582 NOTES ON MIMOSEÆ. 
(which I have not seen) is vei y near to I. keferophylla, if not 
a mere variety with downy branches. The leeflets are said to 
be from 1 to 13 inches long. The calyx, well described by 
Vahl, is so small that Desvaux could not see it.—Cayenne. 
L—- 9. I. heterophylla (Wild. Spec. 4, p. 1020), glaberrima, 
petiolo nudo v. anguste marginato, glandulis stipitatis parvis, 
foliolis (parvis) 1-4-jugis oblongis v. ovato-oblongis acuminatis 
nitidis, umbellis breviter pedunculatis, floribus glaberrimis 
tenuibus, calyce campanulato corolla pedicelloque multoties 
breviore, tubo stamineo longiuscule exserto.—1. protracta, 
Steud. Flora, 1843, p. 758.—Foliola vulgo bijuga, majora 1-2 
poll. longa, pleraque tamen multo minora. Glandule adsunt 
etiam in speciminibus Hostmannianis. — British Guiana, 
Parker; Surinam, Hostmann, n, 1194, 
10. I. graciliflora, glabriuseula, petiolo nudo, glandulis 
sessilibus sspe obscuris, foliolis trijugis amplis oblongo- 
ellipticis utrinque acutis subtus ad costam puberulis mem- 
branaceis, umbellis in ramis annotinis fasciculatis brevissime 
pedunculatis, calyce minuto quam corolla gracilis v. pedicellus 
pluries breviore, tubo stamineo longe exserto.—Foliola ma- 
jora semipedalia. Petioles teres v. vix angulatus. Corolla 
fere 3 lin. longa, tubo gracillimo, fauce campanulata, tubus 
staminens tenuis corolla fere duplo longior.— British Guiana, 
Schomburgk, 2nd Coll. n. 756, (1396.) 
11. I. flagelliformis (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 112), glabra, pe- 
tiolo nudo, glandulis sessilibus sæpe obscuris, stipulis faleato- 
ovatis, foliolis 3-5 jugis rarius bijugis oblongo-ellipticis utrin- 
que acutis nitidis coriaceis, pedunculo rigido elongato, floribus 
tubulosis glabriusculis, calycibus corolla plus duplo quam 
pedicellus pluries breviore, tubo stamineo corollam æquante.— 
Mimosa flagelliformis, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11,t. 27.—Foliola majora 
4-6-pollicaria. Petioli teretes v. sub foliolis angulati, rarius 
obsolete marginati. Stipule ample. Pedunculi 2-4-polli- 
cares, pedicelli 9 lin., corolla 4 lin. longa. Bracteolæ setaceæ, 
apice spathulate, 1 lin. longæ.— Province of Rio Janeiro and 
Minas Geraes, Lushnath, Martius, etc. In someof Martius’ sets 
the I, cordistipula has been by mistake sent as 1. flagelliformis. 
