582 LEGUMINOSAE. nosoris. 



solitarifs binisve Btipolaribaa armati: fniiis bipinnatis, saepius rigidia, 

 |iiimi> l-2-jagis, rarius 3-5-jugis, foliolia plnri-vel multijugis, glandulis 

 loler pinnaa parvis vcl obacuris, inter foliola saepe minimia rii conapicuis, 

 rarius autem in potioio communi vcl partiali omnino deflcientibua; spicia 

 cylindricis vcl globosis axillaribus. 



Sectio I. ADENOPSIS DC. 1. c. — Blh. 1. c. 347. 

 Pciala inius glabra. Ovarium glabram. Legamen lerei vel Incrassato— dif- 

 formc. — Spccics Asiaiicac acoleis sparsis armatae, rarius inermes. 



1. PR. SPICIGERA Linn. Maniiss. pl. 08. - Rxl>. Coromand. t. 03. - Burm. Plor. 

 Indic. t. 25. fig. 3. — 1)C. I. c. — Bih. I. c. — Arborea vel fxatescens glabra: acu- 

 lcis sparsis vel rarius nullis, pinnis 1— 2-jupis , foliolis 0-12-jugis oblongis vel 

 lale linearibus; spicis elongatis subinlerraplis solilariis geminisvc; legumine 

 clongalo subtereti toruloso. 6 et 5 — Adenanthera aculeata H\b. Flor. Indic. 

 II. 371. — Crescit vulgaris in India oricnlali. 



2. PR. (ACACIA M. Bicb. Flor. Taur. Gaucas. II. 440.) STEPII YMANA Kih. mss. ex 

 Blh. I. c. — Wlprs. I. c. no. 2*. — Frulcsccns: aculeis sparsis; ramulis peliolisquc 

 pubescenlibus, pinnis 2-5-jugis, foliolis 8-12-jugis oblongis, subtus puberulis; 

 spicis laxiusculis folio longioribus; legumine ovoideo-oblongo crasso subincurvo 

 vel difformi. 6 — Lagonychiiim Stephanianum M. Bicb. Flor. Tauric. Caucaa. 

 Suppl. 288. — DC. Prodr. II. 448. — Mimosa micranlha Vahl mss. — Buxb. Ccn- 

 tur. III. t, 48. — Breyn. Cenlur. I. t. 50. fig. 4. — Mimosa agrestis Sieb. in Spr. 

 Syst. veget. II. 200. — Crescit in Pcrsia scplcntrionali et in Syria. 



Sectio II. ANONYCHIDM Bth. 1. c. 

 Pelala inlus glabra. Ovarium villosum. — Species Africanae inermes, habilu 

 AUjarobiis affines. — Legumen non salis nolum el ideo de genere dubilandum erit. 

 (Repert. I. 861. no. 3 el 4.) 



Sectio III. ALGAROBIA DC. 1. c. 446. - Bth. 1. c. 348. 



Petala apice intus lanala. Ovarium villosum. Lcgumen elongalum, saepius 

 falcalum planum, convexum vel dcmum subleres. — Specics Americanae, spinis 

 axillaribus solitariis geminisvc armalae vel inermes. 

 (Rcpert. I. 801. no. 5-17.) 



Sectio IV. STR0MB0CARPA Bth. 1. c. 351. 

 Petala inlus apice lanala. Ovarium villosum. Legumen crassum vel subtcres 

 cochleato-conlortum, saepius spirale. — Fruticuli Amcricani slipulis spinescentibus 

 armali: spieis oblongis vel saepius globosis. 



(Repert. I. 862. no. 18-21.) 



XIII. (6828. sect. 3.) DICIIROSTACHYS DC. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 445. - Bth. in Hook. Journ. of bot. IV. 352. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. 



syst. I. 863.) 

 Flores in spica biformes, superiorcs hermaphroditi sessiles Entadae, in- 

 fcriores neutri calyce corollaque ut in hcrmaphroditis, filamentis 10 longis 

 filiformibus anantheris, ovarii rudimenlo parvo. Lcgumen lineare contortum 

 compressum membranaceo-coriaceum vel subcarnosiim, intus uniloculare 

 cpulposum indchisccns vcl valvulis a suturis irregulariter secedcntibus. 

 Semina plurima obovala compressa. — Frutices Africani vel Asiatici: re- 

 niulis hinc inde abbrcvialis vcl abortivis spinesccntibus, caetcrum inermes. 

 Ramuli floriferi ad axillas brevissimi fasciculato-foliiferi, stipulis imbricatis 

 obtecti. Spicae pedunculalae nutantcs solitariac vel gcminae. Flores ses- 

 siles hermaphroditi flavi, steriles albidi vel purpurascentes. 



1. *D. CINEREA Wgla. el Arn. - Blh. 1. c. - Wlprs. 1. c. no. 2. - Wght. Icon. 

 pl. Ind. or. II. t. 357. 



