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Wings oblong, adhering to the larger semicircular keel, 
Stamens monadelphous, the anterior one shorter, free above 
and below, but adhering near the middle of the tube. Anthers 
small, ovate. Pistil: germen compressed, slightly hairy above, 
Style longer than the stamens. Stigma capitate. Legume 
compressed, orbicular, wrinkled, 1-seeded. 
This shrub is a native of saline swamps, most frequent 
among the Acanthus ilicifolius; but when it happens to 
grow near trees, it invariably finds its way to the top of 
them. The trunk, however, does not increase in thickness in 
the same proportion, being rarely more than five or six inches 
in circumference, so far, at least, as I have had opportunities 
of observing the plant. It is in flower most part of the year, 
but produces fruit very sparingly. It is found near Negapa- 
tam, rather abundantly on the banks of rivers, thriving both 
in fresh and salt water. 
Suprt. Tas. XLI. Pongamia religiosa. Fig. 1, Flower. 
Fig. 2, Stamens and pistil (the calyx bent back) :—magni- 
fied. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS A FLORA OF 
SOUTH AMERICA AND THE ISLANDS OF 
THE PACIFIC; By W. J. Hooker, LL.D. AND 
G. A. W. Arnort, Eso. A.M. F.R.S.E. 
[Continued from Page 129 of the present Volume.] 
Since the publication of our first Memoir on the present sub- 
ject, our Herbaria have been enriched by some interesting 
plants of the Andes of Quito, from Professor William Jameson 
and Colonel Hall of Quito, already alluded to in the present 
volume, by a considerable collection from Buenos Ayres and 
the Uraguay, received from Mr. Tweedie, and by another 
from Chili, made by Mr. Bridges, chiefly in the Cordilleras. 
The Botany of Chili, and Science in general, have sus- 
