LEGUMINOSiE. 221 



§ 2. Flowers capitate; stamens 10-20. — Petioles glanduliferous ; stipules large, foliaceous. 



224. A. tamarindifolia, W., Benth.! Scandent, glabrous, armed with recurved 

 prickles ; hranchlets tetragonal ; pinna i-i-jugal, distant : leaflets &-%0-jugal, obliquely 

 oblong, mucronate or blunt : petiole bearing usually a gland in the middle between its base 

 and the lowest pinnae ; flower-heads globose, in racemes ; stamens 10, subdistinct ; " legume 

 flat-compressed, glabrous."' — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 7 ; Jacq. H. Schcenbr. t. 396 : the sepa- 

 rate flower by mistake is represented polyandrous. — Mimosa, L. — ^A woody climber ; leaflets 

 3"'-4"' long : stipules reniform, deciduous, often 1" diam. ; flowers whitish. — Hab. S. Lucia !, 

 Anders. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Martinique 1, Sieb. Mart. 174 ; Venezuela]. 



225. A. bahamensis, 6r. Glabrescent,MMar»!^(?; hranchlets angular ;pi»K(s2-4-y«^«^, 

 distant : leaflets W-iQ-jugal, obliquely oblong, bluntish : petiole hearing a gland below the 

 lowest pinnse; flower-heads globose, fascicled; stamens 20, connected at the base ; legume 

 . . . . — Lysiloma, Benth. I — ^I transfer it to this place for its afBnity with the preceding. 

 Leaflets 6"'-4"' long, nigrescent by being dried : petiolar gland 3"' distant from the pinnse, 

 and about 1" from the node j stipules large, semiovate, pointed, 8'" long. — Hab. Bahamas 1, 



§ 3. Flowers capitate ; stamens very numerous. — Petioles glanduliferous. 



226. A. pauiculata, W. Subscandent, armed with small prickles (or unarmed) ; 

 branchlets and petioles pubescent ; pinncs W-W-jugal : leaflets SO-60-jugal, minute, linear, 

 unequal-sided, blunt, ciliolate, glabrous : petiolar gland minute ; flower-heads globose, pani- 

 culate ; stamens oo, subdistinct ; legume shortly stipitate, oblong-linear, flat-compressed, 

 glabrous. — A. microcephala. Rich. Oub. {non Macf.). A. Clauseni, Benth. A.martinicensis, 

 Prl..'' — A shrub, sometimes scandent (Kugel) ; leaflets 1'" long ; legume 5 "-6" long, 10'" 

 broad. — Hab. S. Jjiidil, Anders. ; [Cuba!; Guiana, Brazil]. 



227. A. sarmentosa, Desv. Scandent, armed with small prickles (or unarmed) ; 

 branchlets and petioles puberulous or glabrescent ; pinna 6-lZ-jugcd : leaflets l&SO-Jugal, 

 oblong-linear, veiy unequal-sided, semicordate at the base, bluntish, glabrescent : petiolar 

 glands usually minute ; flower-heads globose, paniculate, or in axillary racemes ; stamens oo, 

 subdistinct ; legume stipitate, oblong-linear, flat-compressed, glabrous : valves membranaceous. 

 — ^A. Westiana, SO., Benth. ! A. guadalupensis, I)C. A. intsioides, BC. — A high, woody 

 climber ; leaflets 4"'-3"' long ; flowers white ; legume 4" long, 10'" broad : stalk 4'" long. 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; katig-aa.\, Nichols., Wullschl., S. Vincent !, Gm7«?. ,• Trini- 

 dad !, Or. ; [Portorico !, Guadeloupe ! ; Panama I, Venezuela !, Guiana !, Brazil !]. 



§ 4. Flowers pedicellate, in peduncled clusters or racemes; stamens oo. — 

 Petioles eglandnlar. 



228. A. villosa, W. Unarmed ; branchlets and petioles villous-pubescent ; pinna 5-8- 

 jugal: leaflets 10-20(— " 25 ").jugal, oblong, bluntish, puberulous beneath or glabrescent ; Q 

 racemes ovoid-oblong or snbglobose : pedicels longer than the calyx ; stamens very nume- ' 

 rous; legume shortly stipitate, oblong, flat-compressed, hairy: valves membranaceous. — 

 Mimosa, Sw. A. lophanthoides, DC. A. valenzuelana, Bich. : leaflets 20-25-jugal. — A 

 shrub ; leaflets 4'" long ; flowers white, with yellow anthers ,• legume 2" long, 6'" broad.— ^ 

 Hab. Jamaica I, all coU., common in the southern hills ; [Cuba ; Mexico 1 to Panama !]. 



Sect. 2. Vachellia. — Legume turgid, subcylindrical or thicHsh-compressed, filled with 

 pulp, indehiscent. — Stipules or axiU usuidly spinose : prickles none ; flowers capitate in 

 the West Indian species. 



§ 1. Stipules spinescent ; stamens oo, subdistinct. 



229. A. macracantlia, Humb. Bonpl. Branchlets and petioles tomentose-pubescent 

 (or glabrescent) ; pinnse 40-8-jugal ; leaflets 15-40-jugal, minute, linear, bluntish, glabrescent : 

 petiole bearing a depressed gland above its base and several between the uppermost ' 

 pinnEB ; flower-heads globose, puberulous, subfascicled ; legume sessile, straight, velvety- 

 tomentose or puberulous, at length tumid, with the valves convex. — Kth. Mimos. t. 23. — 

 A. macracanthoides, Bert. A. pellacantha, Mey. I — A tree or shrub, very variable in the- 

 down, the stipular spines either small, subrecurved (2"'-4'" long), or valid, spreading (l"-2" 

 long), the number of pinnse and leaflets, and the pulpy legume either continuous or ,subto- 



