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This tree is very common between Spanish-Town, and the 
Ferry. 
10. Acacia Lebbek. Egyptian Acacia . 
Unarmed, pinnae 2-4-jugate, leaflets 6-8-jugate 
oval subdimidiate obtuse at both ends, petioles eglan- 
dulose, heads peduncled aggregated, flowers pedi- 
celled — De Cand. 
Willd. Sp. PL IV. 1066. 
HAB. Cultivated. 
FL. After the rains in May. 
This species, originally a native of Upper Egypt, is very 
generally cultivated for ornamental purposes. The pods are 
broad-linear, plane, a span in length, smooth, attenuated at 
both ends, 7-8-seeded. 
11. Acacia latisiliqua. Broad-podded Acacia. 
Unarmed glabrous, pinnae 5-jugate, leaflets 10- 
paired elliptic obtuse, stipules dimidiato-cordate, heads 
of flowers peduncled aggregate arranged to form a 
terminal panicle. — De Cand. 
Willd. Sp. PL IV. 1067. 
HAB. Commonly cultivated in Towns. 
FL. After the May and August rains. 
There is an obsolete glandule beneath the lowest pair of 
pinn*. Legumes oblong, plane, acute at both ends, on a long 
stipe. 
12. Acacia vespertina. Night-Jlowering Acacia. 
Unarmed, pinnae 2-4-jugate, leaflets 20-25-jugate 
lineari-oblong bluntish unequal at the base, peduncles 
axillary 3 together each bearing a head of about 15 
flowers, stamens very long. 
HAB. Common in Port-Royal and St Andrew’s mountains. 
FL. The warmer months, from April to September. 
A shrubby tree, 10 feet or more in height: branches irre- 
gular, wrinkled, ash-coloured. Leaves bipinnate ; pinna? 2-4- 
jugate ; leaflets 20-25-paired, sessile, lineari-oblong, bluntish, un- 
equal at the base, glabrous, ( when young ciliated under the glass), 
eglandulose : common petioles about 4 inches in length, trique- 
trous, lineated, pubescent : partial petioles trigonal, pubescent. 
Stipules subulato-lanceolate, puberulous, deciduous. Peduncles 
axillary, elongated, longer than the petioles, usually 3 together, 
compressed, lineated, puberulous, each bearing a head of flow- 
ers. Flowers about 15 in the head, sessile, white. Calyx 
