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costa fere marginali. Capitula pedunculata, racemoso-paniculata. Calyx -J lin., corolla 

 1 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil. 



With the foliage of Acacia paniculata, this has precisely the inflorescence and flowers of the two pre- 

 ceding species. 



81. P. FRAGRANS, BentJi. in JBLooh, Lond. Jouim. iii. 220. Glabrum v. minute pube- 

 rulum. Pinnae 8-10-jiigae ; foliola 30-40-juga, oblongo-linearia v. lineari-falcata, 2-4 

 lin. longa, nitidula, subtus pallida, costa excentrica v. submarginali. Capitula pedun- 

 culata, racemoso-paniculata. Calyx J-f lin., corolla l|-2 lin. longa. Legumen rectum, 

 planum, baud crassum, 3-4-pollicare, vix 6 lin. latum, indebiscens. 



Ingafragrans, Macfad. ! Fl. Jam. i. 309. 

 Acacia Balbisii, Spreng. ! Syst. iii. 140. 

 A. Berteriana, DC. ! Prod. ii. 470. 



Joum 



Eab. Tropical America: Jamaica, San Domingo, Bertero, Bhrenberg \ Veraguas, 



Seemami, 



Sectio 5. Ortholobium. 



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Prutices (rarius arbores ?) spinis stipularibus armati. Pinnse 1- v. plurijug®. Poliola 

 1- V. plurijuga, parva v. rarius'poUicaria. Pedunculi axillares v. ad apices ramorum breviter 

 racemosi. Plores in capitulo globoso sessiles. Legumen ubi notum planum, rectum, in 

 valvas membranaceas v. tenuiter coriaceas nee tortas nee elastice revolutas debiscens. 

 Serainum funiculus baud dilatatus. 



The species of this section have the fruit approaching that of Alhizzia lophantha and A. montana; but 

 m other respects the section diff'ers more widely than several others from that genus. 



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Spin(B stipulares rectcB. Mores jparvi, glahri v. puberul 



82. P. ALBICANS, Benth. Cano-puberula v. pallens. Pinnae 4-6-jugse • foliola 12-20- 

 juga, oblique oblongo-linearia, 3-4 lin. longa, puberula. Pedunculi axillares, summi 

 breviter racemosi. Mores glabriusculi. Calyx i lin., corolla 2 lin. longa. Legumen 

 glabrmsculum, stipitatum, S-o-pollicare, ad 6 lin. latum, valvis tenuiter coriaceis 



Mim 



^ens 



Kab. Tropical America : Mexico, Campeachy, Mumboldt and Bonpland 



Coulter, Berlandier, n. 3147 



83 



Zimap 



3 



P BREYirOLiUM. Beuth. an A. Oray, PI. Wright, i. 67. Puberulum, glabrescena 

 Pinn« 3-5-^ugae; fobola 10-20-juga, oblongo-linearia, 2-3 lin. longa, subtus pallida 



Pedunculi ad apices ramorum racemosi, breves. Plores cauo-puberuli Calvx i lin.. 



corolla 2 lin. longa. Legumen breviter stipitatum, ad 3 poll, lonsum. 6 lin Mum' 



alvis submembranaceis 



euciaiia 



Jff«6. Tropical and subtropical North America: Mexioano-Texan region, Wi^Uzems 

 BeHundter, Emort/s Expedition, n. 331. 6 , ^z- * 



