476 



LEGUMINOS^E. CHRYSOBALANE^. 



3. p. 359.) plant clothed with hoary pubescence; root fibrous; 

 stem branched at the base ; leaflets 5-9, oblong-linear, mucro- 

 nate, somewhat attenuated at the base ; stipulas lunately-sagit- 

 tate, profoundly cut ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered, twice the 

 length of the leaves ; calycine teeth broad-lanceolate, upper one 

 shortest. T. H. Native of Altaia, in salt fields at the river Kurts- 

 chum. Flowers with a reddish vexillum, yellowish wings, and the 

 keel tipped with blue. To follow O. lacteus, Bieb. p. 339. no. 14. 

 Rather-villous Bitter-vetch. Fl. April, May. PL 1 foot. 



87 O'ROBUS INTERME'DIUS (Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 48 i.) plant 

 sparingly pilose ; stem simple ; leaves with 4 pairs of narrow, 

 oblong, apiculated, nerved leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate or 

 hastate, toothed at the base or entire, much shorter than the 

 leaflets; peduncles axillary, 4-8-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 calycine teeth equal in length to the tube, upper ones the 

 shortest. If. . H. Native of Altaia, about the metal mines of 

 Nicolajewsk. Intermediate between O. lacteus and O. luteus. 

 Flowers pale yellow or cream-coloured. 



Intermediate Bitter-vetch. Fl. May, June. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



Tribe V. Phaseblete, p. 341. 



88 CANAVA'LIA PUBE'SCENS (Gaud, ex Hook, in Beech, voy. 

 part. bot. p. 81.) stem twining; branches and petioles pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets ovate, elliptic, ending in a very short acumen, 

 rather oblique at the base, membranous, glabrous above, but 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles axillary, 3-flowered. I/ . ( ~ 1 . S. 

 Native of the Sandwich Islands. Nearly allied to Dolichos 

 galeatus, Gaud. p. 357. no. 4. of the present volume, which is 

 also a species of Canavalia. To follow C. rutilans, p. 363. no. 7. 



Pubescent Canavalia. Shrub tw. 



89 MUCU'NA ANGUI'NA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 19. t. 236.) 

 flowers cymose, dense ; legumes roundish, transversely wrinkled, 

 hispid, 1-seeded; leaflets glabrous above. T? . ^. S. Native 

 of Chittagong. Flowers large, dark purple, fetid. 



Snake-stemmed Cow-itch. Fl. Nov. Shrub tw. 



90 LUPI'NUS MI'NIMUS (Dougl. mss. Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 

 168.) plant small, herbaceous, and densely clothed with silky 

 hairs ; stem furnished with 1-2 leaves ; leaflets 7-9, lanceolate, 

 acute, tapering to the base ; flowers alternate and verticillate ; 

 pedicels bractless ; upper lip of calyx bifid at the apex, lower 

 one entire ; root small, rather fusiform. O- H. Native of 

 North-west America, in mountain valleys near the Kettle Falls, 

 and very abundant towards the Rocky Mountains along the 

 Columbia. To follow L. micrdnthus, Dougl. p. 366. no 15. of 

 the present volume. 



Small Lupine. PI. foot. 



Tribe VI. Dalbergiece, p. 373. 



91 PONGA'MIA ELLI'PTICA (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 20. t. 

 237.) leaves impari-pinnate, with 3-5 pairs of cuneate-oblong, 

 pubescent leaflets ; branchlets, peduncles, and calyxes clothed 

 with ferruginous villi ; racemes in fascicles ; legumes elliptic- 

 lanceolate. I? . ^\ S. Native of Amboyna. Galedupa ellfp- 

 tica, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 53. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Elliptic Pongamia. Shrub tw. 



Tribe VIII. Mime-sea:, p. 381. 



92 I'NOA' SPINIFOLIA (Hamilt. prod. p. 61.) stem and branches 

 prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 3 pairs of ovate-oblique, reticulated, pubescent leaflets, 

 ending each in a spine-like mucrone ; legumes twisted, pubescent. 



Jj . S. Native of the West Indies. Desv. journ. bot. vol. 3. 

 This species should follow /. Martha, Spreng. p. 395. no. 126. 

 Spine-leaved Inga. Tree. 



93 ACA'CIA STENOSTA'CHYA (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) 

 unarmed ; branches angular, brownish, glabrous ; leaves with 



about 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna hearing about 20 pairs of 

 linear-rhomboid, rather coriaceous, shining leaflets ; rachis com- 

 planate, sulcate, pubescent ; spikes twin, axillary, filiform, on 

 very long peduncles, cylindrical, loose-flowered ; flowers minute. 

 Ij . S. Native of Guiana. This species should follow A. Gui- 

 anensis, Willd. p. 410. no. 135. of the present volume. 

 Slender-spiked Acacia. Tree. 



94 ACA'CIA HAMILTONII (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) 

 unarmed ; young branches pubescent ; leaves with 5 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of rather remote, linear, 

 obtuse, ciliated leaflets ; peduncles elongated, and are as well as 

 the rachis pilose ; spikes subglobose. T? . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. To follow A.formbsa, Kunth, p. 417. no. 223. 



Hamilton's Acacia. Tree. 



95 ACA'CIA LINEA'RIS (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 59.) un- 

 armed, shrubby ; branches nodose, striated, pubescent at the 

 apex ; bracteas rather hardened, permanent ; leaves with usually 

 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 20 pairs of narrow, 

 linear, crowded, rather ciliated leaflets ; peduncles terminal, 

 elongated, fastigiate ; spikes subglobose. Tj . S. Native of 

 Jamaica. This plant should follow the last species. 



.Z/znear-leafletted Acacia. Shrub. 



96 ACA'CIA MICROCA'NTHA (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. p. 60.) 

 stem armed, arborescent ; branches pubescent ; leaves with 

 usually 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 minute pubescent leaflets ; spikes stipitate, globose, axillary, 

 solitary, on short peduncles, nodding ; bracteas rather spines- 

 cent, fj . S. Native of Guiana. This species should follow 

 A. dlbicans, Kunth, p. 414. no. 185. of the present volume. _ 



Sinall-spined Acacia. Tree. 



97 ACA'CIA A'LBIDA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1317.) spines twin, 

 short ; branches, petioles, and peduncles pubescent ; leaves with 

 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8-10 pairs of linear, 

 acute leaflets ; heads of flowers pedunculate, twin, axillary. 

 Jj . G. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow. This species should 

 follow A. ulbicans, Kunth, p. 414.no. 185. of the present volume. 



Whitish Acacia. Fl. Oct. Clt. ? Shrub. 



98 ACA'CIA SELENOCA'BPA (Desv. herb. Hamilt. prod. 2. p. 

 60.) stem armed ; branches whitish, glabrous, spiny ; spines 

 scattered ; leaves with usually 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing about 15 pairs of linear-rhomboid, quite glabrous, 

 glaucescent leaflets; spikes globose, twin, loose-flowered, pe- 

 dunculate ; legumes short, lunate T? . S. Native of Guiana. 

 This species should follow A.macrocanlha,'K\mlh, p. 415.no. 192. 



Moon-podded Acacia. Tree. 



Tribe X. Cassiece,p. 427. 



99 HUMEOLDTIA BRUNONis (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 3. p. 17. t. 

 233.) leaves with 2 pairs of leaflets ; hind lobes of stipulas 

 nearly equal-sided, rounded at both extremities ; branches equal. 



TV . w . S. Native of the mountains of Malabar and the penin- 

 sula of India. A climbing shrub, with deep orange-coloured 

 flowers. 



Brown's Humboldtia. Shrub cl. 



ORDER LXXIX. CHRYSOBALA'NE^E (shrubs and trees 

 agreeing with Chrysobalanus in important characters). R. Br. 

 Congo, p. 14. Rosaceae, Tribe I. Chrysobalaneas, D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 525. 



Flowers more or less irregular (f. 59. a. f. 60. a. f. 61. b.~). 

 Sepals 5, joined together into a 5-lobed calyx (f. 59. a. f. 60. a. 

 f. 61. a.), permanent. Petals equal in number to the lobes of 

 the calyx (f. 60. b. f. 61. 6.), and inserted in it, imbricate in aes- 

 tivation. Stamens inserted in the calyx (f. 60. e.) along with 



