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231. A. macracantha (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. 
iv. 1080.), caule petiolisque puberulis glabratisve, spinis 
rectis nonnullis longissimis lanceolato-subulatis, pinnis 10-30- 
jugis, glandulis scutelleformibus parvis paucis, foliolis mul- 
tijugis parvis linearibus obtusis glabriusculis, pedunculis ' 
folio brevioribus tenuibus glabriusculis, capitulis puberulis, 
calyce corolla dimidio breviore, legumine lineari compresso 
crasso toruloso brevissime velutino, seminibus dissitis.— 
Frutex procumbens, A. pellacanthe similis sed glabrior, 
pedunculi longiores tenuiores, calyx brevior, legumen angus- 
tius, evidenter torulosum. 
232. A. macracanthoides (Bert. in DC. Prod. ii. 463.), 
ramis petiolisque tomentoso-pubescentibus, spinis rectis mi- 
nimis v. hinc inde longissimis, pinnis 12- 40-jugis, glandulis 
parvis scutelleformibus, foliolis multijugis parvis linearibus 
obtusis puberulis glabratisve, pedunculis tomentosis folio 
brevioribus, capitulis subtomentosis, calyce corolla breviore, 
legumine lato-lineari subrecto crasso tomentoso, seminibus 
dissitis.—Vix ac ne vix ab A. pellacantha differt legumine 
crassiore majore non toruloso.—Jamaica, Bertero, Bancroft, 
acfadyen. 
233. A. flexuosa (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. iv. 
1082. glabra v. ramulis petiolisque vix puberulis, spinis 
rectis parvis v. hinc inde longissimis, pinnis 12-40-jugis, 
glandulis parvis, foliolis multijugis parvis linearibus obtusis 
glabris, pedunculis folio brevioribus, capitulis puberulis, 
legumine lato-lineari subincurvo plano crasso-coriaceo glabro, 
seminibus dissitis.—4. obtusa, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. 
Spec. iv. 1087.—A. subinermis, Bert. in DC. Prod. ii. 463.— 
4. aroma, Gill, in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 206.?—A. microcephala, 
Macfad. Fl. Jam.—The A. macracanthoides and subinermis 
of Bertero appear to have been confounded together in 
some of his sets, owing to their having been chiefly distin- 
guished by the thorns supposed to be very long in the one, 
and very short in the other; both states may however be 
Observed on different branches of one specimen in either 
species. The real difference lies in the general 
