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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Ncptuni" 



sniminodes, 7-14 mm. 1. Perfect flowers sessile, calyx 2 mm. 1., petal- 

 4 mm. l. ; stamens twice as long as the petals. Pod 2-2-5 cm. 1., -8-1 cm. 

 br., ilat, mucronate, bent down at a right angle from the stalk (5-8 mm. 1.). 

 Seeds 5-8(3-9), obovate, brownish-black, about -5 cm. 1. 



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Fig. 40. Neptunia oleracea Lour. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence x 



B, Flower X 5. 



C, Sterile flower x 3. 



D, Head of pods X 5. 



(A, B, C after Fl. Bras.) 



2. N. plena Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 355 (1842) : 

 Benth. in FL Bras. xv. pt. 2, 291 & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 383 ; 

 Lindl Bot. Beg. 1846, t, 3; Griseb. op. cit, 218; Urb. Syml. 

 Ant. iv. 268. Mimosa non spinosa palustris et herbacea pro- 

 cumbens, flore luteo pleiio Houst. MSS. 165, /. 92. M. foliis 

 duplicato-pinnatis spicarum &c. L. Hort. Upsal. 145. M. plena 

 L. Sp. PL 519 (1753) ; Miller Ic. 122, t. 182, /. 2 ; Houst, Beliq. 

 10, t. 23. M. frutescens media inermis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 253. M. punctata L. Syst. ed. 10, 1311 (1759). Herba mimosa 

 non spinosa pldtyceratos &c. Sloane Cat. 152 & Hist. ii. 57. 



