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3); stipulis foliolisque angustis longitudine fere seminum ; semini- 
bus solitariis oblongis m sepe: coronula elongata papillis attenu- 
atis acutiusculis erectis, eina 
Ch. eremosperma, Ruprecht, Beitrage zur Peg des Russischen Reichs, 
3L 
y- EA gracilior; verticillorum foliis circiter 8 ; articulis 5—6 
(elongatis 4—5) ; stipulis et foliolis angustissimis et acutissimis, 
longitudine fere seminum ; seminibus solitariis oblongo-cylindraceis 
majusculis, coronula elongata papillis valde attenuatis divaricatis, 
fasciis 11-12. 
Ch. Oahuensis, Meyen, Reise um die Erde II. p. 11. 
The variety a was collected near Gengu on the coast of Coromandel 
by Bellanger, in 1826-28 (Herbier de l'Inde, No. 94) ; the var. 8 in 
Java, by Sporleder (herb. Kunze), in Japan, by Góring, and in Songaria 
(Ruprecht) ; the var. y. on the Sandwich Islands, Oahu, by Meyen, in 
Ch. coronata is one of the most variable species, and dispersed over a 
great part of the earth. The common variety in Europe is Ch. Braunii 
Gmel. Fl. Bad. (Ch. flexilis, Corti and Amici), distinguished from the 
varieties here deseribed by the smaller seeds, which are sometimes 
geminated. Another variety, with very short foliola, was found in 
Corsica (var. Soleirolii) ; others in Algeria (var. Atlantica), Senegambia 
(var. Perottetii), and in North America (var. Schweinitzii). In all the 
varieties the nut of the seed is black, wanting a caleareous covering ; 
in the European 42545 m. ; in the East Indian varieties 9-45 m. long. 
B, corticate. 
" * gymnophylle. : 
7. Ch. flaccida, monoica, flexilis et diaphana; caule tenui corticato, 
aculeis raris sparsis papilliformibus vel conico-elongatis ; verticillorum 
folis 10-12, omnino ecorticatis, ex articulis 4—5, ultimo breviore 
foliola ike supremi paulo superante; foliolis in omnibus folio- 
rum geniculis verticillatis, omnibus elongatis, quam semina subtriplo 
cna ; stipulis duplici foliorum numero, longitudine foliolorum, 
coronam simplicem valde conspieuam patulam formantibus; semini-. 
bus solitariis vel geminatis, minutis, coronula brevi, nucleo fusco- 
luteo, fasciis 9—11. 
a, Wightii, aculeis caulis conspicuis ; foliorum articulis 5 ; seminibus 
ssepius geminatis, fasciis 10-1] 
