i6 5 3 POLYGAMIA. MONCECIA. 1851. Mimofa. 



cormgera. 

 Catechu. 



borrida, 



/era. 



eburnea. 



Latronum, 



tortuosa. 

 farnefiana. 



milotica. 



Jlellata. 



pigra. 



tfperata. 



campeschi- 

 ana, 



Senegal, 



Spines ftipularj united; divaricate, comprelTed, fubulate at 

 top : leafets 12-20 pair : fpikcs axillary, elongated. 

 South America. Comm bort. i. /. 107. Pluk. ph. t. izz.f. 1. 

 Spines ftipular ; leaves many pair ; glands of the partial- 

 ones folitary ; fpikes filiform j axillary, in pairs or 

 threes, pedurtcled. 

 Indoftan. fVocdv. med.bot. tab. 66. 



The Indian drug called Catechu or Terra japonica, is procured 

 from a decoction of the wood of this tree. 

 Spines ftipular, as long as the leaves : partial leaves 6 pair: 

 branches fmooth. 

 Tndia. Pluk. aim. 3,/ 122./* 1. 

 Spines branched ; flowers in fpikes. 



Cochinchina. L$ur. Cochinch. 552. 

 Spines ftipular, united, divaricate, round, fubulate : leafets 

 6-pair : fpikes globular, peduncled, axillary, feveral. 

 Eaft Indies Spiket whitilh with a red tip. 

 Spines ftipular, united, divaricate, round, fubulate : leafets 

 4 pair : fpikes elongated, peduncled, axillary, moftljr 

 in pairs. 

 Eaft Indies. Shrub with Sexuous interwoven branches. 

 Spines ftipular : leaves 4. pair; a gland between the lowed ; 

 leafets 16 pair : fpikes globular. 

 Weft Indies. Leafets lanceolate, obtufe, glabrous. 

 Spines ftipular, diftincl: : partial leaves 8 pair ; fpikes 

 globular, feffile. 

 St. Domingo, E . N. C. ann. \%.tab. 10. 

 Spines ftipular, fp reading : outer partial leaves feparated by 

 a gland : fpikes globular, peduncled. 

 Arabia. Wood<v. t. 67. Blachw. t. 34$, 



This is the true Acacia or Egyptian thorn, from which are pro- 

 cured the drugs Gum Arabic and Frankincenje . 

 Spines ftipular : petioles with recurved prickles under- 

 neath : flowers racemed. 

 Arabia. Vahl.fymb. l. 81, For jk. defer. 177. 

 Prickly, fmooth : leaves with oppofite prickles \ an ere£fc 

 fpine between each of the partial ones. 

 America. Comm. bort. 1. /. 30? ^fchynomene. 

 Prickly, rough-haired : leaves with oppofite prickles ; aa 

 creel fpine between each of the partial ones. 

 Weft Indies. MIL fig. t, 182./, 3. Breyn. cent. t. 19. 

 Thorny : partial leaves narrow, with thorns like an otf's 

 horn fplit longitudinally. 

 South America, Mill. fig. 4. tab. 6. 

 Spines in threes, the middleione reflected ; flowers in 

 fpikes. 

 Arabia. Jlp, Jigypt, tab. \ $ % Bark white, 



