204 NOTES ON MIMOSE. 
tum, valvulis 2 coriaceis intus rubentibus dehiscens, margini- 
bus incrassatis, exteriore plus minus sinuato. —Maynas in 
Brazil, Pæppig. 
19. P. Auaremotemo (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 115), gla- 
brum v. ramulis novellis minute glanduloso-puberulis, pinnis 
2-3-rarius 4-jugis, foliolis 2-3-jugis ovatis rhombeisve, capitu- 
lis globosis, calyce dentato corolla glabra triplo breviore, 
ovario sessili glabro, legumine lato cochleato —7nga nandine- 
folia, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 440. Mimosa cochliocarpa, Gom. DC. 
Prodr. 2, p. 430. Inga cochlocarpos, Mart. Reise 1, p. 549. 
Mimosa vaga, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 13.—Arbor 30-40-peda- 
lis. Stipule ad tuberculum brevem reducte v. obsolete. 
Folia et inflorescentia siccitate nigricantia, Glandulæ parum — 
conspicue, subimmerse.  Foliola 1-2 poll. longa. Calyx 1 
lin., corolla 3 lin. longa. Legumen anfractibus 2-4 cochlea- 
tum, 4 poll. latum, valde compressum, valvulis margine bre- 
viter incrassatis. Semina arillata.—Woods and waters of 
tropical Brazil, in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, Bahia, 
Pernambuco, and Ceara, Martius, Pohl. Sello, Lhotsky, &c. 
20. P. gummiferum (Mart. l. c. p. 116), glabrum, pinnis 
2.3-jugis, foliolis 5-7-jugis angusto-ellipticis subtus venosis 
glaucis, capitulis globosis, floribus pubentibus, calyce corolla 
duplo breviore, legumine bis torto.—Deserts of Bahia and 
Minas, Martius. Unknown to me. 
21. P. trapezifolium (Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 2; 
p. 142), ramulis petiolisque ferrugineo-tomentellis mien 
pinnis 2-4-jugis, foliolis pinnarum inferiorum paucijugis, 
timarum 6-8-jugis rhombeo-ovatis valde obliquis glabris v. 
junioribus subtus ferrugineo-tomentellis, capitulis globosis, 
floribus ferrugineo-tomentosis, calyce campanulato corolla 
duplo breviore, ovario subsessili villoso, legumine lato-lineari 
cochleato.— Mimosa trapezifolia, Vahl. Ecl. 3, t. 28; Inga 
trapezifolia. DC. Prodr. 2, p. 441.—Trinidad, Vahl ; British 
Guiana, Schomburgk, n. 284; French Guiana, Martin ; Suri- = 
nam, Hostmann, n. 479. 
22. P. lusorium, ramulis petiolisque ferragineo-tomentel- 
lis, pinnis 2-5-jugis, foliolis 3-6-jugis oblique rhombeo- 
obovatis glabris v. junioribus subtus tomentellis, pedunculis. 
