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1. Scln an k ia aculeata. Willd.—D C .—Schlecht. in L in n . 5 .p . 593.
1. Prosopis hórrida. Kunth, M im .p . 116. ¿. 33.
The spines in our plant are strong, about an inch in length.
1. Acacia filic in a ? WUld.—D C .— Mimosa filicioides. Cav. Ic. i . i . 7 8 ?— H a b. Talisco.
2. A. revoluta. Kunth, M im .p . 34. t. 26.
3. A. Acapulcencis. Kunth, Mim. p . 78. t. 24.
Leaves oniy of this plant are in the herbarium from Acapulco.
1. B ro n g n iartia glahrata; foliolis 3-4-jugis lato-ellipticis obovatisve retusis mucronatis
su p ra ram isque glaberrimis subtus (oculo a rmato) minutissime pubescenti-scabris, stipulis
nullis a u t deciduis, c arina maxima.
In general habit this species very much resembles the B . podalyrioides of H. B. K. t. 588 ; but tlie leaflets
are fewer and almost entirely glabrous, the stipules are wholly wanting or they soon fall away, and the carina
is remarkably large in proportion to the rest of the flower. There can be no doubt of its belonging lo this
arenus, which again, perhaps, as De Candolle suggests, should be united with Peraltea of H. B. K.
1. Cæsalpinia exostemma ? Fl. Mex. Ic. ined. DC. Prod. 2. p . 483.
1. Caaúa p u h en d a ? H . B . K . Nov. Gen. 6. p . 341.
Our specimens have no perfect flowers, and no fruit. The leaflets are many of them 4 inches long.
2. C. paueiflora ? I I . B . K. Nov. Gen. 6. p. 360.
If ours be the true plant, it is glandular and viscid in every part, very woody, with much branched stems.
Leaves copious. Leaflets obovate. Racemes few-flowered, reddish-orange coloured. Legumes oblongo-
lanceolate, compressed, hirsute or almost hispid, 1-celled, about 5-seeded.
3. C. fabaginifolia. H . B .K . Nov. Gen. 6. p. 3 63.—DC.—H a b . Falisco.
1 . Bau h in ia Lu n a ria . Cav. Ic. 5. t. 407.—H a b . Acapulco.
Obs. We are obliged to omit the insertion of two other species of Bauhinia, and several Leguminosoe,
on account of the very insufficient specimens.
O r d . X X X . R O SA C EÆ . Juss.
Of this Order there are two species in the collection, but both appear to have been placed there by accident,
and were probably gathered at Loo Choo or Bonin. One is Photinia serrulata, Lindl., a variety with
oblono--obovate rather obtuse leaves, the serratures of which are bluntish, and may almost be called crenatures.
The other is our Rhaphiolepis integerrima; but in the specimen now before us, although many of the leaves
be quite entire, others are crenato-serrated. This appears, therefore, to be Cratægus lævis of Thunberg,
which is usually considered a Photinia, but has certainly not the calyx or fruit of that genus.
O r d . X X X I . L Y T H R A R IE Æ . Juss.
1. Heimia salicifolia. L in k et Otto Neesæa salicifolia. H. B . K . Nov. Gen. 6. p . 192.
From this we scarcely think that H. siphilitica, De Cand., specifically differs.
Lythrariea:.} MEXICO.
I, KmmanDia catholica. var. Schlecht. in L in n a a , b. p . 568.
The specimen is unique, and verv much advanced, so that we have not seen the petals, nor do we know
iw, in this state, it may be distinguished from A . occidentalis, De Cand., which may how, therefore prove the
same
2. A. sanguinolenta. Sw .— De Cand. Prod. 3. p . 80. Schlecht. in Linnæa, 5. p . 568.
The petals, in a dry state, are not of a blood-colour, but very pale pink.
1. Cuphea bracteata; fruticulosa patens, ramulis calycibusque p atentim hirto -p u b es-
cenlibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi subcordatis subsessilibus u trin q u e hirto--
pubescentibus, pedicellis unifloris solitariis vel binis su p ra axillaribus a lte rn is folio florali
2-4-plo brevioribus, calycibus 6-7 lin. longis basi gibbis, petalis 6 duobus obovato-oblongis
(3-4 lineas longis) cæteris pusillis cito marcescentibus, staminibus 12? inclusis alternis
pilosis, ovario sub 14-ovulato styloque glaberrimis.— C. b racteata. L a g . ?
H a b . Talisco.—The longer and unguiculate petals are purple, the others (when dry) pale. It appears to
belong to De Candolle’s section “ Fruticosoe."
2. C. tenella; annua ramosa, ramis g racilibus puberulis, foliis angusto-lanceolatis obtuse
acuminatis basi in petiolum attenuatis u trin q u e glabris vel m in u te puberulis, pedicellis
capillaribus oppositis (nunc alternis) folium florale æquantibus, calyce fructífero anguste
oblongo basi subæquali glabro glanduloso punctato, petalis minutis, stylo brevi p u b e s centi,
fru c tu 21-24 spermo.
Calyces fioriferi vix lineam superantes, subcylindracei ; fructiferi 1-sesquilineam longi, anguste ampullacei,
collo oreque obliquis.
We have not ascertained satisfactorily the number of stamens, although there are at least eleven, and we
think twelve ; they arc all included within the tube of the calyx ; the number of petals is aiso doubtful, but
appears to be six.
3. C. floribunda ; caule fruticoso ramoso, ramis elongatis scabris, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis
acuminatis basi in petiolum longiusculum a ttenuatis u trin q u e n itidulis scabris,
floribus racemosis in panículas secundas sæpius digestís, ramis inflorescentiæ bracteisque
linearibus patentim glanduloso-hirsutis, calycibus deflexis arcuatis basi obtuse calcaratis
piibescenti-viscosis ore intus villosis, ovario 18-21-ovulato apice in stylum exsertiim
glabrum sensim attenuato.
H u , Talisco and Tepic.—The calyx is red, and resemhles that ot C. Melvillæ, but is not above eight or
nine lines long. The hvo tolerably large petals (I J-2 lines long) are of a deep blood-red colour, tbe others
we have not observed. There seem to be eleven stamens, all of them included. It obviously approaches to
C semndiftora, FI. Mex., whieh ivc at one time thought it might b e , but that is sard to be an annua , or
at all events an herbaceous plant. It is also much allied to C. MelviUæ, but tbat has longer calyces and no
petals.
4. C. barbigera ; caule fruticoso ? scabro, foliis subsessilibus utrinque hispidis oblongis
basi obtusis apice acutiusculis, pedicellis b revibus extra-axillaribus terminalibus racemoso-
spicatis subsecundis, calycibus longe tubulosis basi obtuse calcaratis liirsutis, petalis