316 LEGUMINOS^. 



the ovary into the summit of the calyX-tiibe. Legume sessile, woody-eoriaceous, flat-com- 

 pressed, roundish or oblong, l-g-seeded, tardily dehiscent, — ^Trees ; leaves pinnate {or reduced 

 to a single leaflet) -. leaflets alteiiiate ; flowers in axillary racemes. 



J 97. C. spicata, W. Leaflets 9-13, oilong-lanceolate, acuminate, subequal at the base, 

 glabrous ; legume oval-roundish, lurid-tonientose, rngulose with anastomosing veins. — Aubl. 

 t. 147./. l-4.^Apalatoa, 4w«i.— Leaflets 4"-3" long, l3"'-9"' broad ; legume 3" long, 

 2"-2J'' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Fd., in the great morass of Westmoreland; [Guiana]. 



198. C. oblonga, Benth. Leaflets 4-7, oblong, pointleted, slightly unequal-sided, 

 and oblique at the base, glabrous above, pnberulons on the ribs beneath, or glabrate ; legume 

 oval-roundish, lurid-tomentose, rugulose with anastomosing veins. — Leaflets 4"-3" long, 

 2"-li" broad ; legume 3"-34" long, 2"-2i" broad,— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana]. 



199. C. obliqua, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaflets']-^, oblong, pointleted, unequal-sided, oblique 

 at the base, glabrous ; legume broadly oblong, obliquely rounded at the base, subtruncate 

 at the top, lurid-tomentose, rugulose with anastomosing veins. — HirteUa glaberrima, Steud. / 

 in PI. Sostm. — Leaflets 5"-3'°long, H"-li" broad : the midrib often twice as much distant 

 from one margin as from the other ; racemes lax, puberulons, 6" long : pedicels 3'" long, 

 much longer than the alternate, 2, inii'aterminal bracteoles : calyx %\"' long, deciduous, 

 white;, ovary villous, ovate, 2'" long : style filiform, uncinate, 5 '"-6"' long : stigma minute; 

 legume 5"-4" long, 2i"-2" broad : margins tumid. — Hab. IWnidad !, Pd., Cr., in swamps ; 

 [Guiana!]. 



The African Dialium guineense, W. (D. nitidum, Fl. Seneg. t. 58), was sent by Guilding 

 from S. Vincent butis probably only a cultivated tree in that island. 



74. MOEA, Schomb. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-6-dentate. Petals 5-6, equal. Stamens 10-12, alternately sterile. 

 " Legume woody-coriaceous, oblong, 1-seeded by abortion." — Trees ; leaves abn^tly pinnate ; 

 flowers in dense, elogated spikes. 



200. M. excelsa, Benth. Leaflets 4-3-jugal, oblong, glabrous ; petals obovate, cHiate, 

 twice as long as the csdyx ; stamens covered with deciduous wool. — Idnn. Transact. 18. 1. 16, 

 17. — A high tree ; leaflets 8"-5" long, bluntish ; spikes compound at the base, 6"-10" long, 

 nodding; petals 2'" long ; stamens exserted. — Hab. Trinidad !,&. ; [Guiana]. 



Tmee III. MIMOSEM — blowers tegular. JEstivation of the calyx and the corolla 

 valvate (rarely slightly imbricate). Embryo straight. 



75. PENTACLETHRA, Benth. 

 Calyx 5-deutate : teeth broad ; slightly imbricate. Stamens monadelphous -at the base, 

 5 fertile, exserted, 5 (-15) sterile: anthers oblong, with a terminal gland. — ^Trees; leaves 

 hipinnate ; flowers spicate. . 



201. V.SUia.eiataBa.jBenth.! Pinnae 20-10-jugal : leaflets BO-30-jugal, linear, fal- 

 cate at the top and at the produced base, glabrous ; sterile stamens 5, long-exserted, and 

 exceeding the fertile ones. — Acacia aspidioides, Mey. ! — Leaflets 3"'-4"' long, 4'" broad ; 

 spikes 6-8" long, often aggregate, or paniculate at the summit of the branches : rhachis 

 rusty-tomentose : corolla deeply 5 -fid, 2'" long ; sterile filaments 8'" long : anther-gland 

 subsessile. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad!, Cr.: a common tree on waste ground at 

 Cocorite; [Nicaragua!, Guiana!, Para!]. 



Parhia biglobosa, Uenth., was observed by Jacquin in Martinique (Mimosa, ei. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 262. f. 68 : the biglobose spike). 



76. ENTADA, Ad. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Stamens 10 : anthers ovoid-oblong, with a gland. Legume flat-com- 

 pressed, jointed : the joints separating from each other, and leaving a persistent, continuous 

 border (the replum). — Woody vines; leaves bipinnate, often cirrhiferous ; flowers in spiei- 

 form racemes. 



202. E. Bcandens, Bentli, Unarmed, cirrhiferous; pinna 1-2-jugal: leaflets 2-5- 



