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A (joNsrixrcs or the Tj:a['Mfxosj-:. i03 



]iannlato, sliortly toothud. Pi-tals connate or fi>^e. t^tamens the same or 

 twice the nnmlxT of the petals, much exserted ; filaments filiforni, free; 

 antlicrs ej:;landular. Pod tlat, valves separating entire or \n transverse 

 joints. Leaves hipinnate ; leaflets small, often sensitive. Trees or herbs, 

 with or witlinut prichles. 



I. Herhaceoiis (ir shrnhhy. 



A. Flowers rosy, trtraniorons. Pi'tals connate, stamens 4. 

 Leaves digitately pinnate ; piiin;e 3-4 paired ; stipule'' 

 lanceolate, striate, ciliate. Ht'ads solitary, or 2-3-fascicled. 

 Pod with jirickly sutun's. Stems prickly. C^iilt. Fl. Jnly. 

 fr. Ang. 



(is- ^y^^ f/) M. piuJfcn, L. 



P>. Flowers white, pentanierons. Petals free. Stamens .". 

 Leaves l)ipinnate ; jmina^' .j-lO-jiain-d : leaflets minute, 

 numerous ; stipules hristly. Heads solitary. Pod with 

 unarmed sntnn^s. Stems unarmed. Cult, in P. G. Fl. 

 July. 



(-i^^JTAJ ]\f, myrinphi/?Ja, Pong. 



IL Arborescent ; branches prickly. Flowers [lurple, tetramerous. 

 Petals connate. Stamens 8. Leaflets hipinnate; pinn;e in 1-21 

 pairs ; leaflets 18-20, glabriius ; stiiniles broad, cordate. Heads 

 solitary. I'od nnarmed, dblong, torulose. (Jr.lt. in ]-*). G. Fl. 

 ]\r irch-June. 



(V A'V i' 17 1/) jif, if.rjcr/i/rn/fvfiif!, H. A. 



85. LEUCAENA, BENTH. 



Flowers wliite, sessile, in dense glol,'os(^ heads, .'j-merous. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary or fascicled, shorter than the leaves. Calyx cylindrical- 

 campanulate, shortly toothed. Petals valvate, free, oblanceolate. Stamens 

 10, free, much exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers (\glandular. Ovary 

 stalked, many-ovuled ; style; filiform, subclavate. Pod flat, coriaceous, 

 strap-shaped, dehiscent. Leaves hipinnate. Unarmed trees. Pinnro 4-G 

 paired ; leaflets numerons, somewhat cili<ila1e ; stipules minute. A low erect 

 tree. Formosa. Cult, in 1'.. G. 



(V yi)'7 ^ P y) L. r//auco, P.enth. 



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