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what prickly; pinna- 10 to 12 pairs; Icant-ts alx.iit ;i<l pairs, linear :! to 5 1 ino 

 l(»ng, f,'lal>roiis or nt>arly sn; (ln> niidrih on one side: s].iU<.s mostly ]iairo<l in tli. 

 axils of tho l«'av<'s. ;{ to -t inches ion^-, densely llowered: flo\v<-rs yellow, snli 

 tended liy a small, oval, decidiunis Ijraet : ealyx nearly trnmate, .', line Jonf^; 

 petals 5, a lino lonj,^: stamens as in the genus, 10; anllier.s j-himlnlar: ovary 

 glabrous: legume :5 to f. inehes long, J) lines broad, glabrous, thin, <he twc 

 valves readily separating when mature: seeds <-ontaining allmnien.— In various 

 parts of 1h(^ mountains back I'rum .Man/.aniilo. Doceinber 1 to 'M, 1890. No. !((l«). 

 This 8pecie.s belongs to Bentham's /'Jnpipladcnia, and is nearest'/', conimutns of' 



South America, but nun-e thorny, with nH)re numei'ons 

 |>tnna>, shorter ]ioils. etc. It di tiers from the other s]>e^ 

 cies ol' this genns in having albumen in the seed. 

 Prcsopis juliflora (Swart/) BV. Prod. ii. 147 (1^25); Mi- 

 mom J til [flora Swartz, Prod. Veg. Ind. Oec. 85 (178S). 

 A low-s])reading Hhrub. growing ;it the base of the 

 nmuntains and about the lagoon. Manzauillo, Decem- 

 ber 1 to :■}]. 1890. A'o. 085. 

 This plant is called here "Algarroba." 

 Mimcsa asperata L. Sp. Pi. ed. l». ii. 1.^)07 (17«)3). 8hrnb 

 1 to T) feet high: leaves \ery sensitive, (irowing in 

 the w.'iter near where a <treok empties into the lagoon. 

 Manzanillo, Mandj 2 to 18, 1891. No. 1377. 

 Mimosa distachya (?) Cav. Ic. iii. 48, t. 2!ir) (1794). A 

 small tree, 15 feet high, Avith large to]): leaves with 2 

 ]iinna>; leallets ;{ pairs: ])o<lMli inehes long, str()ngly 

 setose. In grassy ])lains. Arnieria, February 15,1891. 

 No. 1291. 



This species could only be collected in poor condition, 

 ami only a few leaves and no (lowers were obtained. 

 It ia referred here, owing to its clos<' resemblance, to 

 M. lajijlorn, from whi(di, however, it diifers very niiu^h 

 iu its pods. 



The fruit was not known by Mr. Henthani when he 

 wrote his uionogra]ih in Trans. Linn. 8oc., and I do 

 iu)t know whether it has ever Ix^fore been collected. 

 Mimosa ( Sensitiva ) manzanilloana JJose, sp. no v. Thorny 

 8hiub,5f(Mst high, with .slen<ler liaui;ing braneh<'s, ehi- 

 brous: leaves twice pinnate; leaflets two i)airs(onoof 

 the lower leallets very small or often wanting), 9 to 15 

 lines long, oblong, acute, glabrous <'xcept for the ajt- 

 ])resse(l seta' of the margins luid under surface: infl<n-- 

 escence in racenu-like clusters of heads, or the lower 

 peduncles subtended by lea\es: flowci-s i)ink : stamens 

 1 or 5: legunn^s 1 inch or more long, ])uberu]ent, the 

 nuirgins and sides with few appressed seta-.— Low 

 ])]aces near base of the mountains. Manzanillo, De- 

 t^ciulMT 1 to 31. 1890. No. 905. 

 The leaves are said to be s.unewhat sensitive. It ia nearest .1/. relloziann but 

 with smaller heads, ditterent i)od, etc. 

 Mimosa leptocarpah\,se,sp. nov. A large shrub, with manv Ion-, slender, han-in..- 



l.rauch.-s:youngbranches and rachis of leaves with many small reflexed prickles" 

 pmna^l to (i pairs; h^aflets G to 12 pairs, obl.uig, 3 to lines long, obtnse, appen- 

 (iumlate, piiheriilent : i1owersca])itate, racemo.se; pednm-lest; lines Imi.- Hower; 

 wanting: stamens 5: legunns Hat, thin, glabrous, shining, ohlon-, ;{ U> 5 in.-hes 

 long, 8 to 10 Iin<^s broad ; valves not arlicnhaed ; reidum delicate, often l>..arin- 



Frr., .i.—'Pvvo }io(l8 of Schran- 

 lia diij'ima. inn- ol tlicrii de. 

 liisciufj. .sliowiiij:; valvc), 

 ri'i)liiiii, (;tc. ; natiiraf xv/.c. 



