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8-spermo. — Besmanthus natans, Willd., D.lacustris, Willd., et 

 D. stoloni/er, DC. cum syn. in Prod. ii. 4.44. — N. stolonifera, 

 Guillem. et Perrot. Fl. Seneg. i. 239. — In stagnant waters in 

 tropical America, Africa, and Asia, {Wallich, Cat. n. 5295. 

 Cuming, Malacca, n. 2352.) 



2. N. plena, prostrata v. ascendens, glabra v. hinc inde 

 minute puberula, ramis compressis triquetrisve, pinnis 3 — 5- 

 J^g^Sj glandula inter pinnas infimas, foliolis 12 — 40-jugis, 

 capitulis ovoideis, floribus neutris numerosis, staminibus 10, 

 legumine breviter stipitato 5 — 20-spernio. — Desmanthus ple- 

 nus, Willd., D. punctatus, Willd,, et D. polyphtjllus, DC. 

 cum syn. in Prod, ii, 444, 445, — Nepiunia polyphylla, Benth. 

 in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii., 129. — Mimosa adenanthera, Roxb. I 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 554. — Common in tropical America, cultivated 

 in E. India. — Guiana, Parker, Schomburgk, n. 751; Teliu- 

 antepec, Andrieux, n. 407 ; Antigua, Nicholson ; Serra Jaco- 

 bina, near Babia, Blanchet, n. 2700. [Wallich, Cat. n. 

 5298.) 



3. N. tenuis (sp. n.), glabriuscula, diffusa, v. natans, ramis 

 tenuibus triquetris compressisve, pinnis 2 — 4-jiigis, foliolis, 

 10 — 15-jugis, capitulis ovoideis oblongisve, floribus omnibus 

 antheriferis inferioribus masculis, staminibus 10, legumine 

 longe stipitato. — Desmanthus lacustris Torr. et Gr. Fl. N. 

 Am. i. 402, non alior. — Texas, Drummond, 3d coll. n. 

 150. 



4. N. triquetra, glabriuscula, diffusa, ramis gracilibus tri- 

 quetris compressisve, pinnis 2 — 3-jugis, petiolo glanduloso v. 

 obscure uniglandulifero, foliolis 6— 12-jugis, capitulis globo- 

 sis, floribus anantheris paucis parvis v. nullis, staminibus 10, 

 legumine breviter stipitato 4 — 8-spermo. — Desmanthus tri- 

 quetrus, Willd. DC. Prodr. ii. 444.— Brazil, Sello E. In- 

 dian Peninsula, Heyne, Wight, Jaquemont, Shuter, etc., {Wal- 

 lich. Cat. n. 5296.) 



5. N. gracilis (sp. n.), glabriuscula, diffusa, ramis gracili- 

 bus triquetris compressis, foliis eglandulosis, pinnis 1 — 

 2-jugis, foliolis 6 — 20-jugis, capitulis parvis globosis, flori- 



