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bearing a gland above its base: stipules oblong-linear, deciduous; ilower-heads globose, 

 shortly peduucled ; stamens 10-12, connected at the base ; legume . . . . — Ktbecolobium, 

 Benth. — A white-barked shrub, like the preceding ; leaflets membranaceous, 4'" long, 2"' 

 bl'oad, stipules as long; peduncles 6'" long. — Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Venezuela 1]. 



Sect. 3. Albizzia. — Legume flat-oompressed, indehiscent or tardily bivalved. Stamens 

 usually monade^hous. — Unarmed plants. 



Bentham regards Albizzia as a genns confined to the old world, and distinguished from 

 from Acacia by mouadelphona stamens. I see, however, no important difference in certain 

 of his American Pithecolobia. A. trichodes, W. (Leuccena, Benth.), said to be "West In- 

 dian, is also related to Albizzia, but has 10 distinct stamens. 



337. A. Berteriana, Balb. Branchlets glabrescent; pirmee 8-12-juffal: leaflets 

 ZO-hQ-jugal, linear or oblong-linear, very nnequal-sided, semicordate at the base, glabrous, 

 shining above : petiole hearing an oblong gland above its base ; flower-heads globose, shortly 

 pedunded, racemose, and in a leafy panicle ; stamens 10-30, monadelphous : their tube as 

 long as the corolla ; legume straight, broadly linear, shortly stipitate, velvety-puberulous, 

 indehiscent : valves membranaceous, connected between the seeds.— Pithecolobium, Benth. 

 P. fragrans, Benth. I Inga fragrans, Maef. I — A tree ; leaflets 3'"— i'" long ; peduncles 

 fascicled, 4'" long ; corolla white, much longer than the calyx ; legume 4" long, 6'" broad. 

 . — Hab. Jamaica!, Maqf., common in the mountains of Port Royal; [Panama!]. 



338*. A. Julibrissin, W. Branchlets pubescent (or glabrescent) ; pinnceT-lZ-jugal: 

 leaflets 2f0-i0-jugal, oblique^ oblong, with a juxtamarginal midrib, pointed, ciliate: 

 petiole bearing au orbicular gland above its base ; flower-heads globose, racemose ; stamens 

 10-15, connected at the base ; legume straight, moniliform-sinuate, accuminate at both 

 ends, glabrous, indehiscent : valves cohering, membranaceous. — Albizzia, Boiv. Ac. tricho- 

 pbylloides, Macf. A. angustiloba, BO. sec. Macf. — A tree ; leaflets 3"'-4"' long ; stamens 

 4 times as long as the puberulous corolla ; legume 4" long, 8"' broad at the seeds. — ^Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils., and the Caiibbean Islands ; [introduced from Asia, where it „ 

 ranges from Talusch 1 and northern China to the East Indies.] 



239*. A. Iiebbek, W. Glabrescent; pinnae &-4:-jugal: leaflets h-'i-jugal, large, 

 obovate-oblong or oblong, unequal-sided, roimded at the top : petiole bearing an oval gland 

 above its base ; flowers pedicellate, in long-peduncled clusters ; stamens oo , connected at 

 the base ; legume straight, oblong-linear, pointed at both ends, sessile, flat and tumid at the 

 seeds, glabrous, tardily bivalved. — Tuss. Fl. 4. t. 39. ^Albizzia, Benth. Ac. speciosa, W. 

 A. propinqua. Rich. ; a pubescent form. — A tree ; leaflets 1"— 3" long ; corolla white, twice 

 as long as the calyx ; stamens long, yeUow, greenish at the top ; legume 6"-12" long, l"-3" 

 broad. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica!, iMst., Al.; Antigua!, Wullschl., St. Vincent!, 

 Cfuild.; Trinidad!^ Cr.; [Seuegambial to Egypt!; East Indies! to, Afghanistan! and 

 China !]. 



86. LTSILOMA, Benth. 



Corolla B-fid. Stamens oo -15, monadelphons : anthers eglandular, globose. Legume of 

 Mimosa. — Habit of Acacia. 



240. Ii. raarchiana, Gr. («. sp.). Branchlets puberulous or glabrescent; pinnce 2-3- 

 jugal, spreading : leaflets Zd-li-jugal, unequal-sided, oblong, bluntish, truncate at the base : 

 petiole eglandular: stipules minute, subulate, subspinescent ; flower-heads globose, long- 

 peduncled^ axillary ; stamens oo , connected at the base ; legume short, falcate, glabrous : 

 valves membranaceous. — Bark whitish; branches diffuse, leafy; leaves membranaceous, 

 lively-green, glabrescent ; pinnae 3'" distant from each other, 8"' from the base ; leaflets 4"' 

 long, 1'" broad, inferior pairs smaller : stipules 1'" long, somewhat pungent, but deciduous ; 

 peduncles subsolitary, 2"-l" long; flowers sessile, glabrous ; corolla campanulate, 3'" long, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; stamens very numerous, 8'" long,; legume 10'" long, 3'" broad, 

 semioircinate-oblong, blunt, pointed at the sessile base, 5-6-seeded, flat-compressed : valves 

 continuous, separating from the cartilaginous border. — Hab. Jamaica!, March, Wullschl. 



