450 LEGUmNOSAE. 



binerviis, nervo medlo prope apicem evanescente, impari prope marginem inferiorem 

 decurrente; pedunculo compresso rhaciiique clavata rubigii^ose furfuraceo-puberulis; 

 calycibus apice tomenteliis; corollae glabrae brevissime exsertae dentibus secus raar- 

 gines tenere puberulis. — Crescit in Surinam. 



Tribus II. EUMIMOSEAE Bnth. 1. c. 578. 



IV. KHTTADA Lim. 

 (Bnth. in Wlprs. Repert. V. 578. I. 858. Annal. I. 259.) 

 1. E. ABYSSINICA Steudel mss. ex A. Rich. Tent. 0. Abyss. I. 234. -- (Wlprs. Annal. 

 I. 259.) — Ramis inermibus: foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 15—18, foliolis 25— 35-jugis par- 

 vulis cultriformibus angustis obtusis apiculatis glabris, rhachi petiolisque margine ci- 

 Ifatis eglandulosis; leguminibus planis 6—8 uncias longis, sesquiunciam latis coria- 

 ceis, articulis quadruplo latioribus quam longis. — la Abyssiniae provincia Chire. 



VI. PIPTADEIVIA Bnth. 

 (Bnth. in Wlprs. Repert. V. 578. I. 858.) 

 1. P. (?) AFRICANA Hook. fll. Niger Flora p. 330. f — Inermis : ramulis, petiolis inflores- 

 centiaque puberulis, demum glabratis: glandulis nullis; pinnis 10 — 12-jugis, folioli? 

 multijugis linearibus. supra nilidis; floribus glabris; ovario subsessili glabro. — Cres- 

 cit ad flumen Niger prope Aboh in Africa tropica occideniali. 



XIV. lirEPTlJIIiriA Lour. 

 (Bnlh. in Wlprs. Repert. V. 583, Annal. I. 260.) 

 1. *N. PLENA Bnth. — Wlprs. Repert. V. 583. no. 2. — Miqu. Stirp. select. Surinam. 7. 

 — iV. Surinamensis Steudel. — Wlprs. 1. c. no. 4. 



XV. DESMAiyTHIJlS Bnth. 

 (Bnth. in Wlprs. Repert. V. 584. I. 864. Annal. I. 260.) 



1. -D. BRACHYLOBUS Bnth. — Wlprs. Repert. I. 864. no. 7. — A. Gray. Boston journ. 

 of nat. hist. VI. 184. — D. falcatus Scheele, Linnaea XXI. 455. 



2. D. VELUTINUS Scheelc, Linnaea XXI. 455. — Caulis bi— quadripedalis angulatus, pilis 

 stollaiis siniplicibusque veluiinus. Slipulae parvae setaceae. Rhachis angulata velutina 

 in setara desinens; pinnae 4 — 6-jugae; glandula concava inter par inflmum sita; fo- 

 liola 20-juga ei ultra brevissime petiolulata lineari-oblonga mucronata, margine piiosa 

 imbricaia. Pedunculi axillares solitarii angulati veiutini folio longiores; capitula glo- 

 bosa; calyces campanulati. Legumina umbellata linearia subfalcata corapressa coria- 

 cea bivalvia continua torulosa nitidula glabra 6 — lO-sperma rostrata; scmina obovato- 

 elliptica compressa nitida glabra fusca. — Crescit in Texa prope Neu-Braunfels. 



XVI. mmOlSA Linn. 



(Bnlh. in Wlprs. Reperl. I. 864. E. 905. V. 584. Annal. l 260.) 



1. M. fEumimosaJ LINDHEIMERI Asa Gray, Boston Journ. \l. 181. f — Fruticosa glabra 

 vel sub lente minulim puberula: aculeis infrastipularibus validis geminis (nunc solitariis 

 ternisve) recurvis, peliolaribus minutis raris vel nuUis; stipulis subulatis etiam spines- 

 centibus; pinnis 4 — 6-jugis, foliolis 8 — 12-jugis oblongis; peduncuhs foUum subae- 

 quantibus; capitulis globosis; bracteolis mi-nutis; floribus pentaraeris glaberrimis; legu- 

 raine glabro lineari-oblongo seu falcato, raargine aculeis validis sparsis subuncinatis 

 arraato. — Crescit in republica Texensi ad Neu Braunfels. 



2. M. (Eumimosae myriophyllaej REGNELLII Bnth. Linnaea XXII. 529. f — Suf- 

 fruticosa inerrais: rarais. petiolis pedunculisque setoso-villosis; pinnis 8— 10-jugis. 

 foliolis 25— 30-jugis oblongis canescentibus strigoso-ciliatis; capitulis subglobosis in 



