PITHECOLOBIUM. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 617 



§. 2. Pinnis plerisque vel omnibus h-plurifoliolatis. 



47. P. LATIFOLIUM Bth. I. c. 214. — Glabrum: slipulis persisleniibus lanceolalis 

 acurainatis; pinnis unijugis, foliolis quinis, rarius lernis, inferioribus alternis 

 acquilateris , exlimis oppositis, basi dimidiatis vel ovato-oblongis acuminalis; 

 florum capitulis laxis sessilibus pedunculalisque; corollis tubulosis minute pube- 

 rul>6 calyce mullolies longioribus; slaminum tubo exserlo. 5 — Foliola 3-4-pol- 

 licaria, laliora quam in affinibus. — Inya lalifolia Willd. Spec pl. IV. 1020. — 

 Crescit in insulis Indiae occidentalis. 



48. P. SELLOI Blh. 1. c. — Glabrum: stipulis minulis ; pinnis unijugis, foliolis ternis 

 quinisve remotis oblongis vel ovato-lanceolalis acuminatis, basi dimidiato-angu- 

 statis; pedunculis supra medium laxe spiciferis; calyce parvo truncato corolla 

 glabra elongala multolies breviore; staminum tubo exserlo; ovario sessili glabro. 

 5 — Folia et habilus P. latifolii. Stipulae caducae. Glandulae fere obsoletae. 

 Peduuculi 1— 1'/» — pollicares, llores 10-20 supra medium pedunculi interrupti. 

 Corolla fere semipollicaris striata. — Crescit in Brasilia. 



49. P. LASIOPUS Blh. in Hook. Journ. of bot. II. 141. et in Hook. Lond. journ. of 

 bot. III. 214. — Uamulis petiolisque pubescentibus vel demum glabralis; stipulis 

 minulis; pinnis unijugis, foliolis 2-3-jugis inaequalibus ovali-oblongis obtuse 

 acuminalis, extimis basi obliquis glabris vel ad venas rarius puberulis; capitulis 

 laxis breviter pedunculalis sessilibusve; floribus pubescentibus; calycc corolla 

 tubulosa multoties breviore; starainum tubo exserto. 6 — Foliola magnitudine 

 varia, semper tamen minora et angustiora quam in P. lalifolio. — Crescil in Guiana 

 Britannica, Demerara et Surinam. 



50. P. CAULIFLOBUM Marlius, Flora (B. Z.) XX. Beibl. II. 116. — Wlprs. 1. c. 932. 

 no. 3. — Btb. I. c. — Bamulis peliolisque pubcscentibus; stipulis persistentibus 

 lale lanceolatis acutis; pinnis unijugis, foliolis 2-4-jugis ovatis obovalisve, basi 

 aequalibus vel extimis dimidiato-anguslalis, sublus pubescenlibus; capitulis laxis 

 sessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis; iloribus minute puberulis; calyce corolla 

 tubulosa multoties breviore; staminum tubo exserto. £ — Foliola pleraque2-2'A- 

 pollicaria. Flores quam praecedentium minores. — Inga eauliftora Willd. Spec. 

 planl. IV. 1021. — Crescit in Brasilia tropica. 



51. P. GLABBATUM Marlius I. c. 116. — Bth. I. c. 215. — Glabrum: slipulis parvis; 

 pinnis unijugis, foliolis 2-4-jugis oblique oblongo-lanceolalis vel obovato-ob- 

 longis oblusis; capitulis paucilloris laxis brcviler pedunculalis; floribus vix pu- 

 berulis; calyce corolla tubulosa multolies breviore; slaminura tubo exserto. i> — 

 Foliola uni- vel vix bipollicaria, minus quam in praecedentibus nigrescenlia. 

 Flores minores numerosi. — Crescit in Brasilia tropica. 



52. P. RAMIFLOBUM Blh. 1. c. — Glabrum vel junius tenuiter puberulum: slipulis 

 ohsoletis; pinnis inaequaliler bijugis, foliolis pinnarum superiorum 5-7-jugis 

 oblique oblongo-rhombeis acuminalis coriaceis nilidis; spicis brevibus subses- 

 silibus; floribus puberulis; calyce corolla sublriplo breviore; staminum tubo in- 

 cluso; ovario sessili glabro. 6 — Foliola ultima tripollicaria longe acuminata, 

 inferiora gradalim mullo minora. Flores vix 3 lin. longi. — Inga ramiflora 

 Bngrd. mss. — Crescit in Brasilia (Borba). 



Sectio VII. SAMANEA Bth. 1. c. 215. 



Arbores inermes. Stipulae inconspicuae. Pinnae et foliola multijuga, rarius 

 paucijuga. Inflorescentia axillaris et paniculata. Legumen recliusculum vel arcua— 

 tum nec cochleatum, valvulis planis coriaceis non contortis. Semina exarillala. 



§. 1. Axillares. Pedunculi axillares soUtarii vel fasciculati vel ultimi 

 rarius brevissime racemosi. Capitula majuscula, nunc maxima. Le- 

 gumen in plerisque (an in omnibus?) dehiscens. 



t Glanduiisjugalibus, petiolari nulla. 



53. P. (INGA Willd. Spec. plant. IV. 1024.) SAMAN Bth. I. c. — Bamulis peliolisque 

 junioribus pubescentibus; pinnis 4-6-jugis, foliolis pinnarum inferiorum 2-3- 



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