LEGUMINOSAE Juss. 



Gen. 345. 



A. Mimoseae R. Br. 



Gen. Rem. on the Botany ot' terra australis p. 19; edit Bennet p. 23: 



„This order is sufficiently distinguished from both the others by the hygogynous 

 insertion and valvular aestivation of its corolla. whicli being perfectly regular differs 

 in this respect also irom the greater part of Lomentaceae and from all the Papilionaceae." 



Flores regulares pentameri. Calyx gamosepalus quinquedentatus valvatus. Co- 

 roUa polypetala seu gamopetala regularis valvata pentamera hypogyna seu subperigyna. 

 Stamina innumera. inter se libera vel monadelpha. calyci filamentorum basi adnata seu 

 liberrima. Pistillum liberrimuni. Legumen. Semina albumine parco seu nuUo, testa 

 dura. Radicula recta. 



Tribus l. ACACIEJ) Benth. et Hook. 1. Gen. I. 464. 



Stamina libera. 



I. Acacia W. 



Sp. PL IV. 1049. Benth. 1. c. 594. • 



Flores hermaphroditici vel polygami pentameri, seu trimeri seu tetrameri. Calyx 

 campanulatus dentatus. Petala coalita. Stamina libera, indefinita. exserta. Antherae 

 minutae versatiles. Pollinis granula aggregata in massulas polyedricas. Pistillum stipita- 

 tum unicum, pauciovulatum ; stylus filiformis; stigma terminale parvum. Legumen 

 varium. Semina compressa albumine nullo. 



Acacia Farnesiana W. Sp. IV. 1083. Mimosa Farnesiana L. Sp. 1-506. 

 VachelUa Farnesiana Wight Arn. Prodr. FI. Pen. Jud. Or. 272. Farnesia Gaspar. Descr. 

 1838. c. ic. fid. Benth. I. c. p. 595. Frutex seu arbuscula. Ramuli puberuli, seniores 

 lenticellis obtecti. Folia bipinnata pinnis quinque-octojugis. Foliola quindecim-usque 

 vigintijuga a basi rotundata obtuse acuta calva. Stipulae spinosae. Pedunculi axillares 

 puberuli subgemini capituligeri. Legumen teretiusculum, utriuque attenuatum, septis 

 transversis septatum, tandem nunc suturis dehiscens (ita video in specimine brasi- 

 liensi Blanchetiano.) Succus teste b. Zollinger gluten bonum oft'ert. Flores odori. 

 Icon. Fl. fierm. XXH. ^ 



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