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2-3.flora. Calycis tubulos 

 Legumen ignotum. 

 Hab. Cuba. 7?. dp. In Sinn 



635 



Corolla lobi acuti, ciliati. Stamina 12^ libera. 



[OrthoMium), differing from P. prehensile 



always straight and acieular in C«.L., recurved! ol' J!^ "It^^T^.^ ^--^' - 



A. Richard describes the stain 



Cll^ 



insularis 



be 



Inermis, villosa. 

 Toliola 24-35 -ji 



solitaria, axillaria 



acutissimse, pilosae. Pinnae s«pius 3-jugffi. 

 pilosa, ciliata, subtus 3-nervia. Capitula ovg 



Hab 



agree with any specimen known to me. 



described 



Nepfnma, but ()<»r^ not 



Acacia httoralis, A. Rich. Fl. Cub. i. m7. Inermis, tomentoso-pubescens. Stipule vix conM.icua, 

 Petiolus eglandulosus. Pinnae 2-8-jug^. Foliola 30-«)-juga, oblongo-augusta, obtusa, •^„bcr,riar(.a' 

 nitida, subtus pallidiora. Capitula parvula, sphaerica, pedunculata, in raccmiira terniinalcm l.-,x.,m' 

 ramosura disposita. Calyx turbinatus, obsolete 5-dentatus, apice viUosus. Corolla calyce triple \mmun 



I glabriuscula. Stamina circiter 20-25, libera. Legumen ignotum. 



Hab 



Grisebach refers this to Calliandra portoricensis ; but the inflorescence described and some other cha- 

 racters are quite at variance with that species. 



Albizzia {Serianthes) amcsnissima^ F. Muell. Fragm. viii, 165, from the N.E. extremity of New South 

 Wales^ would appear^ from the characters given, to be intermediate as it were between Serumihes yrandi' 

 flora and S. myriadena , which F. Mueller unites under the name oi Albhzia grandiflora. Thepo<l, Ijovv- 

 ever, is unknown, and the genus must be in some measure uncertain. 



Berterii, Spreng. Syst. iii, 127 (/. Spremelii 



C2& stinnlarn 



geminae, rectse. Pinnae l-jugse, Foliola 1-juga, oblique oblonga, obtusa, coriacca, glabra. Florr> i^^.- 

 mosi. Legumen glabrum, rectiusculum. 



Hab. South America, Bertero. 



I found no specimen with this name amongst Bertero's plants named by Sprengcl in Jfcrb. Balbiii, uor 



ioli 



of which 

 curved. 



Magdal 



multij 



alierni/olia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 395 {Mimosa circinalis, M05. et Scss. MS.), glabra. Pii. 



lilt' 



recta. Peduncul 



soliturii. Capitula globosa. Legumen glabrum 



Hab 



doubtful 



Species 



The foUowinff. altliouffh some of them imperfectly known are all either refer 



t<» 



a 5 o'A^^^^'^o 



the Suborder Csesalpinie^, or are not Leguminous plants at 



Mimosa nodosa^ Linn, i 

 Mimosa balsamicay Mol 



Cuid 



Gav 



