144 FLORA OF JAMAICA Calliandra 



oblong, obtuse, unequal-sided, base rounded, 4-7 mm. 1. ; gland wanting. 

 Peduncles 1-5-2 cm. 1. Calyx 2 mm. 1. Corolla 5 mm. 1. Pod silky- 

 velvety, narrowing gradually to the base, 4-G cm. 1. 



" Acacia jnlosa DC. Prodr. ii. 455, Spreng. Syst. iii. 136 & Macf. Jam. i. 

 313, is described from Bertero's Jamaican specimens without flowers oi- 

 fruit, which are probably luxuriant barren branches of C. hxmatomma, 

 with 10 to 13 pairs of leaflets to the pinnae " (Bentham). 



3. C. comosa Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. v. 104 (1846); 

 without spines or prickles ; pinna? in 3—2 pairs ; leaflets in 8-10 

 pairs ; peduncles of flower-heads in a raceme ; racemes terminal, 

 corymbose. — Griseb. op. cit. 225 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Sac. xxx. 

 551. Mimosa fruticosa erecta iuermis, cortice cinereo, floribus 

 laxe conglobatis, spicis plurimis comosis terminalibus, foliolis 

 minimis bipinnatis Browne Hist. Jam. 253. M. comosa Sw. 

 Prodr. «5 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 980. Inga comosa Willd. 

 Sp. PI. iv. 1026 (1806); Macf. Jam. i. 307. Pithecolobium ? 

 comosum Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 221 (1844). 



Brovmc ; somewhat rare, on rocks in the mountains of the north side, 

 Swartz 1 Wilson. 



A shrub or small tree, 7-20 ft. ; stem weak, branching at the very top ; 

 branches subdivided, slender, straight, erect ; without spines or prickles, 

 glabrous. Pinnae. 4-5(-7) cm. 1., with a glandular depression at the base 

 of each. Leaflets sessile, broadly oblong, slightly tapering to the oblique 

 obtuse apex, base broadly truncate, glabrous, veins prominent on both 

 faces, shining on the upper, 10-12 mm. 1., 4-6 mm. br. Flowers sessile, 

 4-8 together in heads; peduncles 5-10 mm. 1. ; racemes 2*5 cm. 1. Calyx 

 1*2-1 "5 mm. 1. ; teeth short, obtuse, 3-5. Corolla white (in bud), 4-5 

 mm. 1. ; petals 3-5 (fide Siv.). Stamens (fide Siv.) 20-40, white. Pod 

 scimitar-shaped, 5-7 cm. 1., minutely puberulous, 3-8-seeded. 



Browne states : " This shrub resembles the wild Tamarind, both in its 

 foliage and colour ; but it is never observed to rise above seven or eight 

 feet in height, rarely so much. The disposition of the flowers distinguishes 

 it sufficiently from any of the rest." 



46. ALBIZZIA Durazz. 



Trees or shrubs without spines or prickles, Flower-heads 

 pedunculate or subsessile ; peduncles clustered or racemose 

 paniculate. Floral parts in 5's. Calyx campanulate or tubular 

 toothed or shortly lobed. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped 

 Stamens indefinite, long exserted, united below ; anthers small, 

 aggregated into 2—4 masses in each cell. Pod broadly linear, 

 straight or somewhat curved, not twisted, flat-compressed, thin 

 not splitting open or 2-valved, continuous within, not pulpy 

 Seeds roundish, compressed, attached by a long slender stalk. 



Species about 100, natives of tropical and subtropical regions. 



[Pinnae in 2-4 pairs. Leaflets 1*5-5 cm. 1 A. lebbeck.} 



Pinnae in 7-15 pairs. Leaflets small ; *5-l cm. 1. 



[Peduncles clustered A. julibrissin.] 



Peduncles racemose A. Berteriana. 



