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ribus elongatis folio brevioribus, floribus sessilibus puberulis, 
legumine sessile lato-lineare plano glabro, valvulis coriaceis.— 
Siccitate seepe nigrescit.—Hayti, Ehrenberg. 
296. A. nudiflora (Willd. Spec. iv. 1058,) ramulis petio- 
lisque junioribus velutino-tomentosis demum glabris, pinnis 
4-6-jugis, foliolis 10-16-jugis ovato-ellipticis oblongisve 
obtusissinis retusisve coriaceis supra nitidis subtus pallidis 
junioribus puberulis, spicis elongatis axillaribus folio sub- 
brevioribus, floribus sessilibus pubescentibus, legumine lato- 
lineare recto plano glabro, valvulis crasso-coriaceis.—Siccitate 
nigrescit. Ramuli juniores flavicant. Glandulz convexius- 
cule, jugales ad omnia paria pinnarum. Foliola adulta 5-6- 
- longa, circa 3-lin. lata, sspe fere trapezoidea. Spice 
4-6-pol. longe. ^ Ovarium glabrum.—A. Rohriana, DC. 
Prod. ii. 457.— West Indies, v. Rohr; St. Thomas's, Balbis, 
Ehrenberg.—lhave little doubt but that A. muricata, Willd. 
l. c. is also the same species. 
297. A. Acatlensis (sp. n.), ramulis petiolisque junioribus 
tomentelis demum glabris, stipulis setaceis rigidis, pinnis 
6-10-jugis, foliolis multijugis linearibus obtusis glabriusculis, 
spicis axillaribus elongatis fasciculatis subracemosisque, 
oribus sessilibus puberulis, ovario glabro. — Stipule sub- 
pungentes, decidue. Stamina ultra 50, libera.—Acatlan, in 
Mexico, Andrieux n. 396. 
e A. arenosa, rostrata, pulcherrima, and macroloba of 
Willdenow if true Acacia, which is doubtful, would belong 
to this section. 
$ 4. Concinne. Inflorescentia capitata, globosa, paniculata. 
Legumen compressum, crasso-carnosum, inter semina 
isthmis indehiscentibus transverse septatum, inter isthmos 
utramque suturam dehiscens.—Species omnes Asiatic, 
scandentes, aculeis sparsis. Flores sessiles, calyce corolla 
parum breviore. Ovarium stipitatum. 
The remarkable pod in this section would justify the 
establishing it as a distinct genus, were it not that the habit 
and flowers are so precisely those of the Asiatic Pennate, 
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