224 LBGUMINOSiE. 



87. CAXLIANDRA, Benth. 

 (Zygia, P. Br., non E. Mey.) 

 Corolla 5-dentate, rarely 5(-3)-fid. Stamens oo-lO, long-exserted, monadelphoM, 

 Legume mostly compressed, thickened on the margin, usually at length elastically bivalved. 

 — Leaves tipinnate, usually eglandmlar ; flowers in large heads or cliisters : stamens pur- 

 ple or white. 



Sect. 1. PsEUDACACTA. — Flowers sessile. Calyx memlranaceons, not striate. Corolla 'a-fid. 

 Stamens 20-oo , shortly' connected at the base. — Leaflets small, many-jugal. 

 i/ 241. C. portoricensis, 5n«<A. / Unarmed ; branchlets and petioles pubescent (or gla- 

 brate); pinnce 4i-6{-2r-S)-jugal : leaflets 15-25(,-iO)-Jugal, oblong-linear, bluntish, gla- 

 brescent ; flower-heads globose,- usttally fascicled ; stamens 30-25 ; legmne straight, linear, 

 . tapering at the base, glabrous : valves chartaceous. — Jacq, Ic, Rar. t. 633. — Mimosa, Jacq. 

 '' Acacia, W. A. ungulata, Desv. A. vespertina, Mac/. ! A. litoralis. Rich. Oui.^-M.. cara- 

 casana, Jaoq. {I.e. t. 632 ; Acacia, W.), differs by purple stamens and the calyx glanduli- 

 ferous on the margins, but is according to Beutham the same species. — A shrub, 10' high ; 

 leaflets 4"'-5"' long; flowers and stamens white; legume 3" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Macf., Hartw., March, common in the mountains ; [Cuba and Mexico 1 to Vene- 

 zuela ! and Ecuiidor !] 



Sect. 2. EucALLiANDEA. — Flowers usually sessile. Calyx striate. Corolla 5-dentate. 



Stamens connected with a slender tuie. Legume -devoid of pulp. 

 § 1. Stamens 20 ; tube slender, included udthin the corolla. — Leaflets smaU, many-jugal. 



242. C. Cruegerii, Gr. {n. sp.). Unarmed ; branchlets and petioles lanuginose ; pinme 

 i-S-jugal: leaflets ZO-iO-jugal, falcate-linear, acuminate with a bluntish point, rigid, 

 ciliate, glabrescent ; stipules persistent, oblong-laneeolate, striate ; flower-heads globose, 

 subsessile, axillary, or in an interrupted spike ; corolla hirsute, twice as long as the glabres- 

 cent calyx ; stamens 20, connected to one-third ; legume . . . .. — Allied to 0. dysantha, 

 Benth. Branches leafy ; leaflets 2"'-li"' long ; pinnae 3'" distant from each other and from 



" the base of the petiole : stipules rusty-scariose, 3'" long ; corolla 3'" long, 2-3 limes ex- 

 ceeded by the pui-ple stamens. — ^Hab. Trinidad I, Cr., at Chocachocacco. 



§ 2. Stamens 10-15 : tube included uiithin the corolla. — Leaflets small : .stipules spiny, 

 or with a spine at their base. 



243. C. heematomma, JSenM, .' Branchlets armed with infrastipular spines, pubescent 

 or glabrescent; pinna 1-jugal: leaflets 1—i-jugal, oblong, blunt, glabrous, subciliate; 

 flowers sessile in peduncled heads ; corolla thrice as long as the calyx ; stamens 10-15, con- 

 nected at the base ; legume straightish, linear, tapering at the base, villous-pubescent : valves 

 coriaceous. — DC. Leg. t. 68. — A tortuous shrub ; leaves shortly petioled, exceeded by the 

 peduncles ; leaflets 3"'-2'", petiole 2"'-l"', setaceous spines 3"'-l*', lanceolate, striate sti- 

 pules 2'", puberulous peduncles l"-li", corolla 2'", purple stamens 8"'-12"' long ; legume 

 H" long, 3'" broad : seeds roundish, compressed, pendulous. 



a. Corolla strigoae-pnbescent ; calyx 5-dentate. 

 3. glabrata. Corolla glabrous ; calyx 6-fid, spreading. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Swains, (o) ; Jamaica !, March, Wils., in maritime woods, St. David 

 (|8); [Haiti I]. 



§ 3. Stamens 10-20 : tuie slender, exserted. — Leaflets broad, few or 1-jugal, shining above. 



244. C. purpurea, 5«?iM. / 'Unarmed,^^ree):xiA; pinnce \-jugal: leafletst-Z-jugal, 

 elliptical-oblong or obovate, bluntish ; flowers sessile, in peduncled ideads ; corolla thrice as 

 long as the calyx ; stamens 10 : tube shortly exserted ; legume slightly curved, broadly 

 linear, long-tapering at the base, glabrous : valves chartaceous, with very thick mai-gins. — 

 Plum. Ed. Burm. 1. 10./. 2.— Mimosa, L. Inga, ^.— Leaflets4"'-8"' (-12'"), peduncles 15'" 

 -3'", corolla 3'", purple stamens 12"' long ; legume 3" long, 5"'-4"' broad above. — Hab. S. 

 Kitts I, Antigua I, Nichols., Wullschl. ; St. Vincent 1, Anders. ; [S. Croix ; Venezuela I, 

 Guiana !, Para I]. 



245. C. tergemina, 5e»tt. / Unarmed, glabrous; ^raM« "i-jugal: leaflets \\-jugal 

 (i.e. one in the inferior pair abortive), obliquely obovate-oblong, blunt ; flowers sessile in pe- 



