Piptadenia 



LEGUMINOS^ 



127 



cm. br., leathery, margins slightly enlarged, somewhat constricted between 

 the seeds ; surface with leprous markings. 



We have not seen any specimen from Jamaica, but follow Bentham in 

 considering Macfadyen's Acacia trichophylloides as a synonym. 



Fig. 39. — Piptadenia 2)eregrina Benth. 



A, Single leaf witii inflorescence X § ; C, Flower x 5. 



g, gland. D, Ditto cut lengthwise. 



B, Several leaflets enlarged. • E, Pod x S- '' . 



[ADENANTHERA L. 



Trees. Leaflets alternate, 12-18 in A. jpavonina. Flowers 

 minute, crowded in long slender racemes, Hermaphrodite or 

 polygamous. Calyx campanulate, shortly toothed. Stamens 

 scarcely exserted. Pod strap-shaped, swollen at the ends, 

 2-valved, the valves much twisted after they separate. 



