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3) ; stipulis foliolisque angustis longitudine fere seminum ; semini- 

 bus solitariis oblongis majusculis, coronula elongata papillis attenu- 

 atis acutiusculis erectis, fasciis 11-12. 



Ch. eremosperma, Ruprecht, Beitrage zur Rflanzenkimde des Russischen Reichs, 

 3 Lief.p. 12. 



y. Oahuensis, gracilior; verticillorum foliis circiter 8 ; articulis 5-6 

 (elongatis 4-5) ; stipulis et foliolis angustissimis et acutissimis, 

 longitudine fere seminum ; seminibus solitariis oblongo-cylindraceis 

 majusculis, coronula elongata papillis valde attenuatis divaricatis, 

 fasciis 11-12. 



Ch. Oahuensis, Meyen, Reise um die Erde II. p. 11. 



The variety a was collected near Gengu on the coast of Coromandel 

 by Bellanger, in 1826-28 (Herbier de l'Inde, No. 94) ; the var. /3 in 

 Java, by Sporleder (herb. Kunze), in Japan, by Gôrhig, and in Songaria 

 {Ruprecht) ; the var. y. on the Sandwich Islands, Oahu, by Meyen } in 

 1831. 



Ch. coronata is one of the most variable species, and dispersed over a 

 great part of the earth. The cominon variety in Europe is Ch. Braunii 

 Gmel. FI. Bad. (Ch. flexilis, Corti and Amici), distinguished from the 

 varieties hère described by the smaller seeds, which are sometimes 

 geminated. Another variety, with very short foliola, was found in 

 Corsica (var. Soleirolii) ; others in Algeria (var. Atlantica), Senegambia 

 (var. Perottetiï), and in North America (var. Schweinitzii) . In ail the 

 varieties the nut of the seed is black, wanting a calcareous covering ; 

 in the European à f^ m * » m ^ ne -^ as ^ I nc lian varieties 6 ^ô 5 m ' l° n g- 

 /3, corticatce. 



* gymnophjlla. 

 7. Ch. faccida, monoica, flexilis et diaphana ; caule tenui corticato, 

 aculeis raris sparsis papilliformibus vel conico-elongatis ; verticillorum 

 foliis 10-12, omnino ecorticatis, ex articulis 4-5, ultimo breviore 

 foliola geuiculi supremi paulo superante ; foliolis in omnibus folio- 

 rum geniculis verticillatis, omnibus elongatis, quam semina subtriplo 

 longïoribus ; stipulis duplici foliorum numéro, longitudine foliolorum, 

 coronam simplicem valde conspicuam patulam formantibus ; semini- 

 bus solitariis vel geminatis, minutis, coronula brevi, nucleo fusco- 

 luteo, fasciis 9-11. 

 a, Wiyldii, aculeis caulis conspicuis ; foliorum articulis 5 ; seminibus 

 sœpius geminatis, fasciis 1 0-1 ] . 



