210 NOTES ON MIMOSE. 
Hook.—Hoc etiam P. clypearie affine est. Foliola multo 
numerosiora, pleraque 6 lin. longa, 2-3 lin. lata, fere quadr- 
angula costa diagonali.—Java, Spanoghe, Hoffmansegg. 
33. P. contortum (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 115), ramulis 
petiolisque subteretibus fusco-tomentosis, pinnis 5-6-jugis, 
foliolis pinnarum superiorum 12-20-jugis oblique ovato ob- 
longis obtusis subtus tomentellis, glandula ad basin petioli, 
capitulis 3-4-floris floribus sessilibus tenuissime tomentellis, 
calyce corolla subcampanulata triplo breviore, ovario gla- 
briusculo, legumine cochleato extus sinuato.—4nga contorta, 
Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5283, 4.—Arbor. Foliola 6-9 lin. 
longa, valde ineequilatera. Glandule scutelleformes. Pa- 
nicula multo minor et densior quàm in P. elypearia. Corolla 
1j lin. longa, limbo amplo. Legumen bis terve cochleatum. 
— Penang and Singapore, Wallich, etc. 
34. P. subacutum (sp. n ) ramulis petiolisque subteretibus, 
novellis fusco-tomentosis, pinnis 5-7-jugis, foliolis pinnarum 
superiorum 15-20-jugis oblique trapezoideo-ovatis acutis 
acuminatisve subtus puberulis, glandula prope basin petioli, 
capitulis paucifloris, floribus subsessilibus tomentosis, calyce 
corolla dimidio breviore.—P. contorto habitu affine.  Foliola 
minora, in acumen semper producta, siccitate nigricantia. 
Flores majores quàm in P. contorto. Calycis dentes breves, 
acuti, patentes. Corolla 3 lin. longa. Legumen non vidi. 
— Philippine Islands, Cuming, n. 502. 
Secr. V. Carnormion. Inermia. Folia Clypearie. Pedun- 
culi in axillis v. in panicula solitarii, rarius sub-fasciculati. — 
Legumen moniliforme, rectum v. cochleato-contortum.—Spe —— 
cies Polynesicæ, 
The species I have here collected together are but little — 
known, and I do not clearly understand the description given E. 
of the pod of P. moniliforme and scutiferum. That of P.prui- — 
nosum is somewhat similar to that of P. lobatum, but smaller. 
Probably in the three species the exterior margin is as in 
P. lobatum, deeply indented. If it be so also in the two 
others (where it is unknown), the section Cathormion will 
