POLYGAMIA. MONCECIA. 1852. Gleditsia. 165* 



J(/ak 9 Spines in threes, all ftraight : leaves 3 pair, proper 5 pair, 



a gland between the To weft pair of the partial ones, 

 Arabia- Fabl.jymb 2. 304. Forfk. descr. 176. 

 eafiia. Prickly: leafets oval-oblong, obliquely pointed. 



India* Pluk. mant. t. 330./. 3. Acacia 

 finnata. Prickly : leafets very numerous, linear-ace rofe : panicle 

 prickly : heads globular. 

 Ceylon. Bnrm. Zeyl. 2. tab. 1. 

 Jntjia. Prickly: partial leaves curved inwards: ftem angular: 

 ftipules longer than the prickles. 

 Eafl Indies. Pheed. Mai 6.' i. 4. Pluk phyt. t. 122./. 2. 

 Jemifpinofa. Prickly : joints of the ftem prickly above. 



America. Spec pi. 1508. 

 quadn<val- Prickly : ftem quadrangular, with recurved prickles : le- 

 <vis. gumes 4-valved. 



Vera Cruz, Mill fig. /. 182. f. 1. Houft. reliq.t. 25. 

 tenuifolia. Prickly : partial leaves 20 pair : leafets many pair. 

 South America. Plum. /pec 17. Acacia. 



eeratonia. Prickly : leaves 5 pair*; partial ones 3 pair : leafets 3- 

 nerved. 

 South America, Plum.fpec 17. /V. 8. Acacia. 

 tamarlndi- Prickly: leaves 5 pair; partial ones 10 pair.: petioles 

 foha. unarmed. 



America. Plum./pee. 17. ic, 7. Acacia. 

 Bnuata. Prickly : leaves many pair : heads a.xiHary, fojitary. : le- 

 gumes finuate : Item climbing. 

 Cochinchina. Lour< Cochincb. ,653. 

 jutea* frickly : leafets glabrous : flowers globular, peduncled : 



prickles verj long. 

 South America. Mart. Mill K ViB. n. 73. 

 microphylla. p r i c kly all over : leaves 8 pair ; leafets 16 pair : heads 

 axillary, peduncled, folitaxy ox. in pairs. 

 Georgia. Abbot. Georg. 123. tab. 6.2. 



ORDER II. DIGECIA. 



1852. GJLEDI.TSIA. Herm. Calyx 4-cleft : corol 



4-petallcd * Stamina 6 : Piftil i : legume. 

 Male. Calyx 3 -leaved; corol 3 -petal led; ftamina 6. 

 Fern. Corol 5-petalled : piftil 1 : legume- 



(riacantbos. Gleditsia* Honey locuft. Acacia, 



Indies. C ate shy Carol. 1. t. 43. Mill. fig. t. 5. 

 Tree with fpines /ometimes in clusters, fometim.es few or none t 

 leaves bipinnate j leafets 10 pair, 



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