g MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Hymenaea, L. Gen. 1737; Spec. 1753. 



H. Courbaril, L. Spec. 1753. 

 Poms. 



Gigalobium, P. Br. Hist. Jam. 1756. Entada, Adans. 



Fam. 1763. 



G. scandens, (L.). Mimosa scandens, L. Spec. Ed. 2, 

 1763. Entada, Bcnth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv. 1842. 

 Port Antonio. 



Adenanthera, L. Coroll. 1737. 



A. Pavonina, L. Spec. 1753. 



Port Antonio; Grand Cayman. 



Prosopis, L. Mant. i. 1767. 



P. juliflora, (Sw. ) DC. Prod. ii. 1825. Mimosa, Sw. 

 Prod. 1788. 



Kingston; Constant Springs. 



Desmanthus, Willd. Spec. iv. 1805. 

 D. depressus, Humb. & Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. iv. 1805. 



Inagua; Kingston. 

 D. virgatus, (L.) Willd. Spec. iv. 1805. Mimosa, L. 

 Spec. 1753. 



Nassau, Eleuthera ; Port Morant. 



Mimosa, L. Gen. 1737; Tourn. Inst. 1700. 



M. Bahamensis, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv. 1842. 



Fortune Is. ; Inagua. 

 M. pigra, L. Syst. x. p. 1312, No. 28, F. 1759. M. 

 asperala, L. 1. c, p. 1312, No. 28, G. 



Lucea. 

 The pods break up into 1-seeded burs. 



M. pudica, L. Spec. 1753. 



Bog Walk; Port Morant; Porus; Lucea (var. uni- 

 juga). 



Observations at Lucea showed that the leaves recovered from a shock 

 in 9 to 11 minutes 



