383 LEGUMINOSAE: MTMOSA. 384 
maturum 1—11/, poll longum, 4—5 lin. latum, planum, mune setis 
paucis conspersum nunc undique dense setosum, stipite 1—2 lin. longo, 
valvis in articulos 8—12 multo latiores quam longos secedentibus. 
Habitat in collibus arenosis circa Rio de Janeiro: Pohl, Sello, Lhotsky, 
Gardner п. 854, Burchell п. 803, 1215, 1355, 1485, 1594. 
184. MIMOSA CINEREA VELL, fruticosa, procumbens 
v. subscandens, appresse strigoso-pilosa, aculeis sparsis sub- 
recurvis; pinnis 6—10-jugis, foliolis multijugis linearibus ciliatis 
nudisve glabris; capitulis globosis plerisque axillaribus, bracteis 
brevibus, calyce minuto; legumine lato-lineari sparse strigoso 
pluriarticulato. 
Mimosa cinerea Vell. Fl. Flum. Ic. XI. t. 85; Benth. in 
Hook. Journ. Dot. IV. 401. 
FRUTEX prostratus procumbens v. laxe ascendens dicitur. RAMI 
elongati, subteretes, nune dense strigosi, nune sparse adpresseque pilosi, 
rarius fere glabri, ACULEI parvi, saepius rari, interdum rarissimi, 
STIPULAE ovato-lanceolatae, striatae, 1—2 lin. longae, acutae, juniores 
membranaceae fuscae, demum rigidae. PETIOLUS communis 3—4-polli- 
caris; PINNAE 1—1'/,-pollicares; aculei ad quodque jugum pinnarum 
saepius gemini, rarius solitarii, interdum desunt; setae inter pinnas 
rigidae, pungentes, saepius 1—2 lin., interdum 3—4 lin. longae. v. 
nonnunquam una prope basin petioli semipollicaris (ut in icone Vellosiana 
depicta) v. etiam longior, FOLIOLA 20 — 30-juga, anguste linearia, 
2—3 lin. rarius 4 lin. longa, obtusa v. acutiuscula, rigida v. membra- 
nacea, utrinque glabra, PEDUNCULI solitarii v. saepius gemini, '4—1- 
pollicares, summi in racemum brevem terminalem dispositi, CAPITULA 
absque staminibus 2'/, —3 lin, diametro. COROLLA membranacea, 4-fida, 
tenuissime strigillosa, LEGUMEN 1— 2-pollicare, 4'/, — 5 lin. latum, 
planum, undique setis brevibus appressis nune raris nune crebrioribus 
ad margines densioribus at semper brevibus vestitum v. conspersum; 
valvae in articulos 4—10 latiores quam longos secedentes, 
Habitat т Brasiliae meridionalis arenosis. usque ad flumen Uruguay 
frequens: Tweedie; іп collibus apricis сиса Rio de Janeiro: Martius, 
Schott, Pohl, Schüch, Glaziou' n. 98, 3932; in provincia Minas Geraés: 
Claussen. 
? Var. В. PUBESCENS, frutex pluripedalis pube molli canes- 
cens, strigis paucis intermixtis. 
Ап species propria? vel М. asperatae var.? 
Habitat inter Conceigdo et Natividade provinciae Goyaz: Burchell 
п. 8247. 
185. MIMOSA WEDDELLIANA BENTH. fruticosa, stri- 
gosa, aculeis sparsis raris; pinnis unijugis, petiolo brevissimo, 
foliolis multijugis oblongis parallele venosis; capitulis globosis 
racemosis; legumine longe stipitato lato-lineari strigoso multi- 
articulato. 
Species praecedentibus quodammodo affinis sed pinnis unijugis 
aliisque notis (fere Eumimosearum Meticulosarum) statim dignoscenda, 
FRUTEX 6—12-pedalis. RAMULI teretes, uti pedunculi pilis sursum ap- 
pressis strigosi, STIPULAE ovato-lanceolatae, obtusiusculae, 1 lin. longae 
striatae, glabrae, margine ciliatae, PETIOLUS communis vix ullus ни 
solum terminali conspicua; PINNAE 1'/,--2-pollicares. FOLIOLA 25—40- 
Juga, 3—4 lin. longa, imbricata, obtusa, margine ciliata, caeterum 
glabra, rigida, dorso venis parallelis 7— 11 insigniter striata, 
етін, PEDUNCULI per anthesin semipollicares, fructiferi pollicares 
gemini v terni, inferiores axillares, plerique in racemum аа 
dispositi. BRACTEAE floribus multo breviores. CALYX parvus, ciliatus 
COROLLA semi-4-fida, supra medium dense strigosa villosa. in 
certe 8, corolla duplo longiora. LEGUMEN fere М. cinereae, ad 2 poll. 
supra fere 
longum, 5—6 lin. latum, basi in stipitem fere pollicarem contractum, 
strigis parvis conspersum, valvis in articulos 10—12 duplo latiores 
quam longos secedentibus. 
Habitat in uliginosis fruticetis humidis prope Albuquerque provinciae 
Mato Grosso: Weddell. 
186. MIMOSA MICROCEPHALA Номв. et BONPL. fru- 
tieosa, inermis, hispidula; pinnis foliolisque multijugis minimis; 
eapitulis parvis graciliter racemoso-panieulatis; legumine lineari 
strigoso-piloso pluriarticulato. 
Mimosa microcephala Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. | 
IV. 1039; Kunth Mim. 23. t. 8. 
FRUTEX ramosissimus, ramis teretiuseulis striatis, Са Шатағае 
parviflorae habitu subsimilis. Рпл strigosi appressi in ramulis superiori- 
bus erebri, rigidi, in petiolis pube brevi intermixti, in ramis vetustioribus 
evanidi, STIPULAE lanceolatae e basi dilatata acuminatae, fusco-mem- 
branaceae, striatae, ciliolatae, 1'/,—2 lin. longae. PETIOLUS communis 
8 — 5-pollicaris; PINNAE 20 — 30-jugae, 6—9 lin. longae; setae inter 
pinnas 1 lin. longae; stipellae inconspicuae. FoLioLa 20—30-juga, vix 
lineam longa у. saepius breviora, obtusa v. obtusiuscula, oblongo- 
linearia, glabra v. ciliolata, obscure uninervia. CAPITULA absque stami- 
nibus vix 2 lin. diametro, ad 20-flora, pedunculis solitariis 2—3-nisve 
filiformibus 1—3 lin. longis racemosa, racemis !/,— 1-pedalibus aphyllis 
axillaribus v. ad apices ramorum paniculatis; bracteis pedicellos sub- 
tendentibus stipuliformibus. BRACTEAE in capitulo lanceolatae, acutae, 
corolla dimidio breviores. CALYX minutissimus, subciliatus. COROLLA 
1 lin. longa, 4-fida, membranacea, glabriuscula. STAMINA 8. LEGUMEN 
in forma typica 1—1!/, poll. longum rostrato-acutum, in speciminibus 
Spruceanis 2 poll. longum apice vix mucronatum erostre, 1'/,—2 lin. 
latum breviter stipitatum subplanum rectiusculum, undique strigoso- 
pilosum, valvis in articulos 6—8 longiores quam latos secedentibus. 
Habitat juxta fines Brasilienses in summo monticulo granitico Caua- 
puna prope S. Carlos ad Rio Negro: Spruce n. 3060. Crescit etiam in 
Guiana anglica (Rob, Schomburgk coll. IT. n. 524, Rich. Schomburgk n. 814) 
et in Venezuela ad flumen Orenoco (Humboldt et Bonpland, Spruce. 
п, 3626, 3627). 
Series 8. ADVERSAE, Frutices v. suffrutices pilosi, aculeis sur- 
sum incurvis nec recurvis armati, Pinnae pluri- v. multijugae. Foliola 
multijuga, parvula, Capitula globosa, racemosa, Bracteae et calyces 
setoso-ciliata. Legumen setosum nec aculeatum, valvis a margine solutis 
indivisis. 
187. MIMOSA ADVERSA BENTH. fruticosa? adpresse 
pilosa, aculeis incurvis sparsis; pinnis 10—15-jugis, foliolis 
30—50-jugis parvis linearibus glabris v. subtus puberulis; capi- 
tulis globosis racemosis; legumine lato-lineari plano adpresse 
piloso, valvis indivisis. 
Mimosa antrorsa Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. IV. 403 
(nomen incorrectum supprimendum). 
FRUTEX videtur, pilis totius plantae flavicantibus tenuibus appressis, 
in caule ramisque densissimis, іп legumine arcte appressis. ACULEI 
parvi, in angulis ramorum crebriores rarioresve, in petiolis rari v. sub- 
nulli; omnes insigniter sursum пес retrorsum uncinato-incurvi. STIPULAE 
lineari-subulatae, molliter pilosae. КОША semipedalia v. paullo longiora; 
PINNAE 1'/ — 3-pollieares. FOLIOLA dense imbricata, 11/, — 21/2 lin. 
longa, ciliata, utringue glabra v. subtus puberula, demum nitida, RACE- 
MUS pedalis, basi foliatus; pedunculi vix роШеатез, gemini v. terni. 
CAPITULA absque staminibus 5—6 lin. diametro. BRACTEAE lineares, 
corolla breviores, breviter ciliatae villosaeque, alabastris ante anthesin 
ultra cilia prominentibus. CALYX parvus, vix ciliatus. COROLLA pubes- 
cens, membranacea, 4-fida. STAMINA 8. LEGUMEN stipitatum, apice 
