318 CALYCI FLORAE. 



This tree is very common between Spanish-Town, and the 

 Ferry. 



10. Acacia Lebbek. Egyptian Acacia. 



Unarmed, pinnae 2-4-jugate, leaflets 6-8-jugate 

 oval subdimidiate obtuse at both ends, petioles eglan- 

 dulose, heads peduncled aggregated, flowers pedi- 

 celled.. De Cand. 



Willd. Sp. PL IV. 1066. 



HAB. Cultivated. 



FL. After the rains in May. 



This species, originally a native of Upper Egypt, is very 

 generally cultivated for ornamental purposes. The pods are 

 broad-linear, plane, a span in length, smooth, attenuated at 

 both ends, 7-8-seeded. 



1 1 . Acacia latisiliqua. Broad-podded Acacia. 



Unarmed glabrous, pinnae 5 -jugate, leaflets 10- 

 paired elliptic obtuse, stipules dimidiato-cordate, heads 

 of flowers peduncled aggregate arranged to form a 

 terminal panicle. De Cand. 



Willd. S P . PI. IV. 1067. 



HAB. Commonly cultivated in Towns. 



FL. After the May and August rains. 



There is an obsolete glandule beneath the lowest pair of 

 pinnae. Legumes oblong, plane, acute at both ends, on a long 

 stipe. 



12. Acacia vespertina. Night-flowering Acacia. 



Unarmed, pinnae 2-4-jugate, leaflets 20-25-jugate 

 lineari-oblong bluntish unequal at the base, peduncles 

 axillary 3 together each bearing a head of about 15 

 flowers, stamens very long. 



HAB. Common in Port-Royal and St Andrew's mountains. 



FL. The warmer months, from April to September. 



A shrubby tree, 10 feet or more in height: branches irre- 

 gular, wrinkled, ash-coloured. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae 2-4- 

 jugate ; leaflets 20-25-paired, sessile, lineari-oblong, bluntish, un- 

 equal at the base, glabrous, (when young ciliated underthe glass), 

 eglandulose : common petioles about 4 inches in length, trique- 

 trous, lineated, pubescent : partial petioles trigonal, pubescent. 

 Stipules subulate-lanceolate, puberulous, deciduous. Peduncles 

 axillary, elongated, longer than the petioles, usually 3 together, 

 compressed, lineated, puberulous, each bearing a head of flow- 

 ers. Flowers about 15 in the head, sessile, white. Calyx 



