^^^ UOTANY or THE VOYAGE OP H.M.S. HERALD. 
Proar. vol. ii. p. 446 l-Nomen vernacid. " MancacavaUo." On the sandy shores of the Pacific 
Ocean. 
304. -SiLVTViiij. pubescem, Benth., Wlprs. Eep. vol. i. p. 863; var. temis, Bciith. MSS. Puerto 
de Agua dulee. Province of Panama, in dry sunny places. 
305. Neptunia plena, Benth., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. S&^.—Desmanthns pohjphyllus, De Cand. 
Irodr. vol. u. p. 444. lu swamps near Nata, Proi-ince of Panama. 
306. Desmanthus virgatm, WiUd., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 445. In shady places; common 
about Panama. 
307. Mimosa albida, Kunth, Mim. vol. ii. t. 1. Near Panama. 
308. Mimosa /mii.«rf«, WiUd., Spec. vol. iv. p. 1031. Santiago de Veragnas. 
^^ 309. UiMon^ pudica, Linn., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 426.-Nomina vernacul. "Sensitiva" et 
bierratesierrate." Common on roadsides and in the savauas. 
The Panamians believe that a bundle of this plant laid under the pillow wiU produce a somniferous 
ettect, a behef probably without any foundation whatever. 
^^e.^^l'^^"'"'-" *'™"*^''""' H. et B., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 427; var. glandaloso-hispida, Benth. 
MbS. Near Panama. 
_ 311. Mimosa aspe,-ata, Linn., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p. 878. In swamps and on the banks of 
rivulets ; common throughout the country. 
312. ScHEANCKiA brachycarpa, Benth., Wlprs. Rep. vol. i. p! 884. In savanas, cKmbing over 
shrubs, near the city of Panama. ° 
Aeaetf ^^L"""/"™-'™''' ^'iUd. ^V^. Hep. vol. i. p. 909.-Seem. Die in Europa eingefiihrten 
ac:r'^i::f~grrti:er''- " "'"' '- ^'"^^•" ^-^ ™™^ ''^-' -^ '-^^-^ ^ ^-'- - 
SandSlt tT ,*"" !,' ""l*^""^ " '^' '™I''" "^ ^°'^ tomisphcres ; I eoUected it besides at Oahu 
^ isacha. The washerwomen of the Isthmus place the flowers among the linen to perfume it the flowers 
never becoming mouldy, a fact deserving consideration. o it, tlie flo,,.rs 
einge? Acatien '; 1^^' ''''™- '^'f'^''^^'*" ""P"" ^^P' ^°'- ' ^^ ^^^-Secm. Die in Europ. 
emgef. Acacien, p. 61.-Nomen vernacul. " Cuernito." Common in savanas from Panama to David 
to find T ' ^"^r'f *""f °"' ^" *" ^^ ^''' ^^^^' ^-^^ ^"""■''^ -^"^g *« <^^ «e«^on. I have often tried 
IS. vTl ''"* ""^ '"'''' '''•''' ^"'"^ ^*"' *'><' '^n'othesis It the large Toi; of hie 
it lit? . '^". r """' '^ "-^'^ " ""* '™*^'^' ''»-- - °- ^-°P- •hothouses we Iw th 
pia^c^s is ^c" Pa"::.""^- ^- -^- ^^- ^- ^"^^-^— — • "-- ^^ 
g.rtntis:hr;Z:;;ICrad;"t'^ ^^Pa eingef.hi.en Acacien, mit BerUe.sichtigung der 
u, ± na^e made the iollo^vmg observationa ou the genus Acacia .— 
