K'.S FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



_'-.' (\ ")-4) nun 1. : spines when small slender, the larger 2*5-1) 

 <-m. 1., a little dilated, terete or rarely angled or concave above : 

 pod tomentose, puberulous, or glabrescent, 7-S (5-10) cm. 1., 

 9-1 "2 cm. l.)i'., longitudinally net-veined (at length obscurely). - 

 A. maci-aruntha Hnrnl. /(' Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. PL Iv. 1080 (1806) ; 

 Knuth Minn**, t. 28 : Griseb. FL Br. W. Lid. 221 ; Bvntli. in 

 Trans. Linn. Sor. xxx. 500. A. macracanthoides & A. subinermis 

 Bert, e.c DC. Pnxlr. ii 463 (1825) ; Mac/. Jam. I 317. A. micro- 

 ceplmhi Macf. Jam. i. 316 (1837). Mimosa lutea J/7//r/- Gnl. 

 Di<-t. < il. 8 (1768). The type, Miller's specimen from Houstoun, 

 is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Wild Tamarind, Park Nut. 



St. Jago de la Vega and thence to Passage fort, Sloane Herl). vi. 42! 

 Pasmore in Herb. Sloaue civil. 268 ! Houstoun ! Broughton ! Bancroft I 

 Windward Koad ; Salt Ponds district ; Macfadyen ! Oersted ! Wilson ; 

 Prior : March ! Constant Spring, Hitchcock ; King's House grounds, 

 J.P. 1322, and Hope grounds, Faivcettl near Halberstadt, 2000 ft. ; Cane 

 River vaUey, 1200 ft.; Albion Mt., St. Thomas, 150-200 ft.; Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 6730, 7405, 10,106, 11,857. Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, tropical 

 continental America, and subtropical S. America. 



Tree or shrub, 15-40 ft. high; twigs and leaf-stalks puberulous or 

 glabrous. Pinnse variable in length, 5-20 cm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear. 

 Glands sessile, occurring irregularly at the base of the petiole, and between 

 the pinnae, sometimes wanting. Flowers yellow, fragrant. Calyx 1-5-1-7 

 mm. 1. Corolla 2-2-2-5 mm. 1. Pod generally straight, rarely curved, 

 subterete or somewhat compressed, continuous or more or less constricted 

 between the seeds. 



This species, and the two following, can be grown as hedges, if properly 

 pruned. The trunk sometimes attains a diameter of 1J to 2 feet ; the 

 wood is used for making charcoal, and also as fire-wood. 



2. A. tortuosa Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1083 (1805) : pinme in 2-8 

 pairs ; leaflets in 10-20 pairs, 4-5(-7) mm. 1. ; spines thick, the 

 larger terete, 2-4 cm. 1. ; pod puberulous or glabrate, continuous 

 or slightly constricted between the seeds, obscurely longitudinally 

 veined, 8-14 cm. 1., 7-8 mm. br. Macf. Jam. i. 315; Griseb. 

 op. cit. 222; Benth. torn. cit. 501. Mimosa tortuosa etc. jBrowiu 1 

 Hist. Jam. 251. M. tortuosa L. Sijst. e<l . 10, 1312 (1759) & 

 Amoen. v. 384, 411 ; Siv. Obs. BoL 391 ; Wrigld Mem. 225. 

 M. salinarum von Hohr in Herb. Mus. Brit, (noii TV////). The 

 type, Browne's specimen, is in Herb. Linn. 



Wild Poponax, Acacia Bush. 



Houstounl Browne ! BrougJitonl Salines opposite Port Royal, von 

 Bohr I Bancroft; Gossel Wilson ; Prior; Hope, J.P. 997, Morris ! Port 

 Royal, Hitchcock; Latimer Pen, Campbell \ near Kingston, G. Douetl 

 Delta of Hope River, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5873, 9386. Texas, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Central America, Galapagos Is., 

 Colombia, Venezuela. 



Shrub or low tree, 10-15 ft. ; branches spreading ; twigs and leaf-stalks 

 pubescent or glabrescent. Pinnas 1*5-3 cm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear, 

 blunt; veins slightly prominent. Gland oblong, sessile below lowest 

 pinme, and a circular one usually between the 1-3 terminal. Calyx l'_- 



