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_Adelphus villoso-pubescens subdeclinatus, filamentis dis- 
tinctis insertis calyce ad gibberes, subqualibus, subulatis, 
petalis longioribus. 
Anthere brunnez, lanceolato-ovate basin affixe bilocula- 
res, pollen aurantiaceum. Ovarium villoso-pubescens basi 
angustatum in stylo filiformi viridi staminum longitudini 
gradatim attenuat. 
Ov. centrum placente versus l-ovulatum (an unquam.) 
Stylus apice incrassatus, perforatus, apertura margines ci- 
E liolati, stigma nulla nisi apertura citata. 
ott makes the colored calyx part of the generic 
char. of Pterolobium. 
leaves were not observed to be ferruginous or rusty 
underneath, but glaucous. | 
PARKINSONIA. 
— Parkinsonia aculeata. 
Frutex 10-15 pedalis. Rami flexuosi. Folia bipinnata 
bijuga, pinnis petiolis alatis complanatis, basibus rotundis 
. lnerassatis, apicibus attenuatis.  Foliolis parvis, alternis, ova- 
tis petiolatis. Petiolo commune in aculeum desinent. alatus 
utrinque 1-glanduloso, 
Flores racemosi terminali flavi, petalo antico nici rubris, 
“eames pedunculis cum racemo articulatis, flores odo- 
“Cal. 5-sepalus, sepalis subzqualibus reflexis lanceolatis 
basibus in tubum brevem vel potius cyathum persistentem 
— sestivatio imbricata, sepalo — qe super- 
"m ENS perigyns, sepalis pim, $i sessilia, 1 antico 
Sum. 10 perigyna.. Filamente biserialia, seriei externa 
sepalis, interna petalis opposita, filiformia, versus bases 
Pilosa, Antheræ medio dorsi affixe, bilocul. longitud, 
