PEBKINS THE LEGUMINOSAE OF PORTO RICO. L45 



I . Acacia riparia II I >. K . 



I rban, 



Shrul) •_' i" 8 meters high or tree 15 meters high; Leaflets oblong, linear, 5 mm. long, 

 1 mm. wide] fkrw< rs white; corolla 2.2 to 3.3 mm. long. 



Near Bayamon, in thickets; near Juncos, on Mounl Florida; near Maunabo, on 

 Til ni a de la Tuna and near rum a Mala Pasqua; near Cayey on Morillos 1 1 

 Coamo, in thickets on the Yuey River toward Salinas near Guanica, in thickets on the 

 coasl around the lagoon; near Cabo Rojo, on hills toward Guanajibo; near Mayaguoz, 

 on theslopes of Mounl Mesa; near Maricao, on Mounl Alegrillo; near A fiasco; near 

 Rincon, on the mountains al Calvache; near Aguadilla in thickets. Jama 

 bach . Haiii Lamarck Berbarium i, St. Thomas, Si . I i"i\ VV< si . Si . Martin Stock- 

 holm Eerbarium), St. Bartholomew (do.), Antigua Grisebach . Guadeloupe, Marti- 

 nique, Si. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad, tropical South America. 



Loral name, 



L'. Acacia farnesiana I. .) Willd 



I rrban, 265. 



A large Bhrub; Leaflets linear. <> nun. long, 1 nun. wide. 



Near Bayamon, in gardens; near Coamo, about Los Banos; near Guanica on Mounl 

 Puerco; nearl !abo Rojo, al Salinas in forests on the Beashore and at Puerto Real; near 

 Anasco, on Tula range.- Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica Grisebach . Haiti, St. Thorn; 

 ('mix. Si . John Eggere . Si . Martin Stockholm Herbarium i, St. Bartholomew Stock- 

 holm Herbarium . Antigua Grisebach . Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martiniqui 

 Lucia (Grisebach . Si. Vincent, Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, wanner regions of tin* 

 earth. 



- generally cultivated for the perfume of its flowers and so frequently established 

 as an escape from cultivation, thai it i- difficult to determine where it is really indige- 

 nous. It appears, however, t" be so in western America, from northern < 'hile to T 

 not, perhaps, in Brazil nor Guiana. 



Abundant in tropical and subtropical northern central Australia, and in the interior 

 of northeastern Australia, and perhaps also really indigenous in south tropical Africa. 

 but introduced only in Easl India, northern tropical Africa, and the Mediterranean 

 region. 



The roots and pods of this plant have an alliaceous odor and in the Antilles are used 

 for tanning, dyeing black, and in Lath.-. The fragrant flowers in trade falsely known 

 38ia I lower- cassii of the French i are much used in the making of perfumery. A 

 gum exudes from the stem in considerable quantities. It i- considered superior t«» 

 gum arabic in the arts and in medicine. The wood is white, close-grained, hard, and 

 tough. 



Local name, aromo. 



3. Acacia nudirlora Willd. 



Urban, 2< 



Tree s to 1.") meters high; flowers while or yellow-white, later becoming l>r<>wn; 

 Legume shortly stipitate, straighl or a little curved, flat, 1«> cm. long, 1.:; to l.!» cm. 

 wide, the valves coriai eous. 



Near Fajardo, on the mountains toward Ceiba and in clayey .-<>il of th< 

 near Naguabo, in forests on the coasl at Candelero; near Yabucoa, in thicketson the 

 coast at Puerto de la Vaca. Hani Grisebach . St. Thomas, St. John Bentham), 

 \nti<_rua (Grisebach . Gaudeloupe, Dominica, Martinique. 



Local name-, cojoba, cojobana, tai I • • . >k A; 



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