LEGUMINOS^E 



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teeth about A of its length. Corolla 5 mm. 1. Stamens numerous, J -2-5 

 cm. 1., shortly united at the base. /W .ulabrous or slightly puberulous, 

 5-10 cm. 1., 5-8 mm. br., 6 -13-seeded, margins thickened; valves thin, 

 chartaceous, when ripe rolling back spirally from the apex. 



Fig. 44. Calliandrt! j>iirt<>rici'n*ix Be nth. 



A. Leaf and inflorescence X $. C, Pistil X 4. 



B, Flower x 2. D, Pod after opening > 



i'. C. hsematomma DentJt. in Hook. Lon<L Journ. Bot. //'/. 

 103 (1844) ; stipular spines straight ; pinme in. 1 pair ; leaflets 

 in 4-8 pairs : peduncles of flower-heads axillary, solitary or 

 rarely 2 together. -- B< /////. /'// Trnnx. Linn. Soc. xxx. "i4-~). 

 C. haematomma var. gla,br&t& Griseb. op. </'(. 21*4; Urb. tfi/mli. Ant. 

 if. -(i:! iV; //. -Of) (under C. Jiaematostomo). Acacia haematomma 

 Bert, ex DC. Mem. Ley. 448, /. G8 (ISiM) & Spreng. >>/. I'M. I .".7 

 (under hsematostoma). Acacia americana siliquis teretibus iVr. 

 Sloum- Cut. l-~>- A- Hint. ii. ")G (in part). 



Sloane Hfrl>. vi. 43*2! Uniugliton ! Slialtspcar ! Nasson\ 

 March ! road to Warck;i, Long Mountain, 600 ft. ; Great Goat Is., 

 Fl. Jam. 8921, 9:51^. Bahamas, Cuba, ILisp.miola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas. 



A slender-stemmed M niggling bush, trailing over >hrubs or trees, or a 

 low spreading tree up to 12 ft. high. 1'iniuc -0-1-5 cm. 1. ; k-allets 



