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brous on both surfaces. Plowers in lax racemes and also in 



fascicles from the axils of the leaves ; pedicels unequal, sometimes 

 l"-^ in. long. Caljx ^ in. long, with a pair of orate persistent 

 bracteoles at the base ; teeth obtuse, much sliorter tlian the tube. 

 Petals silky, |-| in. long. Pod straight, linear, densely deltoid, 

 with short persistent brown pubescence. — 5aro;^ 4748 ! 4828! 

 4807 ! 4863 ! 4853 ! 



DiCHROSTACKTS ITNUUOA, U. Sp. 



Fruticosa; ramulis gracilibus lignosis, stipulis ovatis scariosis striatis, 

 foliis breviter petiolatis, pinnis utiijugis, foUolis 10-25-jugis parvis confertis 

 rigidulis inaequilateraliter lineari-oblongis obtusis, floribus in capitulis 

 oblongis axillaribus breviter pedunculatis aggregatis, sui)erioribiis densi- 

 oribus staminibus antheriferis, calyce sessih obconico segmentis ovatis, 

 petalis oblongo-laneeolatis. 



A shrub, with long slender woody glabrous branchlets. Pinnse 

 l-l|in. long, erecto-patent; rhachis slender, pubescent ; leaflets 

 deciduous, -^ in. long, green and glabrous on both surfaces, pro- 

 duced at the base on the lower side. Heads | in. in diani., on short 

 peduncles from the axils of the leaves. Corolla | line long, three 

 times as long as the calyx. Staminodes reddish, protruded |-§ 

 in. beyond the tips of the lower flowers. Pod not seen. — Baron 

 4602 ! 4758 ! 4765 ! 



PiPTADEIfIA LEPTOCLADA, n. Sp. 



Fruticosaj inermis^ glabra, ramulis gracillimis, foliis bipinnatis, ]>ctiolo 

 glandula magna ad apicem i)ra;dito, pinnis 12-18-jugis, foliohs multijugis 

 rigidulis parvis oblongo-laneeolatis coutertis, floribus pentameris in capi- 

 tulis oblongis axillaribus breviter pedunculatis aggregatis, calyce basi 

 bracteato tubo infundibular! deutibus deltoideis, petalis lanceolatis luteis, 

 staminibus longe exsertis. 



A shrub, glabrous iu all its parts, with long slender branchlets. 

 Leaves 2^-3 in. long, including the \ iu. petiole, which bears a 

 large conical brown gland on one side at the top ; pinnae ^ in. 

 long ; leaflets -^ in. loiig, crowded, iirmin texture, bright green. 

 Heads solitary from the axils of the upper leaves, on short erecto- 

 patent j^eduncles, \ in. in diam. Petals -^ in. long. Stamens 

 twice as long as the petals. Legume not seen. — Baron 4730 ! 



Mimosa MTuiocEPnALA, n. sp. 



Frnticosa, ramulis validis angulatis glabris cumfoliorum rhachibus aculeis 

 copiosisuneinatis parvis stramineis armatis, foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 10-12- 

 jugis, foliolis nmltijugis inaequilateraliter oblongis rigidulis obscure ciliati^ 



