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2. Desmanthus virgatus, Willd. 



Indigenous. West Indies and East Indies. 



3. Mimosa Bahameasis, Benth. [Swains.) 

 Sensitive plant. Indigenous. 



4. Leucaena glauca, Benth. [Szvains.) 

 Jumbai, Mimosa, Guaje. West Indies. 



5. Acacia Bahamensis, Gr. [Swains.) 

 Indigenous. 



6. A. tortuosa, Willd. 



West Indies and S. America. 



7. A. Farnesiana, Willd. 



West and East Indies and Africa. 



8. A. Coriophylla, Benth. [Swainson.) 

 Indigenous. 



9. A. acuifera, Benth. [Hjalmars.) 



Indigenous. Turks Island. 



10. A. (Albizzia) Lebbek, Willd. 



Black Ebony, Woman's Tongue. West Indies. 



11. Calliandra Portoricensis, Benth. 

 South America and West Indies. 



12. C. haematomma, Benth. 



A variety having a strigose-pubescent corolla. {Swains.) Indig- 

 enous. 



13. Lysiloma Sabicu, Benth. 

 Horse-flesh, Sabecue. West Indies. 



14. Pitbecolobium Hystrix, Benth. 

 West Indies. 



15. P. Unguis-cati, Benth. [Swains.) 



Ram's horn. 



Sub-Order II. CAESALPINEAE. 



1. Haematoxylon Campechianum, L. 



Logwood, Blockwood, Campeachy wood, Jamaica logwood, Hon- 

 duras logwood, St. Domingo logwood. W. Indies and Tropical 

 America. 



2. Guilandina Bonduc, L. 



Yellow Nicker, Bonduc nut, Bonduc seed, Beasor nut, Yellow 

 Nicker tree. Bonduc seed is tonic, astringent, anti-syphilitic, anti- 

 periodic. West Indies. 



