222 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Johnston, no. 43, July 14. Venezuela: Cuniana, Loefling, Reise 
nach den spanischen Liindern, p. 152-153. A slender tree, about 5 m. 
high, branching copiously and growing in clumps. Common in 
tropical America. 
Platymiscium Vog. 
P. POLYSTACHYUM Benth. in Seem., Bot. voy. Herald., p. Ill, pi. 
21 (1853). P. platijstachijmn Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 200 (1860). 
— Santa Ana, Ernst. Further distribution, St. Vincent, Trinidad, 
Panama, and Venezuela. 
POINCIANA L. 
p. REGiA Boj. ex Hook., Bot. mag., pi. 2884 (1829); Urb., Symb. 
Ant., vol. 4, p. 278.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 59, July 29. 
Common in tropical countries. 
Prosopis L. 
P. JULIFLORA (Sw.) DC, Prod., vol. 2, p. 447 (1825); Griseb., 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 217. Mimosa juliflora Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Occ, 
p. 85 (1788). P. cumanensis HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 6, p. 310 
(1823).— Santa Ana, Ernst; El Valle, Johnston, no. 42, July 15. 
A tree, about 5 ni. high, with wide-spreading top. Further distribu- 
tion, ^Mexico to Guayaquil, also Jamaica. 
Rhynchosia Lour. 
R. MINIMA (L.) DC, Prod., vol. 2, p. 385 (1825); Griseb., Fl. Brit. 
W. Ind., p. 190; Urb., Symb. Ant., vol. 4, p. 307. Dolichos mini- 
mus L., Sp. pL, vol. 2, p. 726 (1753).— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, 
no. 118, July 19. Common in tropical countries. 
Stylosanthes Sw. 
S. HUMiLis HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 6, p. 506, pi. 594 (1823).— 
Asuncion, Miller & Johnston, no. 68, Aug. 9. Venezuela: near 
Carichana, HBK., /. c. 
S. viscosA Sw., Prod. veg. Ind. Occ, p. 108 (1788); Griseb., Fl. 
Brit. W. Ind., p. 188.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 268, July 30; 
Pt. Mosquito, Johnston, no. 249, Aug. 10. Further distribution, 
tropical America. 
Tamarindus L. 
T. iNDiCA L., Sp. pi., vol. 1, p. 34 (1753); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., 
p. 213; Urb., Symb. Ant., vol. 4, p. 270.— El Valle, Miller & Johnston, 
