Pithecellobium 



LEGUMINOS-ffl 



Mimosa unguis-cati L. Sp. PL 317 (1753) ; Jacq. Hort. X<-L< nlr. 

 Hi. t. :5!)2 ; Sir. 0/'.<. Bot. 389. M. spinis in caule geminis, foliis 

 bigeminifi Plant. PI. Amer. (Burnt.) t. 4. -M. fruticosa fo 

 ovatis <fec. Jii-ninn- 7/7x/. Jiini. 2~>'2. Inga ungui.s-cati \Vill 

 PI. 1000 (1S06); Macf.Jam. i. :106. I. microj.hylla ///</,</,. <t- 

 ea; I1V/A/. S r .' PI. 1004 (1800). Mimosa rosea !></</ 

 in. iii. 3:5, /. ^5 (1807). M. guadalupensis Pers. %/?. /'/'. 

 262 (1807). Inga forfex A'///// Mtnkw. 52, /. 16 (1820). 



Pithe- 



FI. S. U. States 116 (1860). 



colobium miadalupense 

 . I- ig. 45.) ^ 



Black-bead shrub. 



St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. vi. 45, 46! Houstounl 

 Massonl Bancroft I Purdie ; Macfadyen ; Falmouth, Miss .1. 



\Yfight ! 

 Moultun 



Barrett '! between Kingston and Salt Ponds, Fawcett\ near Falmcuth ; 



Fig. i'>.J'lt/iecel!nl'iutn unyuift-cati Beiith. 



Pods, one ju-t opening, the other quite open, showing- 

 the seeds with aril. uat. size. 



Heathshire Hills; Corby, S.Cruz Mts., 1200ft.; Salem, Llandovery, St. 

 Ann; Harris. Fl. Jam. 7238, 9534, <J745. 10,376, 11,625. Florida and 

 Keys, Bahamas, West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia. 



labrous shrub or small tree, 10-15 ft. high; common petiole '5-3'5 

 cm. 1. ; petiolule 3-S mm. 1. Lru/lcts obliquely obovato or elliptical, or 

 oblong-lanceolate, varying much in size, 1-4 5 cm. 1. and more. Gl 

 between the pinna.' and between the leaflets. Flowcr-hnnl* stalked, in 

 axillary racemes, or ti-i f min;il panicles. Calyx 1-5 mm. 1. <'.>/W/<j 5-6 

 mm. 1., greenish-yellow. Sttuni'ti*. 3 times as long as the corolla, pale 

 yellow or -<.inetimes i.t>y ,,i- purplish. Pod 7-10 mm. br. ,S'(/s- 5-7, 

 black, shining, roundish, half covered with a white lleshy aril. 



[P. dlllce li'-iitlt. 'tn I fun/:. Loml. Jnnni. iti. I'J'J (1844); 

 like P. un'jiii*-f<ifi\ l)iit a tree i ">0 ft. high : it also iliti'-rs in 

 the creamy-white Corolla being <>nly half as long. L' .") -.'> mm. 1., 

 and the intlMi-rs'-'-iice, instead of being glabrous, is covered with 

 whitish tomcnttim.- M:IIMS,I dulcis /,'.<;/>. /V. (.'in-unt. /'. 07. /. I'! 1 

 1795). Inga dulcis Wi'lhl. Si>. PI. iv. 100-") (1805); H7,//// I. 



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