226 LEGUMINOS^. 



circle, compressed, tumid at the large seeds, coriaceous, indebiscent, pulpy, and with spurious 

 dissepiments within.— Unarmed trees; leaves Mpinnate; flowers snbsessile, greenish, m pe- 

 dnncled heads. 



250. E. cyolocarpum, Gr. Glabrous; pinnse 4-9-jugal : leaflets 20-30-iugal, un- 

 equal-sided, ohlong, pointed, glaucescent beneath : petiole bearing glands between the lowest 

 and uppermost pinns ; calyx puberulous, more than half as long as the corolla ; stamens oo, 

 connected at the base; legwme repand, formings complete circle, the rounded top touch- 

 ing the rounded base.^^cj. Fragm. t. 34. /. 1 : tAe legume.— Mimosa, Jaeq. Inga, TV. 

 Mac/. ! Pithecolobium, Benth.—the legume of the continental C. Timbouva, Mart., forms 

 one-half or two-thirds of a circle, the basilar sinus being open. — A lofty tree ; leaflets 6 , 

 peduncles 14" long ; flower-heads (the stamens excluded) 6'" diam. ; stamens white ; legume 

 14"-lf" broad, with the basilar sinus closed (the whole fruit consequently 3"-4' diam.), 

 dark-brown, polished.— Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., M'Nai, Pcl.,nesc Spanish Town; [Vene- 

 zuela]. 



89. PITHECOLOBIUM, Mart. 



Corolla 5(-6)-dentate. Stamens oo, monadelphous. Legume cochleate, or spirally 

 twisted, bivalved. — Woody plants; leaves bipinnaU ; flowers in heads or ^ikes. 



Sect. 1. Unguis-cati. — Legume cochleate, with the valves often at length twisted: seeds 

 semi-immersed into a fleshy arillus. — Petioles bearing glands between the pinnse, 

 251. P. unguis-cati, Benth. Armed with minute, spinescent stipules (or unarmed), 

 glabrous ; ji)m»« l-jugal: leaflets l-jugal, obliquely obovate, or oblong, blunt ;/o!»eM 

 sessile, in peduncled, racemose heads; legume circinate, flat-compressed, broadly linear, 

 glabrous, forming somewhat more than a single gyrus. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 4 ; Besc. PI. 1. 

 t.ll. — Mimosa, i. Inga, W. J. guadalupensis, i)e«). ; the unarmed state. J. leucantha, 

 Prl.—A shrub, 10' high; leaflets variable, 2"-l" long; flowers greenish-yellow, usually 

 puberulous , legume red, 4"'-5"' broad. 



a. Leaflets obovate or obovate-roundish ; stamens yellow or slightly purpurascent. 

 ^.forfex, Kth. Leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate ; stamens rosy. — Kth. Mimos. 1. 16. 

 Hab. Bahamas!, Swains ; Jamaica!, Pd., common in thickets, but said to be introduced 

 {Macf) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; S. Lucia !, Anders. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ifi) ; 

 [Florida !, Venezuela !]. 



252 P. oblongum, Benth. Armed with stipular spines, glabrous; pinnae \-jagal: 

 leaflets \-jugal, oval-oblong or obliquely oval, blunt ; fldwers sessUe, in short, peduncled, 

 racemose spifees, puberulous ; legume circinate, flat-compressed, broadly-linear, subsinuate, 

 glabrous, forming more than a single gyrus : valves at lengtt twisted. — Leaflets 2"-l" long; 

 spikes las, oblong, 4"'-6"' long ; legume 4'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Or., at Chacacha- 

 oarro; [Panama!, New Granada]. 



253. P. trapezifoliutn, Benth. I Unarmed ; branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent, 

 or glabrate ; pinnis %-4i-jugal : leaflets 2~8-jugal, rhomboid, shining above, glabrate be- 

 neath ; flowers sessUe, in peduncled heads or short spikes, rusty-pubescent ; " legume broad- 

 linear, glabrate, cochleate." — Mimosa, F. Inga, BC, — Leaflets, 1" long, 8'" broad, or the 

 inferior smaller, — Hab. Trinidad (5e»tt.) ; [Guiana!, Para!]. 



Sect. 3. Gyboiobium. — Legume spirally twisted : seeds devoid of an arillus. — Unarmed 

 plants ; petioles bearing glands between the pinnse. 



254. P. micradeniuin, Benth. I Branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent ; pinna 4-8- 

 jugal: leaflets Z-Yi-jugal, rhomboid, glabrous or glabrescent beneath; flowers subscssUe, in 

 long-peduncled heads or short spikes; legume flat-compressed, oblong-linear, glabrate, red, 

 forming 3-5 contiguous windings.-^. Brongniartii, Walp. ! — A large tree ; leaflets 6"'-10"' 

 long, 3'"-5"' broad; legume 6"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, 4^. ; Dominica!, Imr.; [Guade- 

 loupe !, in mountain woods]. 



255. P. filicifolium, Benth. ! Branchlets and petioles rusty-pubescent ; pinna 8-16- 

 jugal: leaflets i,0-iiO-jugal, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, obliquely tapering into the 



bluntish point, broadest at the base, glabrescent ; flowers in long-peduncled heads; legume 



