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/// Trans. Linn. Stir. xxx. iii'7 : I'd*. Synth. Anf. ir. L'63. Arbor 

 siliquosa brasiliensis Arc. Slmnu- Cut. !.":; A Hist. ii. .~>8, /. 1SJ, /'. 1. 

 Mimosa in-a L. Sj>. PL 516 (17:>:>) : ,SV. 0/<*. lint. :;88. M. foliis 

 pinnatis etc. P/////J. /'/. .l///'r. (litinn.) t. 2-"). (Fig. 47.) 



Banks of Rio Nuevo, Sloanr Herb. vi. 01 ! \\~ri<iltf ! Hro-iighton \ St. Ann, 

 Purdiel Oersted I Wilson ! ^/-//v/ ! Elmwood, Hari ! Priestmans Ri 

 Deans I Castleton, Thompson \ PortMorant,B"iicfecocfc; Spring, St. Thomas; 

 Park, Portland, 1500 ft. ; New Ground, St. Ann ; Jfnrrifi ! Fl. Jam. 



B 



I-'!-. \7.liifja i-era \Villd. 



\ I,- af ami iiilluivsri-nce X .',. I 1 -. i'al\\ and rnnilln. n;ii. - 



' C, Pud X 1. 



5406,6613,8013, K>. Kit. I lispaniola, Porto Rico, Triniclud. Central Ameri 

 northern South America. 



7'm -20-4:0 ft. high, tomentellous. Lcujlit* in 4 c> pairs, elliptical-oblong 

 to lanceolate, sonn t imes obovatc, usually acuminate, 4-1M cm. 1. J'<'til<- 

 winded i>(.'t\ve<-n the ]wirs. (ildinl circular, hetAvcm tin- k-atlets of 

 pair. .FZotoirs sessile or subsessile, in spikes. Calyx Q !:' mm. 1. 

 wliite, 13-10 mm. 1. J-'ilnnn'iifs white, more than twice as Ion-' a< tin- 

 corolla; tube shorter ; anthers -reen. Pod 10-12(-15) cm. 1., 12 20zom.br., 

 tomentose, slightly curved, l-rihl)ed. 



The specimen in llerh. Sloane corresponding to Sloane's description 

 and ti.L'ure cited by Linna-us consists merely of the pod. \Ve find no 



