LXIV. 
ANNESLIA FALCIFOLIA. 
Scythe-leaved Anneslia. 
; ORDO NATURALIS. 
Leguminose. Juss. Gen. p. 137. 
Sect. I. Corolla regularis. Legumen 1-loculare vel isthmis ‘fungosis multiloculare. Stamina 
definita aut indefinita. 
Calyx regularis, profunde 5-fidus. Corolla infundibuliformis, profunde 5-fida. Filamenta 
numerosissima, nectario basi corolla adnato inserta. Peri i 
prominentibus, 1-loculare, 2-valve, polyspermum. Stigma pileiforme. Frutices inermes. 
Folia 2-pinnata pinnis multyugis. Flores fasciculis axillaribus geminis, foliis ibidem spe 
caducis aut nunquam productis. Stipule Bracteeque caduce. Genus a Mimosa pericarpio non 
articulato, ab Acacia insertione filamentorum, apprime distinctum, et gaudens floribus specio~ 
cissimis; itaque in memoriam nobilis botanict Georgii Annesley Vicecomitis Valentia R. S. 
L.S.S. dixi. Huc referenda alieque Grandiflora L’Her. Mimosa. 
» Folia ad flores caduca, vel nulla. 
A. caule pubescente; foliorum pinnis 6-8-jugis; foliolis multijugis, fere sessilibus, falcatis basi 
retrorsum acuminata: filamentis 2-2} pollices longis: pericarpio hirsuto. ; 
Acacia Houstoni, Willd. Sp. Pl. v, 4. p. 1062. Mimosa Houstoni, L Hert. Sert. Angl. p. 30- 
Icon absque titulo. Relig. Houst. t. 26. Gleditsia Inermis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. p. 1509- 
‘Acacia Americana, &c. Ph. Mill. Ic. p. 4. t. 5. 4 
Sponte nascentem prope Vera Cruz, legit G. Houstoun. 
Floret apud nos a Septembriin Novembrem. : 
in the structure of their fruit, 
Tournefort’s which Gertner 
The shrubs which belong to Anneslia differ widely from Mimosa 
th genera 
would remove them to another Order of 
and from Acacia in the insertion of their filaments, bo 
has judiciously restored. Indeed, the latter difference by 
Jussiew’s work, but its character will probably be altered in a future edition by that great bota- 
nist; for, the filaments of many Leguminose are not perigynous, even in his sense of the word, 
and this moreover when their number is definite, as in Cassia, where each is inserted se ly 
npon a globular receptacle distinct from the-calyx. = _ 
In the Annals of Botany, I have called a plant, not before described by any botanist, Euryale, 
sf Lord Viscount Valentia in Hindostan, had selected it to perpe- 
[ pri «name of one of the Furies far more suitable 
. y magnificent genus, and I have followed the 
ther than title, which is liable to merge in 4 
ry ress. Malcolm and Doughty, with the name 
e to examine the original one in Soho Square, I described 
rayed upon the plate. Some benefit however will, I 
; for both the specific name and character above given 
founded again. a ee 
bes Leaves a 9.pinnate: Petiole | 
