856 
rOLYGAMIA MONCECIA. 
Class XXIII. 
2126. DESMAN'THUS. W. Desmanthus. 
floating ^ O un 
double-yellow iTTI un 
prostrate dH un 
long-twigged CD un 
spotted-stalked at I I un 
Ash-colored ^ un 
divergent «t □ un 
Acacia. 
whorl-leaved SB i 1 or 
Juniper-leaved 
needle-leaved 
furze-leaved 
furrowed-leav. 
sweet-scented 
blunt-leaved 
many-flowered i& \ | or 
14113 natans W. 
14114 plenus JV. 
14115 difFusus W. 
14116 virgatus fV. 
14117 punctatus W. 
14118 cinereus W. 
14119 divergens fV. en. 
2127. ACA'CIA. W. 
14120 verticillata W. 
14121 juniperina W. 
14122 acicularis H. K. 
14123 genistifolia Link. 
14124 sulcata H. K. 
14125 suaveolens W. 
14126 glaucescens W. 
14127 floribunda W. 
14128 linifolia W. 
14129 linearis B. M. 
14130 calamifulia Lindl. 
14131 stricta IV. 
14132 longifolia 
14133 falcata W. 
14134 laurifolia W. 
14135 diffusa B. Reg. 
A.prostrata Bot. Cab. 631 
14136 longis'sima Wendl. longest-leaved 
14137 undulata Lindl. wavy-leaved 
14138 melanoxylon H. K. black-wooded 
14139 Sophorse //. K. Sophora-podd. 
14140 marginata H. K. marginate-leav 
14141 myrtifolia W. Myrtle-leaved 
14142 lunata Dec. lunate 
14143 angusti folia Wendl. narrow-leaved 
1 I or 
«t lJ or 
I 1 or 
Flax-leaved 
linear 
reed-leaved 
double-headed 
long-leaved 
sickle-leaved 
Laurel-leaved 
diffuse 
I or 
^ I — I or 
^ aor 
n or 
□ or 
14144 hispidula W. 
14145 decipiens H. K. 
14146 biliora H. K. 
14147 armata H. K. 
14143 alata H. K. 
14149 vestita B. Reg. 
little harsh 
paradoxical 
two- flowered 
simp.-lv.-prick. 
wing-stalked 
clothed 
l_J or 
LeguminoscE. 
Sp. 7—19. 
2 
jl.s 
W 
China 
1800. 
C 
2 
jl.s 
Y 
Vera Cruz 1733. 
c 
3 
jl.au 
W 
W. Indies 1731. 
c 
3 
jl.au 
Y 
W. Indies 1774. 
s 
3 
jl.au 
W 
Jamaica 
1686. 
c 
3 
jn.jl 
W 
E. Indies 
173y. 
c 
6 
jn.jl 
W 
Abyssinia 1816. 
c 
10 
Leguminoscs. 
Sp. 83—258. 
mr.my 
Y 
V. Di. Isl. 1780. 
s 
6 
mr.jn' 
Y 
N S W 
1790. 
c 
6 
mr.au 
Y 
N S W 
s 
3 
mr.au 
Y 
N S W 
s 
2 
my.au 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1803. 
s 
4 
f.jn 
Y 
N S W 
1790. 
c 
3 
fjn 
Y 
1790. 
s 
6 
my.jn 
Y 
N S W 
1796. 
c 
3 
my.jn 
Y 
N. S. W*. 
1790 
s 
my.jn 
Y 
N S W 
1820. 
s 
3 
my.jn 
Y 
1S19. 
s 
2 
f.my 
Y 
N* S W 
1790. 
c 
10 
mr.my Y 
N S W 
1792. 
s 
6 
my.jn 
Y 
N. s. w! 
1790. 
c 
4 
my.jn 
Y 
Tanna 
1775. 
s 
2 
my.jn 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1818. 
4 
my.jn 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1819. 
4 
o.n 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1817. 
8 
ap.jn 
Y 
V. Di. Isl. 
1808. 
s 
10 
ap.jn 
Y 
V. Ui. Isl. 
1805. 
s 
4 
ap.jn 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1803. 
s 
3 
f.my 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1789. 
c 
2 
ap.my 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1810. 
s 
2 
ap.my 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1816. 
s 
2 
ap.my 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1794. 
s 
3 
mr jn 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1803. 
c 
3 
mr.jn 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1803. 
s 
6 
ap.jn 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1803. 
s 
6 
ap.jl 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1803. 
c 
6 
ap.jl 
Y 
N. Holl. 
1820, 
s 
C p.l Bot. rep. 629 
C p.l Mil.ic.2.t.l82.f.2 
s.p Bot. reg. 680 
s.p Bot. reg. 843 
mag. 1659 
no.h.2.t237 
Bot. mag. 2454 
Com.hort.1. t.31 
Rox.cor. 2. 1. 174 
Bruce Abys. t. 6 
Bot. mag. no 
Bot. cab. 388 
Bot. reg. 928 
Bot. cab. 730 
Vent, choix. 13 
Bot. mag. 2168 
Bot. mag. 2153 
Bot. reg. 839 
Bot. rep. 53 
Bot. mag. 2166 
Bot. reg. 634 
s.p Lab.i 
s.p 
s.p Bot. 
s.p Bot. 
s.p Bot. 
s.p Bot. 
mag. 302 
cab. 384 
cab. 763 
cab. 823 
mag. 1745 
Bot. 
Bot. 
mag. 1653 
reg. 395 
s.p Bot. reg. 698 
14150 
14151 
14152 
14153 
141.54 
14155 
14156 
14157 
14158 
14159 
scandens W. climbing 
Lambertiana.S. i?c^. Cowan'; 
Data H. K. 
nigricans H. K. 
guianensis W. 
Houston i fV. 
odoratissima W. 
veniista W. en. 
^.rborea W. 
Julibrissin W. 
ciliate-winged 
unequal-wing. 
Guiana 
Houston's 
fragrant 
charming 
tree 
Silk tree 
iBs □ or 
<at lJ el 
£2s 1 I or 
Rh.mal.8.t.32.34 
Bot. reg. 721 
Bot. mag. 2188 
Aub. gui.2. t.357 
Bot. reg. 98 
Box. cor. 2. t.l20 
1412.5 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
3126. Desmanthus. From ^ifff/^v, a bond, and av5-05, a flower, on account of the fascicles of flowers, which 
seem as if bound up together. These plants are chiefly aquatic ; a few are prickly; and they all have the 
habit of Mimosa. D. natans is used in China as a pot-herb ; and is described by Loureiro, under the name of 
Neptunia oleracea. Willdenow, the author of the genus, observes, that the neuter florets have always a 
different color from that of the hermaphrodites, whence the spikes appear parti-colored, by which character 
the genus may be known at a distance. Culture as in Mimosa. D. natans should be grown in water. 
2i27. Acacia. This was the Greek name of some plant of the present genus, and not being appropriated, 
was taken by Willdenow, in his reformation of the old genus Mimosa, as the designation of one of his new 
divisions. This is one of the most ornamental families of the greenhouse plants, and some are curious as well 
as beautiful. A. Julibrissin, the Gul ebruschim, or rose of silk of the Persians, and the Gazia of Italian gar- 
deners, is an elegant hardy tree with beautiful tufts of pink colored flowers, which resemble tassels of silken 
threads. 
A. Catechu and vera are used in medicine. The inner v/ood of the former tree is of a brown color, from 
which the catechu is thus prepared. " After felling the trees, the manufacturer carefully cuts off all the 
exterior white part of the wood. The interior colored part is cut into chips, with which he fills a narrow- 
ir.outhed unglazed earthen pot, pouring water upon them until he sees it among the upper chips ; and when 
