344 | | LEGUMINOS&. 
101. PROSOPIS. 
Prosopis, Linn. Mant. n. 1260 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 591; Benth. in Trans. Linn. 
| Soc. xxx. p. 376. 
Trees and shrubs. Sixteen species, of which thirteen are American, one African, and 
two Asiatic. 
1. Prosopis cinerascens, A. Gray, ex Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 381. 
Strombocarpa cinerascens, A. Gray. 
_ Mimosa calcarea, Buckl. 
Trxas.—Norta Mexico, valley near Azufrora, Nuevo Leon (Gregg), without locality 
(Berlandier). 
2. Prosopis? heterophylla, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 82. 
NortH Mexico, Sonora Alta (Coulter). Hb. Trin. Coll. Dubl. 
3. Prosopis juliflora, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 447; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc.xxx.p. 377. 
Prosopis horrida, Kunth, Mim. t. 33. 
Prosopis dulcis, Kunth, Mim. t. 34. 
Prosopis domingensis, DC. 
Algarobia dulcis, Benth. 
Algarobia glandulosa, Torr. et Gr. 
Subtropical Norra America to—Norta Mexico, about Matamoras (Berlandier), on 
the Rio Grande near San Elizario (Wright), region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 
feet (Parry & Palmer, 211); Sour Muxico, Oaxaca (Galeotti, 3243), near Mexico 
(Bourgeau, 92); Nicaraaua, Gulf of Fonseca (Sinclair), Segovia (@rsted); PanaMa, on 
the sea-shore near the city of Panama (Seemann, 402).—Southward through the Andes 
to CHIL, and in Buenos Ayres, but hitherto not found in Guiana or Brazil. Hb. Kew. 
4, Prosopis pubescens, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 82. 
Strombocarpa pubescens, A. Gray. 
Prosopis emoryi, Torr. 
Texas; CaLirornia.—Nortu Mexico. 
5. Prosopis, sp. 
Norte Mexico, vicinity of Durango (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
102. NEPTUNIA. 
Neptunia, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 653; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. p. 592; Benth. Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxx. p. 883. 
Eight herbaceous species: five occur in America, one in Africa, one in the Mascarene 
Islands, two in Asia, and two in Australia, two or three being amphigzous. 
1. Neptunia lutea, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 355. 
Texas and ARKansas to—Soutn Mexico, in shady places around Puerta de Agua 
Dulce (Seemann, 99), near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg). Hb. Kew. 
