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inferforibus brevioribus. Foliola opposita, sessilia, multi-(17-37-) juga, linearia, acutiuscula, basi dimi- 
diato-rotundata, integerrima, obsolete uninervia, glabra, margine hispido-ciliata, supra satiate viridia, 
subtus pallidiora, 1 2-15 lineas longa, 4 line lata; inferiora et superiora minora. Rhachis communis cana- 
liculata, inermis, eglandulosa, interne puberula, adjecto petiolo communi subtripollicaris. Pzrronus com- 
munis canaliculatus, basi incrassatus, eglandulosus, interne puberulus. Khaches partiales 9-18 lineas 
longe, interne puberule, eglanduloso, mucrone lineari terminat, supra basim stipulis geminis minutis 
subulatis adpressis instructz. SrreonE geminz ad basim petioli communis, lineari-subulate, hispidule, 
erect;, vix 1 2 lineam longs, caduce. Uxrrum pedunculato, modo axillares, terno, in ramulis racemosim 
disposite, modo nonnulla pedunculo communi axillari pollicari insidentes, capituliformes, multiflorz, 
subglobosz. Prpoxcur proprii 4-5 lineas longi, filiformes, angulati , hispiduli. Pedicelli capillacei, glabri , 
vix lineam longi. Bnacrzs ad basim pedicellorum haud vidi. Cauyx urceolatus, quinquedentatus, glaber, 
Jaxus; dentibus obtusis, equalibus, enerviis. Conorza infundibuliformis, quinquefida, albida, glabra, calycem 
quintuplo superans; laciniis oblongis, acutis, equalibus, subenerviis. Srawiwa creberrima (circiter 200), 
basi stipitis ovariiferi inserta, corollam triplo superantia. FrrAwExrA capillacea, alba, ima basi connata Q) 
et rubra, glabra. AwrnERx minutissimz, transverse elliptic, biloculares, virides. Porrzw : glomerula sub- 
globosa , diaphana, ex granulis compluribus composita. OvAmiux oblongo-lineare, compressum, stipitatum, 
glabrum. Srvrus capillaceus, glaber, stamina parum superans. SrrGwA simplex. Fnucrvs ignotus. 
17. ACACIA mama. T 
A. aculeata; foliis bipinnatis; pinnis sub- 1 1- jugis ; foliolis 30- 5o- jugis, linearibus , ciliatis ; 
capitulis axillaribus , solitariis; leguminibus linearibus , 
petiolis uni-, rhachibus biglandulosis ; 
complanatis , apice subuncinatis. 
Ungue de Gato zncolarum. 
Crescit ad confluentem fluminis Amazonum et Chamay« , alt. 225 hex. (Provincia 
Jaen de Bracamoros.) p Foret Augusto. 
Annon procerrima; ramulis tereti- subangulatis, verrucis albidis dense conspersis, aculeatis; aculeis 
sparsis, uncinatis, fuscis, glabris, sesquilineam longis. Foz alterna, petiolata, solitaria, duplicato-pari- 
pinnata ; pinnis suboppositis, sub- 11- (10- 15- ex Bonpl.) jugis, breviter petiolatis, patentibus; inferioribus 
et superioribus brevioribus. Foliola brevissime petiolata, opposita, multi- (3o-50-) juga, linearia, obtusius- 
cula, basi dimidiato- rotundata, integerrima, uninervia, glabra, ciliata, late viridia, concoloria, 2 2-5 lineas 
longa, £-ilinew lata. Prrrorus communis semipollicaris, puberulus, basi incrassatus, interne supra basim 
glandula cupuliformi et ad dorsum aculeo parvo uncinato instructus. Rhachis communis angulata, pube- 
rula, inermis, adjecto petiolo 2 2-5. pollices longa. Glandula parva cupuliformis sessilis inter duo superiora 
pinnarum paria. Rhaches partiales 1 2- 22 pollices longe, canaliculatz, inermes, interne pubescentes, mucrone 
subulato terminatz, Carrrura axillaria, solitaria, pedunculata. Fronzs hiud vidi. Prpuxcurus teretiusculus, 
puberulus, inermis; fructifer 4-6 lineas longus. LzcuwiNA 1-5 in quolibet pedunculo, stipitata, linearia, 
compresso- complanata, subuncinato- acuminata, basi cuneata et corolla persistente cincta, margine parum 
incrassata et undulato-repanda, venosa, puberula, fuscescentia, membranacea, unilocularia, 8- 10- sperma, 
bivalvia, 4-5-pollicaria, 7-8 lineas lata. Srxim4 subrotundo- elliptica, lenticulari- compressa, basi, ubi 
affixa, oblique emarginata, levia, utroque latere per striam hippocrepicam notata, fusca, glabra, nitida, magni- 
tudine lentis majoris; funiculo umbilicali filiformi , glabro, longitudine seminis, versus medium torto. 
