CENT. VIII. V2l 



Slam. 200 capillar is, basi monad, unica series, 

 stylo filif. stig, capit. leg. 2valv. foL hipinn, ji. 

 racemo ramoso two types 1 A, falcifolia 

 Sal. Gleditsia inermis L. Acakia houstonia W, 

 bot. reg. 98. Mimosa do P. &c. 2 A. grandi- 

 Jlora Sal. Mim. Ac. do Auctoris, G. akin to 

 ^ericandra, how are the pods? 



757. AsACARA Raf. neog. 9, diff. Gleditsia, fl. 

 herm. cal. duplex ineq. ext, 3part, int. 3-5part. 

 petalis 0, stam. 6-8. leg^ ovat. obliq. compresso 

 monosp. intus non pulposo Type A. aquatica 

 Raf. Gled. monosperma W. aiict. 



758. Melilobus Mitch. Raf. difF. Gleditsia, 

 fl. dioicis polygamis; herm. cal. 5-Gpart. petalis 

 5-6, ^tam. 5-6, pistil, villoso, stigma pelt. leg. 

 compressis elongatis intus pulposis polysp. fl 

 masc. cal. 4part. pet 4, stam. 7-8. Arbor spin. 



fol, pinn, fl. spicatis amentaceis\ restore the 

 good name of Mitchell for all the Gleditsias, to 

 this G. apparently different, if Robin's account 

 is correct. The Asiatic sp. perhaps belong to 

 it or form another. 



759. Melilobus Jieterophyla Raf. Gled. do fl. 

 lud 332. Ramulis patuiis scabris, aculeis basi 

 fascic. ramosis, fol. pinn, et bipinnatis Louisi- 

 ana, lurge tree 70 feet high, very distinct from 

 Gl. triacanthos by long thorns surrounded with 

 small ones at base, some trees are polyg. by 

 herm. and male fl. others bear only female. 



760. Bauhinia L. &.c, this G. like Mimosa 

 lias been made up pretty much by habit of bi- 

 nate leaves instead of flowers ! yet no one has 

 thought to reform it, altho' some admit of Hy- 

 menea, Phanera and Pauletia. I shall attempt 

 to indicate such a reform and revision, see till 

 767. Bauhinia Raf. cal 5fid. fisso decid. pet. 

 o subeq. stam. 10 ineq. liberis fertilis, leg, stipit. 



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