PEBKINS THE LEGUMINOSAE "l PORTO RICO. 1 1 •"» 



oval gland above its base; flowers white, pedicellate, in Long-peduncled clusters; 

 calyx 6 nun. long; corolla 9 mm. Long; Legume flat-compressed, indehiscent or the 

 valves tardily separated, glabrous L8 to 36 cm. Long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm. wide. 



Seemingly spontaneous and cultivated oear Bayamon; near Catario; Dear Yabucoa 

 on the coast; near Coamo along roads toward Banos; aear Mayaguez al Algarrobo. 

 Bahama, Cuba Grisebach I, Jamaica, Eaiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Martin Stock- 

 holm herbarium), Antigua i < rrisebach . < ruadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, Bequia 

 I Kew Bull. ii". 81, p. 250 . Trinidad, ( luracao. Nat ive country, southern and eastern 

 Asia, tropical Africa. 



Albizzia lebbeh i- an ornamental tree thai i- exceedingly good for avenues. I - 

 .1.. doI penetrate very deep. It grows rapidly, flourishes in almost any aoil, and may 

 lie propagated by cuttings. The wood Beasons, works, and polishes well and is fairly 

 durable, while the bark i> used a- a tan bark. From this tree i- procured a gum that 

 i> said nol to be soluble in water, bul to merely form a jelly; it resembles gum arabic. 



Local aames, amor platonico, flamboydn. Tie- Lasl name is used for Albizzia lebbek, 

 as well a.- for Poiriciana regia, according i<> Urban. 



4. CALLIANDRA Benth. 



Anneslia Salisb. Parad. Lond. pi. 64. 1807. 



Annesleya <;. Don, Bist. Dichl. PL 2: 396. 1832. a- section. 



Calliandra Benth. Book. Journ. Bot. 2: 137. 138. 1840. 



Flowers 5 'T 6-merous, polygamous; calyx campanulate, toothed, rarely de< sply 

 divided; corolla campanulate or funnel-form, segment- united to tin- middle; 

 stamens indefinite, connate at tin- base or beyond it. much exserted, glandular-hairy, 

 the anthers rarely glabrous; Legume linear, straight or somewhat curved, narrowed at 

 the base, flat, continuous, the sutural margins prominent, seldom terete, 2-valved, the 

 valves separating elastically from apex to base. Shrubs or small trees, usually armed; 

 stipules membranaceous or foliaceous, persistent, sometimes transformed into thorns; 

 Leaves bipinnate; flowers showy, red or white, often with very Long stamens, solitary 

 or axillary. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



Shrub, unarmed; pinnae 2 to 4-jugate; leaflets U» to 25-jugate; 

 calyx deeply toothed, ciliate on the [nargin; petal- united 

 only a little above the base, outside glabrous. 1. C. portoricensis. 



Shrnl). armed: pinnae L-jugate; Leaflets 1 i" 9-jugate, rarely L3- 

 jugate; calyx shortly toothed, glabrous; corolla united two- 

 thirds or three-fourths of its Length, outside densely sericeous- 

 pilose. '_'. ( '. fi<i< matostoma. 

 1. Calliandra portoricensis (, racq I Benth. 



(Urban, 2 



Shnih 1 to 1 meters high or tree s meters high, unarmed; leaflets linear or Linear- 

 oblong, 5 to L2 mm. Long, glabrous; peduncle very slender; flowers white; calyx 2.5 

 mm. Long; corolla L0 mm. Long; Legume linear, straight, 7 to L2 cm. Long, 8 mm. wide, 

 chartaceous, glabrous. 



In woods and copses Dear Bayamon; near Pajardo on Mount Mnla: oear Jun< 



calcareous mountain- toward Florida, Dear Eumacao; near Manual n Mount Mala 



Pasqua; near Cayeyon the upper and lower Maton River and at Plana je and on Mount 

 Cedro; near ( Joamo at Parajones, Dear Penuelason calcareous mountains near Tallaboa- 

 Poniente; near Guanica al El Maniel; in moisl Land on the edge of the foresl Lx I 



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