212 NOTES ON MIMOSE&. 
38. P. pauciflorum (sp. n.), glabrum, pinnis unijugis, foliolis 
sub-bijugis ovatis oblongisve obtuse acuminatis glaberrimis, 
glandula in medio petiolo, calyce corolla quadruplo breviore, 
ovario stipitato glabro.— P. scutifero quodammodo simile, sed 
foliola vix 2-3-pollicaria et ovarium stipitatum. Corolle 
latiuscule campanulate, basi attenuate, 2 lin. longae.— Phil- 
lippine Islands, Cuming, n. 1854. 
39. P.? laxiflorum, glabrum, pinnis unijugis, foliolis 2-3- 
jugis ovali-oblongis obtuse acuminatis glabriusculis, glandula 
in medio petiolo, calyce corolla dimidio breviore.—Acacia 
laxiflora, DC. Prodr. 2, p. 455.—Timor, Paris Herbarium. 
The pod is unknown, but from the general habit of the plant — 
it appears to be allied to the others of this section. 
Secr. VI. CaunANTHON. Inermes, Stipule obsolete v. 
deciduz, rarius persistentes, lanceolate. Pinnæ 1-rarius 2- 
juge. Foliola uni-pluri-juga, seepius paucijuga, interdum soli- 
taria. Glandule inter pinnas et foliola rarius obsolete, 
petiolares nulle. Pedunculi monocephali v. monostachyi, 
breves, in ramulis annotinis fasciculati. Legumen rectum, 
falcatum v. contortum, plano-compressum, coriaceum, sub- 
bivalve, marginibus leviter incrassatis, intus tenuiter pulpo- 
sum. Semina exarillata.—Species omnes American. 
The peculiar inflorescence of this section is not to be met 
with in any of the allied genera except in some Inge, which 
these plants resemble also in the form of the flower, but ay us 
readily known, even without the pod, by their leaves, which 
are doubly, not singly pinnate. 
** Foliolis cujusve pinne 1-3-nis. 
40. P. unifoliolatum (sp. n., glabrum, pinnis unijugis, 
foliolis solitariis ovali.ellipticis oblongisve obtusissime acu- 
minatis, pedunculis brevissimis, capitulis globosis 12-15- 
floris, floribus sessilibus glabris, calyce minuto corolla mul- 
toties breviore, ovario sessili glabro.—Species foliis distinc- 
tissima. Petioli communes 1 lin. longi, apice petiolos 
