Eumimosee.] LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. 593 
Species ad 8, Americe borealis v. australis incole, l per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis late 
diffusa. Walp. Hep. i. 864 (excl. D. acinaciformi): Ann.i.260.  G«erín. Fruct. ii. t. 148 (Acacia). 
Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 80 (Mimosa). .Kunth, Mim. t. 35. — Bot. Mag. t. 2454. 
DanzivcrTOoN1A, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. iv. 97, e£ Mem. Leg. 427, £. 66, species boreali-A1ne- 
ricana, a ccteris non differt nisi legumine breviore magis areuato. Vent. Choiz, (. 27 (Mimosa). 
887. Mimosa, Linn. Gen. n. 1158 ex parte.—Flores 4—5-meri, rarius 3- v. 6-meri, her- 
maphroditi v. polygami. Calyx ssepius minutus, fere inconspicuus v. paleaceo-ciliatus 
pappiformisque, rarius campanulatus, breviter dentatus. Petala plus minus connata, valvata. 
Stamina numero petalorum duplo pluria v. zequalia, libera, exserta ; anthere parve, eglan- 
dulose ; pollinis granula oo. Ovarium sessile v. rarius stipitatum, 2—co-ovulatum; stylus 
filiformis, stigmate parvo terminali. Legumen oblongum v. lineare, plano-compressum v. 
rarius incrassatum, membranaceum v. coriaceum, valvis 2 à margine continuo persistente 
secedentibus, integris v. transversim articulatim divisis, intus continuum v. subseptatum. 
Semina ovata v. orbiculata, plana.—Herb:e, frutices rarius alte scandentes, v. arbores 
inermes v. aculeatze. Folia bipinnata, ssepius sensitiva, rarissime O0 yv. ad petiolum phyl- 
lodineum reducta; glandulz petiolares in perpaucis adsunt; petioli partiales sepissime 2- 
stipellati. Capitula globosa v. spieee cylindrics, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis v. fascicu- 
latis, superioribus nune in racemum digestis, Flores parvi, sessiles, Stamina ssepius corolla 
plus duplo longiora. Flores in paucis speciebus occurrunt neutri staminodiis filiformibus 
apice subpetaloideo-dilatatis. 
Species ad 230, plereque Ameriez calidioris incole, paueze Áfrieaps et Asiaticz, nulla hneusque 
in Australia reperta. —JWalp. Rep. i. 864; ii. 906 ; v. 084 : Ann. i, 260; ii. 450 ; iv, 616. 
Genus in sectiones sequentes dividitur ; 
l. Eumimosa, DC. Flores i-meri, rarius 5—6-meri, rarissime 3-meri. Stamina numero petalis 
squalia. Legumen oligospermum (vulgo 2-4-spermum), valvis in articulos secedentibus v. indivisis. 
—hHerbe suffrutices v. frutices, rarissime arbores. Petioli eglandulosi. Pinns sspius l-jugs v. 
digitatim approximate, in paucis co-jug:e foliolo interiore paris inferioris scepius multo minore v. de- 
ficiente, Calyx minutus v. paleaceo-ciliatus. Leguminis margo setosus v. nudus, nec simplici serie 
uncinato-aculeatus.— Species ad 120, omnes Americans.  Kun?h, Mim. t, Yad 5. Vell. Fl. Flum. 
xi. &. 31, 33, 34. Hook. Ic. Pl. t, 3713. Bot. Reg. t. 20, 941. — Karst. Fl. Columb. t. 180, 181. 
2. Habbasia, DC. (inel Bataucaulo, DC.). Flores 4-meri, rarius 5-meri v. 3-meri. Stamina 
numero petalis duplo pluria. Legumen sepius oc-spermum, rarius 2-4-spermum, valvis in articulos 
secedentibus.—Frutices nune seandentes v. arbores, rarius herbz.  Petioli eglandulosi v. in per- 
paueis more 4caciearum glanduliferi; setze inter pinnas sepe elongate, rigidee ; pinnee oc-jugze, ra- 
rissime 1-jugze. Leguminis margo simplici serie aculeatus, v. nudus, v. setosus.— Species ad 60, 
plerz&que Americanm, pawcm Asiatiez v. Africans. — Cav. Je. Rar. 6. 296. — Ioxb. Pl. Corom. t. 200. 
Kunth, Mim. t. 6 ad 10 et 4. 23 (Acacia). DC. Mem. Leg. t. 63. Vell, Fl. Flum. xi, £. 35. Hook. 
Jc. Pl. t. 456. Karst. Fl. Columb. t. 132, 133. 
3. Ameria, Benth. Flores 4—ó5-meri, rarissime 3-meri, Stamina numero petalis duplo pluria. 
Legumen sepius oo-spermum, intus inter semina sepe septatum, valvis tamen integris a margine 
persistente secedentibus, Frutiees arbores v. rarius herbs.  Petioli eglandulosi v. in perpaucis 
glanduliferi, et rarius inter pinnas setosi; pinnse 1—c6-jugre, v. rarius folia phyllodinea v. 0. Legu- 
minis margo simpliei serie aculeatus v. nudug, v. setosus.— Species ad 50, omnes Americans, —Kunth, 
Mün. t, 26 (Acacia). |. Reichb. Icon. Exot, t. 63 (Acacia). Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 33. 
388. Sehranckia, JVilld. Spec. Pl. iv. 1041.— Flores 5—4-meri, sessiles, hermaphroditi v. 
polygami. Calyx minimus. Petala in corollam infundibuliformem ad medium connata. 
Stamina numero petalis sequalia v. duplo pluria, libera, exserta; antherw parvze, eglandu- 
lose ; pollinis granula oo. Ovarium subsessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate 
terminali obtuso. Legumen lineare, acutum v. acuminatum, undique aeuleatum, valvis a 
margine dilatato persistente secedentibus eoque raro latioribus inarticulatis. Semina lon- 
gitudinalia, oblonga, sub-4-gona, funiculo brevi.—Herbse suffrutieesve, ssepius prostrat:e, 
aculeis reeurvie armate. Folia bipinnata, ssepe sensitiva, petiolo eglànduloso inter pinnas 
scepe setigero, foliolis parvis. Stipuls setacez. Florum capitula globosa v. spice cylindricze, 
peduneulis ad axillas solitariis v. faseiculatis. Flores rosei v. purpurascentes. Filamenta 
jn masculis giepe complanata, in hermaphroditis filiformia. 
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