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Desc. Fl. 2. t. 119.— M. dominiciana, Den. /"—Leaflets 8"'-l 2'" long : common petiole 

 3"-2" long.— Hab. 8. Vincent!, Guild.} [Martinique]. 



214. M. pndica, L. Stein herbaceous, sulfrutcscent, hairy or glabratc, armed with 

 infrastipular and scattered prickles; pinna- 2-l-jt/gal, nearly as long as the petiole: leaf- 

 lets 15-25-jugal, oblong-linear, pointed, filiate with appressed bristles, glabreseent ; flower- 

 heads ovoid ; calyx abortive ; legume oblong, sinuate, 2-5-sceded : valves jointed, glabrous, 

 unarmed : border armed with spreading prickles. — Plum. Ed. Burnt, t. 202.— Leaflets 3'"- 

 6'" long. 



a. Pinna; 2-jugal, approximate, or the uppermost 1-jugal. 



$. unijuga, Walp. ! Pinnre 1-jugal. — M. irritabilis, Prl. 



Had. Jamaica !, Al. (a), March ($), common in pastures; S. Kitts !, Antigua!, Nichols., 

 WulUchl., S. Lucia \, Anders., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Siei. Trin. 110 ; [Mexico ! 

 to Brazil ! ; Sandwich Islands 1 ; East Indies !]. 



215. M. polydactyla, Humb. Stem suffruticose, hairy or glabrate, armed with 

 scattered prickles ; pinna ^-%-jugal, approximate, uearly as long as the petiole : leaflets 

 25-60-jugal, linear, pointed, ciliate with appressed bristles, glabreseent ; flower-heads ovoid- 

 globose; calyx abortive; " legume- valves glabrous, unarmed: border prickly." — Kih.Mimos. 

 t. 5.— Leaflets 2"'-3"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild.; [Guiana ! to Brazil 1]. 



Sect. 2. Habbasia. — Stamens twice as many as the petals. Legume-valves jointed. 



216. M. asperata, L. Shrubby; stem and petioles rusty-hispidulous, armed with 

 strong subulate prickles; pinna 8-15-jugal : leaflets 20-60-jugal, linear, obliquely pointed, 

 glabrous above, ciliate, puberulous beneath : rhachis hispid : stipules subulate ; flower-heads 

 globose, exceeded by the leaves, superior racemose ; calyx cut into terminal bristles ; le- 

 gume oblong, 8-10-seeded : joints transversely oblong, covered on the surface and on the 

 border with long, rusty-yellow bristles. — Mill. Ic. t. 182. /. 3. DC. Leg. t. 63. — Leaflets 

 3"'-6'" long; legume 3"-2" long, 5'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; [S. Thomas ! ; Panama ! 

 to Brazil ! ; trop. Africa ! to Egypt ! and Madagascar ! ; East Indies !]. 



217. M. thyrsoidea, Gr. (n. sp.). Shrubby ; stem and petioles pubescent with minute 

 down, armed with scattered, subulate prickles ; pinna 4-T-jugal : leaflets 30-15-jugal, 

 unequal-sided, linear, obliquely pointed, glabreseent : rhachis pubescent : stipules setaceous, 

 spinescent ; flower-heads globose, arranged in a panicle of compound racemes ; calyx mi- 

 nutely 4-dentate ; legume . . . . — Allied to M . sepiaria, Benth., but the leaflets smaller, and 

 the racemes only once compound. Prickles compressed, spreading or bent upwards, those 

 of the petioles much smaller ; leaflets 2"'-3'" long : pinna; 4'" distant ; panicle pyramidal : 

 peduncles 10"'-12'" long: flower-heads (the stamens included) 4"'-5'" diam. ; corolla 4-fid, 

 four times as long as the calyx ; stamens 8, long-exserted. — Hab. Jamaica !, WulUchl. 



Sect. 3. Ameria. — Stamens twice as many as the petal*. Legume-valves continuous. 



218. M. bahamensis, Benth. I Shrubby, tortnous, armed with scattered, recurved 

 prickles ; branches and petioles rusty -tomentose ; pinna 2-\-jugal : leaflets 6-S-jugal, half- 

 obovate or oval-oblong, glabreseent ; flower-heads globose, with their diameter half as long 

 as the peduncle, superior racemose ; corolla 4-fid, twice as long as the calyx ; legume .... 

 —Leaflets l"'-2"' long.— Hab. Bahamas I, Swains. 



219. M. Ceratonia, L. Shrubby, scandent, glabrous ; branches and petioles armed 

 with small recurved prickles ; pinna Z-b-jugal ': leaflets %-jugal, very unequal-sided, obovate- 

 roundish ; flower-heads globose, superior racemose ; corolla 3-fid ; legume broadly oblong, 

 entire, 5-8-secded : valves continuous, glabrous, unarmed : border armed with recurved 

 prickles.— Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 8.— Leaflets 8"'-3'" diam. ; legume 2"-l" long, 8'" broad. 

 — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., in Blubber Valley ; Dominica !, S. Lucia!, Anders. ; S. Vin- 

 cent !, Guild. ; [S. Thomas !]. 



83. SCHRANKIA, W. 



Flowers of Mimosa. Legumelinezr, compressed-tetragonal, echinate with prickles .- valves 

 continuous, separating from the keeled, valve-shaped border : seeds oblong, parallel to the 

 valves. — Branches and petioles armed with recurved prickles ; leaves bipinuate, sensitive. 



