138 FLORA OF JAMAICA Acacia 



2-3 (1 '5-4) mm 1. ; spines when small slender, the larger 2*5-9 

 am. h, a little dilated, terete or rarely angled or concave above ; 

 pod tomentose, puberulous, or glabrescent, 7-8 (5-10) cm. 1., 

 • 9-1 • 2 cm. l)r., longitudinally net-veined (at length obscurely).^ — 

 A. macracantha Humh. rfr Bonpl. in Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1080 (1806) ; 

 Kunth Mimos. t. 28 •. Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 221 ; Benth. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 500. A. maeracanthoides &, A. subinermis 

 Bert, ex DC. Prodr. ii. 463 (1825) ; Macf. Jam. i. 317. A. micro- 

 cephala Macf. Jam. i. 316 (1837). Mimosa lutea Miller Gard. 

 Diet. ed. 8 (1768). The type, Miller's specimen from Houstoun, 

 is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Wild Tamarind, Park Nut. 



St. Jago de la Vega and thence to Passage fort, Sloatie Herb. vi. 42 ! 

 Paamore in Herb. Sloane civil. 268 ! Houstoun 1 Broughton ! Bancroft 1 

 Windward Road ; Salt Ponds district ; Macfadyen ! Oersted 1 Wilson ; 

 Prior ; March ! Constant Spring, Hitchcock ; King's House grounds, 

 J.P. 1322, and Hope grounds, Faivcett ! near Halberstadt, 2000 ft. ; Cane 

 River valley, 1200 ft.; Albion Mt., St. Thomas, 150-200 ft.; Harrisl 

 Fl. Jam. 6730, 7405, 10,106, 11,857.— Hispaniola, Guadeloupe, tropical 

 ■continental America, and subtropical S. America. 



Tree or shrub, 15-40 ft. high; twigs and leaf-stalks puberulous or 

 glabrous. Pinnte variable in length, 5-20 cm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear. 

 Glands sessile, occurring irregularly at the base of the petiole, and between 

 the pinnae, sometimes wanting. i^Zowers yellow, fragrant. Calyx l'5-l'l 

 mm. 1. Coi-olla 2 -2-2 -5 mm. 1. Pod generally straight, rarely curved, 

 subterete or somewhat compressed, continuous or more or less constricted 

 between the seeds. 



This species, and the two following, can be grown as hedges, if properly 

 pruned. The trmik sometimes attains a diameter of IJ to 2 feet ; the 

 *vood is used for making charcoal, and also as fire-wood. 



2. A. tortuosa Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1083 (1805) ; pinnae in 2-8 

 pairs; leaflets in 10-20 pairs, 4-5(-7) mm. 1. ; spines thick, the 

 larger terete, 2-4 cm. 1. ; pod puberulous or glabrate, continuous 

 or slightly constricted between the seeds, obscurely longitudinally 

 veined, 8-14 cm. 1., 7-8 mm. br. — Macf. Jam. i. 315; Griseb. 

 op. cit. 222 ; Benth. torn. cit. 501. Mimosa tortuosa &c. Browne 

 Hist. Jam. 251. M. tortuosa L. Syst. ed. 10, 1312 (1759) & 

 Amain, v. 384, 411 ; Sw. Ohs. Bat. 391 ; WrigJit Mem. 225. 

 M. salinarum von Bohr in Herb. Mus. Brit, (non Vahl). The 

 type, Browne's specimen, is in Herb. Linn. 



Wild Poponax, Acacia Bush. 



Houstoun ! Broivne ! Broughton ! Salines opposite Port Royal, voji 

 Bohr ! Bancroft ; Gossc ! Wilson ; Prior ; Hope, J.P. 997, Morris ! Port 

 Royal, Hitchcock; Latimer Pen, Campbell \ near Kingston, G. Douetl 

 Delta of Hope River, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5873, 9380.— Texas, St. Thomas, 

 St. Cruz, Montserrat, St. Vincent, Central America, Galapagos Is., 

 Colombia, Venezuela. 



Shrub or low tree, 10-15 ft. ; branches spreading ; twigs and leaf-stalks 

 pubescent or glabrescent. Pinnse 1-5-3 cm. 1.; leaflets oblong-linear, 

 blunt; veins slightly prominent. Gland oblong, sessile below lowest 

 pinnse, and a circular one usually between the 1-3 terminal. Calyx 1*2- 



