NOTES ON MIMOSEX. 195 
Notes on MiwosEz, with a Synopsis of Species. By GEORGE 
Bentuam, Esa. 
Tribe III. AcacrIEX. 
Continued from p. Vo of the present volume. 
XXV. PrirHECOLOBIUM, Martius.—Inge Hymeneodee et 
Samanee, DC. excl. spec. nonnull. 
Flores hermaphroditi, rarius polygami. Calyx campanu- 
latus, 2-5-dentatus. Corolla tubulosa v. infundibuliformis. 
Stamina indefinita, seepius numerosa, corolla duplo v. pluries 
longiora, basi in tubum coalita. Legumen compressum v. 
planum, contortum v. faleatum, rarius fere rectum, valvulis 
coriaceis v. carnosis margine vix incrassatis, dehiscentia sepe 
tortis nec revolutis. Semina in pulpa tenui rarius evanida 
nidulantia, funiculo filiformi sepe in arillam carnosam ex- 
panso.— Frutices v. arbores regionum calidiorum utriusque 
orbis incolee, inermes v. stipulis spinescentibus v. spinis axil- 
laribus armata, Folia bipinnata, glandulifera, glandulis 
nempe jugalibus inter pinnas v. foliola suprema v. omnia, 
Petiolari nunc parva ad basin v. ad medium petioli, nunc in 
sectionibus pluribus nulla. Flores in capitula globosa v. 
oblonga, rarius in spicas cylindricas dispositi, albi v. rarius 
Purpurei, vulgo quàm in Calliandra minores graciliores. 
ice V. capitula solitarie v. fasciculatim pedunculata, rarius 
subsessiles, in axillis foliorum superiorum v. in paniculas ter- 
minales disposita, 
This genus was first established by Martius (Herb. Fl. 
Bras. p, 114), to include those species of Inga of Willde- 
now and De Candolle, which have a twisted pod, and 
the seeds enclosed in a fleshy arillus, and which appeared to 
him to be marked by a peculiar habit; but upon an exami- 
nation of all the species of which I have obtained the fruit, I 
dnd it difficult to assign any positive limits without extend- 
ing it to many species deprived of the arillus, and even to 
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