Galliandra 



LEGUMINOSiE 



143 



teeth about J of its length. Corolla 5 mm. 1. Stamens uumerous, 2-2*5 

 cm. 1., shortly united at the base. Pod glabrous or slightly puberulous, 

 5-10 cm. 1., 5-8 mm. br., 6 -IS-seeded, margins thickened; valves thin, 

 chartaceous, when ripe rolling back spirally from the apex. 



Fig. i^.—Calli<imlra 2Jortoriceitsis Beuth. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence x 3. C, Pistil x 4. 



B, Flower X 2. D, Pod after opening X s- 



2. C. hsematomma Benth. in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bat. UL 

 103 (1844) ; stipular spines straight ; pinnae in 1 pair ; leaflets 

 in 4-8 pairs ; peduncles of flower-heads axillary, solitary or 

 rarely 2 together, — Benth. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 545. 

 C. haematomma var. glabrata Griseh. op. cit. 224 ; Urh. Symh. Ant. 

 ii. 263 &, iv. 265 (under C. hsematostoma). Acacia haematomma 

 Bert, ex DC. Mem. Leg. 448, t. 68 (1825) & Spreng. Syst. Hi. 137 

 (under hsematostoma). Acacia americana siliquis teretibus etc. 

 Shane Gat. 152 & Hist. ii. 56 (in part). 



Sloane Herb. vi. 43*2 ! Broughton ! Shakspear ! Masson \ Wilson ; 

 March 1 road to Wareka, Long Mountain, 600 ft. ; Great Goat Is., Harris \ 

 Fl. Jam. 8921, 9318.- Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas. 



A slender-stemmed straggling bush, trailing over shrubs or trees, or a 

 low spreading tree up to 12 ft. high. Pinnae '5-1 "5 cm. 1.; leaflets 



