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v. ramulis foliisque junioribus leviter pubescentibus, petiolo 
sub foliolis superioribus alato, foliolis bijugis rarius trijugis 
anguste oblongis utrinque angustatis membranaceis, spicis 
elongatis, calyce corolla 3-4-plo breviore, tubo stamineo 
breviter exserto, legumine plano glabro.— Mimosa semia- 
lata, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 5.—Foliola adulta 3-4-poll. longa, 
10-15 lin. lata. Ala sub pari superiore nunc brevis nunc ad 
par infimum attingens, angusta v. latiuscula. Spice inter- 
ruptæ. Bractez lanceolato-setaceæ, decidue. Calyx pilis 
paucis hirtellus. Corolla 2 lin. v. rarius 24 lin. longa.— 
Provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, Riedel, Miers, 
Martius, n. 152, Vauthier, n. 87, Gardner, n. 365, Sello, Pohl, 
&c.; South Brasil, Tweedie. 
B. latifolia (Mart.! Herb. Fl. Bras. n. 1091), foliolis 
adultis 6-8 poll. longis, 2-21 poll. latis, corollis 3 lin. longis. 
—Tropical Brazil, Sello, Pohl, Martius. 
34. I. excelsa (Poepp.! et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 3. p. 78), 
foliis glabris, petiolo sub foliolis superioribus breviter alato, 
foliolis bijugis oblongis utrinque angustatis, spicis elongatis, 
calyce corolla triplo breviore, tubo stamineo incluso “ legu- 
mine tereti toruloso glabro."—Simillima I. semialatæ, differt 
Staminibus et ex auctoribus legumine quodipse non vidi.— 
Peru under the Andes, Peppig; at Casapi, Matthews, 
^. 1922. 
35. I. puberula, ramulis pedunculis foliisque janioribus 
hirto-puberulis, petiolo sub foliolis superioribus anguste alato, 
foliolis bijugis oblongis utrinque angustatis, spicis elongatis 
laxis, calyce corolla triplo breviore, tubo stamineo incluso v. 
breviter exserto ; “legumine moniliformi."— Inter I. excelsa, 
et I. pycnostachya media, a priore differt pube, ab hac ala 
petioli angustiore breviore nunc angustissima, spica laxiore, 
etc. An varietas I. semialate ? sed legumen (quod ipse non 
vidi) diversum dicitur.— Tropical Brasil, Pohl, Guillemin; 
near Bahia, Lushnath. 
36. I. pycnostachya, ramulis petiolisque pilosulis, petiolo 
alato, foliolis bijugis anguste oblongis longe et obtuse acu- 
minatis basi angustatis utrinque pilosulis, spicis SET 
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