406 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 



CLASS XXIII. 



III. BATAUCAU'LON. Legumes compressed, flat, smooth, or scarcely pubescent ; ribs parallel, not con- 

 traded at the articulations, unarmed or prickly ; leaves bipinnate ; flowers ivhitish or pale yellou 



24623 casta L 



24624 mbicaulis W. 



24625 abstergens Rox. 



24626 ferruginea Rotl. 



24627 Barclayawa Host 



24628 latispinosa Lam. 



chaste *- CD pr 



bramble-stalked* CD el 



Pa.Y E.Indies 1741. S p.l Com. h. 1.28 

 Pa. YE. Indies 1799. S l.p Rox. cor. 2. 200 



IV. DU^BI*. Doubtful to which of the sections they belong. 



cleansing tt Q pr 2 E. Indies 1820. S p.l 



rusty tt. CD pr 1 E. Indies 1818. S p.l 



Barclay's - CD pr 1 1824. S s.p 



broad-spined * CD el 3 s W Madagasc 1823. S s.p 



2835. SCHRA'NK/^ W. SCHRANKIA. (Francis von Paulo Schrank, a German bot.) Legum. Mim. 2. 5. 

 24629 aculeata W. prickly A (23 cu 2 jl.au Pk Vera Cruz 1733. S p.l Mil. ic. 2. 182. 1 



hooked 



24630 uncinkta W. 



. . . . . 



A iAJ cu 2 jl.au Pk N. Amer. 1789. S p.l Yen. ch. 28 



2836. DESMA'NTHUS W. DESMANTHUS. (Desme, bundle, anthos, fl. ; fascicles of fls.) Leg.Mim. 12. 19. 



I. NEPTU^NIA. Legumes oblong, 4 to 6 seeded ; sterile filaments always petaloid ; herbs aquatic, prostrate, 

 often rooting; leaves sensible to the touch; pinnce two or three pairs ; leaflets 10 to 12 pairs ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary. 



24631 natans W. floating =5= fH) un 2 jl.s W China 1800. C p.l Bot. rep 629 



24632 lacustris W. lake * EJ pr |jl W S. Amer. 1818. D s.p H. & B. 1. 16 



24633 pteivas JF. double yellow A O un 2 jl.s Y Vera Cruz 1733. C p.l Mil. ic. 2. 182. 2 



24634 triquetrus W. triangular ^ 23 pr 1 jl W E. Indies 1820. D p.l 



II. DESMA'NTHEA. Legumes linear 10-15 seeded; sterile stamens subfiliform ; neutral flowers often 

 apetalous ; shrubs or subshrubs ; leaves not sensible to the touch ; pinna; 2-5 pairs y leaflets 12-15 pairs 



4535 diffusus W. diffuse !U. O un 3 jl.au W W. Indies 1731. C p 1 Pluk al 307 



4.7>5 diffusus 

 24636 virgatus W. 

 24657 strictus Bert. 

 24638 punctatus W. 



Jowg-twigged 



strict 



spotted-stalked 



p.l Pluk. al. 307. 3 



W. Indies 1774. S p.l Bot. mag. 2454 

 W.Indies 1800. S p.l 



Jamaica 1686. C p.l Com. h. 1.31 



III. DICHRO'STACHYS. Legumes linear, twisted or subfalcate ; sterile filaments linear, elongated, those with 

 the fertile anthers at top bearing a pedicellate gland ; petals five, distinct or joined ; shrubs with branches, 

 often spinescent ; leaves bipinnate, pubescent ; pinnee 5 to 10; leaflets many-pairs, linear, with glands 

 between the pinnce, especially the lower ones ; spikes of flowers oblong-cylindrical, two-colored ; fertile 

 stamens yellow ; sterile white, or variously colored. 



24639 cinereus W. grey *tZ)un 3 jn.jl W E.Indies 1739. C p.l Rox. cor. 2. 174 



24640 divergens W. en. diverging * CD un 6 ' jn.jl W Abyssinia 1816. C p.l Bruce tr. 6 



24641 callistachys Dec. beautiful-spiked * CD pr 3 jl R.Y Teneriffe 1824. S p.l 



24642 leptostachys Dec. slender-spiked CD pr 2 jl W Guinea 1825. S p.l 



*2837. ylCA^CIA Neck. ACACIA. (Akazo, to sharpen ; many species thorny.) Leg.Mim. 245. 298. 

 I. PHYLLODI'NEJE. Leaves of two forms ; leaflets, especially in the adult plants, abortive ; petioles dilated 



or filiform, changed into phyllodice ; flowers yellow. Species all from New Holland. 

 i. CAPITATE. Flowers collected into globose heads, with a solitary head on each peduncle. 



