leguminosj:. 475 



1. Strombocarpa strombulifera. 



Mimosa strombulifera, Lam. Diet. 1, p. 15. 



Acacia strombulifera, Willd. Spec. 4, p. 1055 j DC. Prodr. 2, p. 455. 



Prosopis strombulifera, Benth. Mimos. 1. c. 



Hab. Rio Negro, North Patagonia. (In flower only.) 



This and S. reptans, take the place in the pampas of the southern 

 temperate zone on this continent that S. pubescens, S. cinerascens, and 

 S. odorata do in the arid plains of Texas, New Mexico, and the inte- 

 rior of California. 



107. NEPTUNIA, Lour., Benth. 

 1. Neptunia pubescens, Benth. 



Neptunia pubescens, Benth, Mimos. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 354. 



Hab. Peru ; in the vicinity of Callao. 



2. Neptunia gracilis, Benth. I. c. 

 Hab. New South Wales ; in the district of Hunter's River. 



108. DESMANTHUS, Willd., Benth. 

 1. Desmanthus depressus, Kunth. 



Desmanihus depressus, Kunth, in Willd. Spec. PI. 4, p. 1546, & PL Legum. p. 115, 

 t. 35. 



Hab. Peru ; in the vicinity of Callao and Lima. (In fruit.) 





