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Desc. Fl. 2. t. 119. — M. dominiciaQa, J)esv. ? — ^Leaflets 8"'-12"' long : common petiole 

 3"-2" long.— Hab. S. Vincent I, efaJW. ; [Mai-tinique]. 



214. M. pudica, L. Stem herbaceous, suifrutescent, hairy or glabrate, armed with 

 infrastipular and scattered prickles ; jAunce 2-\-jugal, nearly as long as the petiole : leaf- 

 lets V>-'S,i-jugal, oblong-linear, pointed, ciliate with appressed bristles, glabresoent ; flower- / 

 heads ovoid ; calyx abortive ; legmne oblong, sinuate, 2-5-seeded : valves jointed, glabrous, 

 unarmed : border armed with spreading prickles. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, t. 202. — Leaflets 3'"- 

 6'" long. 



o. Pinnae 2-jngal, approximate, or the uppermost l-jugal. 



;3. unynga, Walp. I Pinnse l-jugal. — M. irritabUis, Prl. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Al. (a), March (j3), common in pastures; S. Kitts I, Antigua!, Mchols., 

 WullscM., S. Lucia !, Anders., S. Vincent I, Guild, s Trinidad !, Sieb. trin. 110 ; [Mexico I 

 to Brazil ! ; Sandwich Islands I ; East Indies I]. 



215. ni. polydactyla, Huml. Stem suj&uticose, hairy or glabrate, armed with 

 scattered prickles ; pinnte S-S-jugal, approximate, nearly as long as the petiole : leaflets 

 25-60-juffal, linear, pointed, ciliate with appressed bristles, glabrescent ; flower-heads ovoid- 

 globose; calyx abortive; "legume- valves glabrous, unarmed: border prickly." — Kth.Mimos. 

 t. 5.— Leaflets 2"'-3"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Guiana I to BrazH!]. 



Sect. 2. Habbasia. — Stamens twice as many as the petals. Legume-valves jointed. 



216. M. asperata, L. Shrubby ■ stem and petioles rusty-hispidulons, armed with 

 strong subulate prickles ; pintits 8-1 ^-jugal : leaflets 2iO-&0-jugal, linear, obliquely pointed, 

 glabrous above, ciliate, pubemlous beneath : rhachis hispid : stipules subulate ; flower-heads 

 globose, exceeded by the leaves, superior racemose; calyx cut into terminal bristles ; le- 

 gume oblong, 8-10-seeded : joints transversely oblong, covered on the surface and on the 

 border with long, rusty-yellow bristles. — Mill. Ic. t. 182. /. 3. DC. Leg. t. 63. — Leaflets 

 3"'-6"' long ; legume 3"-2" long, 5'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica I, Pd. ; [S. Thomas 1 ; Panama I 

 to Brazil ! ; trop. Afriea I to Egypt I and Madagascar ! ; Bast Indies !]. 



217. M. thyrsoidea, Or. fyi. sp.). Shrubby ; stem and petioles pubescent with minute 

 down, armed with scattered, subulate prickles ;. pinnce ir-l-jugal : leaflets SO-l&jugal, 

 unequal-sided, linear, , obliquely pointed, glabrescent : rhachis pubescent ; stipules setaceous, 

 spinescent ; flower-heads globose, arranged in a panicle of compound racemes ; calyx mi- 

 nutely 4-dentate ; legume . . , . — Allied to M. sepiaria, Benth., but the leaflets smaller, and 

 the racemes only once compound. Prickles compressed, spreading or bent upwards, those 

 of the petioles much smaller ; leaflets 3"'-3"' long ; pinnae 4'" distant ; panicle pyramidal : 

 peduncles 10"'-12"' long; flower-heads (the stamens included) 4"'-5"' diam. ; corolla 4-fid, 

 four times as long as the calyx; stamens 8, long-exserted. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wullschl. 



Sect. 3. Ameeia. — Stamens twice as mamy as the petals. Legume-valves continuous. 



218. M. bahamensis, Benth. I Shrubby, tortuous, armed with scattered, recurved 

 prickles ; branches and petioles rusty-tometttose; pinnce Z-i-jugal: leaflets 6-S-jugal, half- 

 obovate or oval-oblong, glabrescent ; flower-heads globose, with their diameter half as long . 

 a% the peduncle, superior racemose ; corolla 4-fid, twice as long as the calyx ; legume .... 

 — Leaflets l"'-3"' long.^HAB. Bahamas 1, Swains. 



219. ra. Ceratonia, L. Shmbby, scandent, glabrous ; branches and petioles armed 

 with small recurved prickles ; pinna Z-^-jugal : leaflets i-jugal, very unequal-sided, obovate- 

 roundish ; flower-heads globose, superior racemose ; corolla 3-fid; legume broadly oblong, 

 entire, 5-8-seeded ; valves continuous, glabrous, unarmed : border armed with recurved 

 prickles.— P&w. Ed. Burm. t. 8.— Leaflets 8"'-3"' diam. jlegume 2"-l" long, 8'" broad. 

 — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl., in Blubber Valley ; Dominica I, S. Lucia !, Anders. ; S. Vin- 

 cent !, ffajV^^.; [S. Thomas!]. 



88. SCHRANKIA, W. 



Flowers of Mimosa. Legumelinear, compressed-tetragonal, echinate with prickles ; valves 

 continuous, separating from the keeled, valve-shaped border : seeds oblong, parallel to the 

 valves. — Branches a«(^ petioles armed with recurved pricMea ; leaves bipinnate, sensitive. 



