556 POLYATSDRIA MONOGYNIA. MiniOSa. 



SECT. III. Thorny. Spikes globular. 



24. M. dulcis. R. Corom. pi. 1. N. 99. 



T/*orws stipular3^ Leaves b'lp'mnate \ leaflets suhsemi- 

 eliiptic. Panicles terminal ; spikes round, subsessile; corol- 

 lets monodelphous. Legumes twisted, turgid, with sweet, 

 firm pulp, and smooth black seeds. 



J9iga dulcis. Willd. 4. p. 1005. 



A native of the Philippine Islands. It flowers during 

 the cold season in India, where it grows quickly to be 

 a large beautiful tree, yielding annually abundance of 

 nourishing, edible fruit. The timber is also of a good 

 quality. 



25. M. concordiana. R. 



Arboreous. 77<or«s stipulary. igaves bipinnate; pmw^ 

 one or two pair ; leaflets from three to seven pairs. Spikes 

 globular; corollets pcdicelied, monodelphous. Legumes 

 curved, many-jointed, notched on the exterior margin. 



A low tree. Trunk short, a few feet only, thickness 

 various. Bark light ash colour, and scabrous. 



Branches numerous, forming a very large spreading head, 

 which is out of all proportion to the trunk; branchlets 

 flexuose. Thorns often solitary, large, diverging ; leaf- 

 and flower-bearing, they then appear as small branch- 

 lets, with sharp points ; from one line to three inches 

 long. Leaves bipinnate ; on the young shoots, alternate, 

 on the older parts collected. Pinnce one or two pair, 

 from one to three inches long. Leaflets from three 

 to ten pairs, opposite, sessile, linear-oblong, smooth, 

 entire, the exterior largest, and obliquely obovate-oblong, 

 from six to twelve lines long, aud about the same 

 breadth. Petioles common, short, downy, with an um- 

 bilicated gland between each pair of pinnae, and a short 

 point at the apex. Peduncles one or two, axillary, about 

 two inches long, each supporting a globular head of a few. 



