Enterolohium LEGUMINOSiE 151 



given by Benthain in his monograph of Mimosese in Trans. Linn. 

 . Soc. XXX. 598, but probably most of the species of his section 

 (Thloroleucon of Pithecellohium and his P. saman Benth.- 



Pinnas in 4-10 pairs. 



Leaf 8-17 cm. 1. Pod broad, forming a circle 1. E. cyclocaijyum. 



Leaf 3-7 cm. 1. Pod strap-shaped, curved 2. E. mangense. 



[Pinnae in 2-4 pairs. Pod thick, fleshy, straight E. saman.} 



1. E. eyelocarpum Oriseh. Fl. Br. W.Ind. 226(1860); with- 

 out spines ; pinna) in 4-9 pairs ; leaflets small, in 20-30 pairs ; 

 flowers sessile, in small heads ; peduncles somewhat long ; pod 

 curved to form a complete circle, about 10 cm. in diam.- — Benth. 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 598. Mimosa cyclocarpa Jacq. Fragm. 

 t. U,f. 1 (1800-1809). Inga cyclocarpa Willd. Sf. PL iv. 1026 

 (1806); Mac/. Jam. i. 308. Pithecollobium eyelocarpum Mart, 

 in Flora xx. it. Beihl. 115 (1837) in ohs. 



Picrdiel ne&v Spanish Town bridge, AIacfadyen\ McNab ; Castleton, 

 Thompson ! Ferry Biver, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 7248, 10,383. — Central America, 

 northern South America. Perhaps not distinct from E. timhouva Mart, 

 from Brazil and Paraguay. 



Tree 30-60 ft. high, subglabrous. Leaf 8-17 cm. 1., pinna 4-10 cm. 1. 

 Leaflets oblong, slightly curved, 8-13 mm. 1., unequal-sided as the midrib 

 is submarginal, ending in an acute point, base truncate, glaucous beneath. 

 (Hand oblong, near base of petiole, and roundish-elliptical between the 

 two uppermost pair of pinnae. Peduncles 3-5 in a cluster, axillary, 3 • 5-5 

 cm. 1. Flowers greenish-yellowish. Calyx 2-2*5 mm. 1. Corolla 4-5-5 

 mm. 1. Stamens white, about twice as long as corolla. 



2. E. mangense comb. nov. ; spines 1 or 2, here and there, in 

 a few of the leaf -axils, and especially in the axils of twigs ; pinnae 

 in 5-10 pairs; leaflets small, in 20-25 (10-30) pairs; flowers 

 sessile in small heads ; heads shortly stalked ; pod flat, leathery, 

 curved, somewhat thick, veiny, glabrous ; valves opening. — 

 P. parvifolium Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. Hi. 223 (1884), 

 in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 2, 454 & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 597. 

 Mimosa mangensis Jacq. Ennm. PI. Carib. 34 (1760), Sel. Stirp. 

 Amer. 267, Ed. pict. t. 262, /. 70 ; Sw. Prodr. 85. M. parvifolia 

 Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 984 (1800) (non Poir.). Acacia parvifolia 

 Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1086 (1806) ; Mac/. Jam. i. 315 ; Griscb. op. cit. 

 222. Mimosa antillarum Lam. ex Poir. Encyc. Suppl. i. 80 (1800). 

 Acacia micrantha Desv. ex Ham. Prodr. 60 (1825). Specimen 

 from Jacquin in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. after rains in May and Oct. ; near sea coast, Swartz ! near Kingston, 

 Macfadyen ! St. Andrew. McNab ! also March 1 Kingston, Campbell \ Long 

 Mountain road, 50 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6183, 9013, 9231. 



A low tree, 10-15 ft. high ; branches spreading ; young twigs, petioles 

 and inflorescence puberulous or glabrous. Leaf 3-7 cm. 1. ; pinna 1-3 (4) 

 cm. ].; leaflets oblong-linear, 4-6 mm. 1. ; veins prominent beneath, one 

 nerve between the midrib and the margin on the lower side of mature 

 leaflets. Glands above the base of the common petiole and between the 



