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ticis acuminatis v. rarius obtusis demum supra nitidulis 
spicis oblongis, bracteis brevibus caducis, calyce sessili velu- 
tino quam corollæ sericeo-villosissime dimidium breviore, 
legumine subplano latissime marginato velutino-tomentoso. 
— Mimosa dulcis, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 4.—Inga dulcis, Mart. 
Herb. Bras. p. 113.—J. Arrabide, Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 
. —Mimosa umbellata, Vell. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 12.—Inga Vello- 
. Siana, Mart. Herb. Bras. p. 114.— Folia I. eriocarpe, Y. vala- 
pensis et I. Uraguensis.  Foliola raro 4 poll. excedunt. 
Calyces 3-31 raro 4 lin. Bractee ovate v. orbiculatæ. 
Legumen 6-9 lin. latum marginibus suleatis et undulatis 
facies non obtegentibus. Species a collectoribus sæpe missa, 
variat foliolorum forma, pube, &c.—Rio Janeiro, Guillemin, 
n. 273, Gardner, n. 201; Brasil, Pohl, Claussen; Porana and 
Buenos Ayres, Tweedie. 
. 124. I. ornifolia (Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 6, 
P. 291), ramulis hirto-tomentosis, foliolis 5-jugis lanceolato- 
oblongis utrinque molliter pilosis supra subnitidis, legumine 
. Compresso densissime hirto-tomentoso margine valde incras- 
_ Sato sulcato et undulato.— Near Quito, Humboldt and Bon- 
_ Pland, Probably very near to I. affinis, but unknown to me. 
| 125. 1. velutina (Willd. Spec. 4, p. 1014), from Para, is 
Süd by De Candolle to differ chiefly from I. affinis by the 
larger leaflets. It must also be very near I. edulis. Speci- 
. Mens gathered by Purdie at St. Martha may possibly be the 
. Same, but they are only in young fruit without flowers. 
. . 126. I. edulis (Mart. Herb. Bras. p. 113), pube ferruginea 
. ?revi, foliolis 4-5-jugis oblongo- v. ovali-ellipticis acumi- 
. Matis membranaceis, pedunculis fasciculatis, spicis oblongis, 
foribus tenuibus sessilibus, bracteis lanceolatis, calyce 
. "ubuloso-campanulato corolla subtriplo breviore, legumine 
. tenuiter tomentoso longo subtereti, sulcato.—Mimosa Ynga 
Vell. Fl. Flum, 11, t. 3. Foliola multo majora quam in 
I affinis et vulgo tenuiora, sæpe semipedalia. Pedunculi 1-13 7 
Pollicares, Spice breves subinterrupte. Flores quam in 
Præcedentibus multo tenuiores. Calyx 2-24 lin., corolla 7 
Ta. longa. Legumen sepe pedale v. longius, vix semipol- 
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