346 LEGUMINOSZ. 
5. Desmanthus, sp. 
Mimosa? pumila, Schl. in Linnea, xii. p. 557. 
SoutH Mexico, in calcareous soil near western Regla (Ehrenberg). | 
Mr. Bentham (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx.) states that this is probably D. incurvus or a 
species closely allied to it. 
104. MIMOSA. 
Mimosa, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 1158, ex parte; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 593; Benth. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 388. 
Herbs or shrubs, or rarely arboreous. An almost exclusively American genus, 271 
species out of a total of 278 being American. Three grow in Africa, five in the 
Mascarene Islands, and two in Asia. _ 
1. Mimosa acanthocarpa, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 409. 
NortH Mexico, Mex. Bound. Survey Exp. 308 and 311; Sovrn Mexico, Vera Cruz 
to Orizaba (Miller), without habitat (Graham), hedges: near Mexico (Bourgeau, 486). 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Mimosa adenantheroides, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 88. 
Acacia adenantheroides, Mart. et Gal. 
South Mexico, woods at 7000 to 8000 feet in the Cordillera of Oaxaca (Galeotti, 
3208). Hb. Kew. 
3. Mimosa albida, Humb. et Bonpl. in 1 Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. p. 1030. 
Sour Mexico, Acapulco (Barclay & Sinclair); Guarmmaua, Duefias (Fraser); Nica- 
raGua, Volcan el Viejo (Grsted); Costa Rica, Cartago (Grsted).—And southward to 
Lima. Hb. Kew. 
4. Mimosa arcuata, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. pars 2, p. 308. 
SoutH Mexico, calcareous mountains east of Tehuacan de las Granadas, at 6000 feet 
(Galeotti, 3222). . | 
5. Mimosa asperata, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1507; Relig. Houst. t. 24; DC. Mém. 
Lég. t. 63. 
South Mexico, Vera Cruz (Houston), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 1548, 2209) ; 
Nicaraeva, Greytown (Zate); Costa Rica, savanna of San José (Polakowsky); Panama, 
Chagres (Fendler, 98), in damp places, ditches, and banks of rivers, Chagres, Gorgona, 
and Cruces (Seemann, 527).—And nearly all over Tropical Sour America; also 
in Tropical and Subtropical Arrica. Hb. Kew. 
6. Mimosa biuncifera, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 12. 
Texas ; New Mexico.—Norri Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet 
(Parry & Palmer, 215), Mabibi, Sonora (Thurber), Sierra del Pajarito (Schott), Ojito 
(Gregg); SourH Muxico, valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 89), Chalco, in the State of 
Mexico (Andrieux), Leon (Hartweg). Hb. Kew. 
