578 LEGUMINOSAE. 



fttibordo III. jJMMJfMOSMJAE DC. I»rodr. II. 424. 



(ftfeisn. Gener. plant. vascul. 1. 69. II. 68. et 363. MIMOSKAK H. Br. — 

 Endl. Gener. plant. pag. 1323. — Wlprs. Kepcrt. bot. sjst. 1. s:,7 — «132. 



II. '.10.'». 606. 



Tribus I. PARKIEAE Wght. ct Arn. Prodr. Q. penins. Ind. 



or. I. 270. — (Bth. in Hook. Joum. of hot. IV. 327.) 



Calyx et corolla acstivatione leviler imbricala. Staniina dcfinita cum 

 corolla perigyna. 



I. (0825.) FILI.AEA Guill. cl Perr. 

 (Guill. et Perr. Tent. n. Seneg. I. 242. t. 55. — Bth. in Hook. Journ. of bot. IV. 127. 

 — Wlprs. Repert. bol. sysl. I. 857.) 

 Calyx turbinatus, dcntibus 5, aestivalione levissime imbricata, mox 

 apcrta. Pctala 5 calyccm \ix excedcntia perigyna, aestivatione subvalvata. 

 Slamina 10 perigyna libera cxscrta, omnia ferlilia. Anlberae non glanduli- 

 fcrae, granula pollinis numerosissima. Ovarium stipitatum lanalum, slylus 

 conicus obtusus. Legumen oblongum compressum valvis 2 crassis coriaceis 

 dehisccns, intus inter semina pulposum. — Arborcs Africanae: foliis bipin- 

 natis eglandulosis, e pinnis paucijugis, foliolis paucis majusculis alternis; 

 floribus late cylindraceo-spicatis, spicis paniculalis. 



1. F. SUAVEOLENS Guill. el Perr. I. c. — (Wlprs. I. c.*) — Arborea inermis: foliis 

 bipinnalis, pinnis 2-3-jugis; foliolis 6-9 allernis ovato-lanceolaiis inlegris bre- 

 vissime petiolulatis, utrinque glabris; spicis axillaribus terminalibusque lale pa- 

 niculaiis. 3 — Arbor 40-50-pedalis ramosissima, ramis crassis divaricatis, trunco 

 l'/i ped. crasso suberecto, corlice griseo rimuloso , ramulis griseis albo-punctu- 

 latis, apicem versus rufo-pubescentibus. Rhacliis teres glabra fere pedalis, fo- 

 liola 2'/:-3-pollicaria, sesquipollicem lata ovata acuminata (vix ovato-oblonga !), 

 petiolis peliolulisque basi pubescentibus tumidis arliculatis. Flores creberrimi 

 suaveolentes albido-rosei spicali bractcolali, spicae densissimae basi nudae cir- 

 citer 3-pollicares. Calyx turbinatus tomentosus, pclala lanccolala lomcntosa ca- 

 lycis fauci inserta. Ovarium oblongum dense lanuginosum slipiialum, slylus vix 

 incurvus stigmateque obluso terminatus. Legumen planum elliptico-ovaium, 

 sutura seminali recta, ventrali curvata, lignosum glabrum fuscum 4-8-spermum. 

 Semina pulpa gclatinosa saccharata cooperata ovaia, funiculo longiusculo appensa. 

 — Crescit in Africa tropica ad ripas Gambiae numinis propc Albreda. 



2. F.? BRUCEI Fresenius, Flora (B. Z.) XXII. 54. — (Wlprs. I. c. no. 2.) — Aculeis 

 rameis peliolaribusque uncinalis, spinis stipellaneis reclis ; foliis bipinnalis, 

 pinnis 8-10-jugis, foliolis 7-12-jugis oblongis aequilateris oblusis; racemis spici- 

 formibus in apice ramorum subpaniculatis. 3 — Crescit in Abyssinia. 



II. (6819.) PARKIA R. Br. 



fBth. in Hook. Journ. of bol. IV. 328. - Wlprs. Rcpert. bol. syst. I. 857. II. 905.) 

 Calyx cylindraceus, limbo bilabiato, Iabio superiore bifido, inferiore tii- 

 fido, aestivatione imbricativa. Pctala 5 medio coalita vcl libera, acstivationc 

 subimbricata. Stamina 10 pcrigyna, basi monadelpba. Antberae non glan- 

 duliferae. Massae pollinis in quovis loculo biscriatae subdefinitac. Ova- 

 rium glabrum. Legumen stipitalum lineare vel oblongum compressiuscu- 

 lum, valvulis crasso-coriaceis, intus pulpa semina obtegentc farctum. — 

 Arbores tropicae: foliis bipinnalis , petiolo pauciglanduloso, pinnis foliolis- 

 que numerosissimis; pedunculis axillaribus vel racemosis longissimis pen- 

 dulis; floribus ad apicem pedunculi densissimc capitato-spicatis numcrosis- 

 simis, superioribus bcrmaphroditis, inferioribus mascuiis. 



