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positi. Capitula exacte globosa. Calyx laxior et corolle 
limbus proportione tubi major quàm in Pithecolobiis pleris- 
que. Ovarium sessile. 
Had this genus not already been established by Martius, 
Ishould have been much disposed to consider it but as a 
section of Pithecolobium, from which it only differs in the 
pod. 
1. E. Timboüva (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 128), glabrum 
v. partibus novellis pubescentibus glaucescens, pinnis 2-5- 
jugis, foliolis 10-20-jugis falcato-oblongis dimidiatis mucro- 
nato-acutis basi valde obliquis 2-3-nerviis venosis, glandula 
petiolari pulvinata v. obscura, floribus apice puberulis, calyce 
membranaceo 5-dentato corolla duplo breviore.— Mimosa 
contortisiliqua, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 25, Enterolobium glau- 
cescens, Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 117.— Formas vidi pluri- 
mas satis diversas sed characteribus certis distinguere nequeo. 
Foliola nunc pollicaria demum coriacea supra siccitate nigri- 
cantia, venis conspicuis paginaque inferiore glauco-pallidis, 
nunc dimidio minora utrinque glauca, minus venosa. Costa 
media lateri superiori approximata.—Brazil ; common near 
Crato in Ceara, Gardner, n. 1579; Utinga, in Bahia, Blan- 
chet, n. 2762; Cuyaba, Martius, Langsdorff; on the Rio 
San Francisco, Claussen; on the Uruguay, Tweedie ; also 
in Jamaica, Herb, Banks. 
2. E. ? Blancheti (sp. n.), ramulis petiolisque vix minute pu- 
berulis, pinnis 2-4-jugis, foliolis 8-12-jugis oblique subrhom- 
beo-oblongis obtusis mucronatis inzequilateris glabris, glandula 
petiolari parva v. nulla jugalibus nullis, capitulis paucifloris, 
floribus pedicellatis, calyce glabro truncato corolla cano- 
tomentella dimidio breviore.— Habitu et foliis Pithecolobio - 
corymboso accedit, sed flores potius Enterolobii. Fructus 
ignotus.—Serra Acurua, in Bahia, Blanchet, n. 2776. 
3. E.? ellipticum (sp. n.), glabrum, pinnis 1-2-rarius NS 
jugis, foliolis 4-6-jugis oblongo-v. ovali-ellipticis obtusis sub- 
eequilateris basi obliquis coriaceis venosis, glandula petiolari 
immersa jugalibus parvis, capitulis multifloris, floribus sub- — 
sessilibus vix minute puberulis, calyce breviter dentato 
