PROSOPIS ACULEATA, KOENIG. 42 1 



Bracts minute, one-flowered, falling. 



Flowers numerous, small, yellow, single, approxi- 

 mated. 



Calyx below, five toothed. 



Filaments united at the base. Anthers incumbents 

 a w T hite gland on the apex of each, which falls off 

 soon after the flower expands.. Style crooked. 

 Stigma simple. 



Legume long, pendulous, not inflated. 



Seeds many, lodged in a brown mealy substance. 



The pod of this tree is the only part used. It u 

 about an inch in circumference, and from six to twelve 

 long ; when ripe, brown, smooth, and contains, be- 

 sides the seeds, a large quantity of a brown mealy 

 substance, which the natives eat; its taste is sweetish 

 and agreeable ; it may therefore be compared to the 

 Spanish Algaroba, or locust-tree. (Ceratonia Siliqua 

 Linn,) 



N Q T E. 



In compliance with Dr. Kcenig's opinion, I have 

 called this a Prosopis, though I am aware that the an- 

 theral glands give it a claim to the genus Adenan^ 

 thera. 



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