober 1st, 1845. 



