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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Neptunia 



staminodes, 7-14 mm. 1. Perfect fiotoers sessile, calyx 2 mm. 1., petals 

 4 mm. 1.; stamens twice as long as the petals. Pod 2-2 '5 cm. 1., -S-l cm. 

 br., flat, mucronate, bent down at a right angle from the stalk (5-8 mm. 1.). 

 Seeds 5-8(3-9), obovate, brownish-black, about '5 cm. 1. 



Fig. iO.—yeptunia oleracca Lour. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence x §. C, Sterile flower x 3. 



B, Flower X 5. D, Head of pods X I. 



(A, B, C after Y\. Bras.) 



2, N. plena Benth. in Hoolc. Journ. Bot. iv. 355 (1842) ; 

 Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 2, 291 & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 3^3 ; 

 Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1846, t. 3; Griseh. op. cit. 218; Urh. Symh. 

 Ant. iv. 268. Mimosa non spinosa palustris et herbacea pro- 

 cumbeiis, flore luteo pleno Hoiist. MSS. 165, /. 92. M, foliis 

 duplicato-pinnatis spicarum &c. L. Hort. Upsal. 145. M. plena 

 L. Sp. PI. 519 (1753) ; Miller Ic. 122, t. 182, /. 2 ; Houst. Beliq. 

 10, t. 23. M. frutescens media inermis &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 

 253. M. punctata L. Syst. ed. 10, 1311 (1759). Herba mimosa 

 non spinosa platyceratos &c. Sloane Cat. 152 & Hist. ii. 57. 



