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bus omnibus plerisve antheriferis, staminibus 5, legumine 

 breviter stipitato 3 — 8-spermo. Habitus N. triquetrcB. — 

 Australia, Bauer, Mitchell. 



Desmanthus acinaciformis, Spanoghe in Linnsea xv. 198, 

 and D. trispermus, Spanoghe, 1. c, both of them from Ti- 

 mor, and unknown to me, are probably near to N. gracilis. 



6. N. lutea, pubescens, prostrata, ramis elongatis trique- 

 tris compressisve, foliis eglandulosis, pinnis 3 — 5-jugis, folio- 

 lis 15 — 20-jugi3 densis linearibus ciliatis, capitulis ovoideis 

 multifloris, floribus plerisque hermaphroditis omnibus anthe- 

 riferis, staminibus 10, legumine longiuscule stipitato 4 — 6- 

 spermo. — Acacia lutea, Leavenw. — Torr. et Gr. ! Fl. N. Amer. 

 1. 403. — Arkansas, Texas, Drummond, 3d coll. n. 158. 



7. '^.pubescens (sp. n.), prostrata, pubescens, ramis elon- 

 gatis, pinnis 2 — 3-jugis foliis eglandulosis v. inter pinnas 

 infimas obscure uniglandulosis, foliolis 20 — 30-jugis densis 

 linearibus ciliatis, capitulis ovato-globosis parvis, floribus 

 omnibus antheriferis, staminibus 10, legumine bi'eviter stipi- 

 tato 4 — G-spermo. — Lima, Cuming, n. 1027. — Very near N. 

 luiea. The stipules are larger, the flower heads much smal- 

 ler, and the stalk of the pod scarcely more than a line long. 



Subtribe II. Gymn anthers. 

 Antherae apice non glanduliferae. 



XV. Desmanthus. Desmanthi Sect, et Darlingtonia, DC 

 Flores superiores nunc omnes hermaphroditi, inferiores 

 pauci masculi v. anantheri steriles. Calyx campanulatus 

 3-dentatus. Petala 5, libera v. medio leviter cohserentia. 

 Stamina 10, v. 3. Legumen lineare, rectum v. falcatum, 

 planum, continuum, valvulis 2 membranaceis dehiscens, intus 

 epulposum, uniloculare v. inter semina incomplete septatum. 

 Semina longitudinalia v. obliqua, funiculo filiformi appensa. 

 Herbae sufFruticesve inermes ramis herbaceis plus minusve 

 angulato-striatis. Folia bipinnata, sensitiva, foliolis parvis. 

 Glandula unica infra pinnas infimas, rarius nulla v. plures 



