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DESMANTHUS VIRGATUS. LONG-TWIGGED 
DESMANTHUS. 
KEREEERERER ER EERE EEE BEE 
Class and Order. 
Potyeamra Monazcia. 
Generic Character. 
_ Hermapurop. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-petala, s. 5-par- 
ita. Stam.10. Pist.1. Legumen bivalve. 
_Nevr. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 0. vel 5-petala vel 5-par- 
tita. Stam. 10, sterilia, lanceolato-dilatata. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
'Desmanrnus virgatus ; inermis, foliis bipinnatis: partia- 
libus quadrijugis: propriis duodecim -jugis, spicis 
paucifloris capitatis decandris, leguminibus linearibus, 
caule erecto angulato. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 1047. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 458. | 
Mimosa virgata; inermis, foliis bipinnatis, spicis decandris; 
Inferioribus castratis maximis, caule erecto angulato. 
Sp. Pl. 1502. Jacq. Hort. Vindob. 1. p. 34. t. 80. 
™osa orientalis non spinosa, rarioribus ramis, floribus 
spicatis. Pluk. Alm. 252. t. 307. f. 4? 
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A delicate upright shrub, distinguished by its long linear 
Pods, with which the firure of Rugeve, Hort. Malab. v. 9. 
| - referred to by Linnzus, does not in the least agree, 
We have therefore omitted that s nonym altogether. Nor are 
We without doubts respecting the one from Piuxener, that 
sure representing the branches divaricate, and peduncles 
nger than the leaves. Jacgurn’s figure and description 
“Dove referred to accords entirely with our plant, which 
Was communicated by Joun Watker, Esq. in August last, 
Nt his collection at Arno’s grove, Southgate. : 
_, Native of the West Indies, and also of the East Indies, 
it it be the same with Linnaus’s plant. 
