LEGUMINOSjE. 317 



jugal, oblong, or elliptical-oblong, usually unequal-sided, glabrous or glabrescent beneath ; 

 racemes solitary or geminate i legume sinuate, twisted. — Tu,ss. Fl. 3. t. 21. Besc. Fl. 3. 

 i. 200. — Mimosa, L. Aeaeia, W. E. gigalobium, BO. — Climbing to an immense height ; 

 leaflets 3"-l", legume 2'-8' long.^HAB. Jamaica 1, Al., common in mountain-woods ; [Gua- 

 deloupe!; trop. Africa! and Asia!; Pacific islands]. 



208. E, polystachya, DC. Unarmed, at length cirrhiferous ; pnnie 4:-6{-%)-jugal : 

 lea/lets 6-S.jiiffal, oblong, rounded at the top, glabrous or puberulous beneath; racemes in, 

 terminal panicles ; legume oblong, entire, straightish. — DC. Leg. t. 61, 63. Jacq. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 262.^. 67. — Mimosa, Jaoq. M. chiKantha, Meu. I — Leaflets about 1" long ; racemes 

 2"-3" long, spreading, densely crowded ; legume 13''-6" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad I, dr.; [Panama!, Venezuela 1, Guiana!]. 



77. PIPTADENIA, Benth. 



Flowers of Entada. Legume broadly linear, flat-compressed, bivalved : seeds compressed. 

 — Woody plants ; leaves lipinnate, ioith petiolar glands ; flowers sessile, in, heads or spilces. 



204. P. peregrina, Benth. I Pinnse 15-30-jugal : leaflets 30-80-jugal, minute, linear, 

 glabrescent : petiole puberulous, bearing a gland above its base ; flower-heads globose, small, 

 much shorter than the puberulous peduncle ; legume moniliform-sinuate, stipitate : valves 

 coriaceous, rough. — Kth. Mimos. t. 30. — Mimosa, L. — A high, unarmed tree ; leaflets 1'"- 

 2'", legume 6"-3" long : flowers white. The flowers are sometimes reduced in parts, and 

 the anther-gland is caducous. — Hab. S.Vincent!, ^we^era. .^cultivated in Trinidad!, dr.; 

 [New Granada, Guiana !, Brazil !] . 



78*. ADENANTHEKA, L. 



Calyx 5-4-dentatB. Stamens 10-8 : anthers ovoid-oblong, with a stipitate, terminal 

 gland. Legume linear, compressed, tumid with biconvex seeds, bivalved. — Trees ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate ; flowers in racemes. ' 



205*. A, pavonina, L. Pinnae 2-5-jugal, distant : leaflets 6-10-jugal, alternate, oval, 

 or oval-oblong, glabrous ; stamens included, with the glands exserted ; legume slightly fal- 

 cate. — iTacq. Coll. 4. t. 23. — Leaflets about 1" long; pedicels as long as the flower; legume 

 6"-8" long, 6'" broad. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, AL, Wullschl., and in the Caribbean 

 Islands ! ; [introduced from the Bast Indies !]. 



79. PROSOPIS, X. 



Oalyx 5-dentate. Stamens 10 : anthers ovoid-oblong, mostly with a terminal gland. i«- 

 gume linear, indehiscent, baccate. — ^Woody plants ; leaves Hpinnate; flowers spicate ; petals 

 internally villous in the American species. 



206. P. juliflora, BC. Armed with axillary spines, glabrous ; pinnse 1-2-jugal : leaflets 

 20-15-jugal, linear-oblong, blunt; spikes elongated ; legume falcate, entire, compressed, at 

 length thickish : endocarp separating into a series of closed joints. — Besc. Fl. 8. t. 550. — 

 Mimosa, Sw. (M. piliflora, Sw. Fl., is a misprint). Algarobia, As. Gr. P. dulcis, var. do- 

 mingensis, Benth. I — P. dulcis, Kth., has a straightish, sinuate legume ; P. glandulosa, 

 Torr., has the legume nearly as in our species, but longer and less numerous leaflets. — A 

 tree, 30'-40' high, sometimes reduced to a dwarfish shrub ; petioles bearing a sessile gland 

 between the pinnae ; leaflets 4"'-6"' long, l"'-2"' broad (much smaller than in P. glandulosa 

 of Texas); legume 6"-8" long, 6'" broad, at length 3"'-4"' thick.— Hab. Jamaica!, Al., 

 common in dry districts ; [Mexico ! to Guayaquil !]. 



80. NEPTUNIA, Lour. 



Calyx 5-dentate. Stantens 10 (-5) : anthers ovoid-oblong, with a stipitate, terminal gland. 

 Legume oblong, flat-compressed, membranaceous, bivalved. — Herbs ; leaves iipinnate ; sti- 

 pules o^^e'^we^ cordate-siibulate ; flower-heads peduncled. 



207. N. oleracea, Lour. Floating, radicant, glabrous ; pinnae 2-3-jnga] : petiole 

 eglandjdar : leaflets 8-20-jugal, linear-oblong ; flower-heads ovoid : inferior flowers sterile, 



