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PithecoloMum] 



XLV. LEQUMINOS^ 



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10. P. angulatum, Benth. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 430. 



A shrub or small evergreen tree ; branchlets sharply angalar, young shoots 

 rusty-pubescent. Pinnge 2-5 pair, leaflets of the lowest pinnae 2-3, of the 

 upper pinnge 4-8 pair, rhomboid-ovate, acuminate, the terminal leaflets 3-5, 

 the lowest |-1 in. long. Fl. white (purple. Ruby Mines district), on slender 



Fig. 119. — Pithecolobium angulatum, Benth. ^. 



pubescent pedicels as long as, or longer than calyx, on large rusty-pubescent 

 panicles. Pod spirally twisted, 7-8 in. long, distinctly sinuate between seeds^ 

 velvety while young. 



