NOTES ON MIMOSE^. *JD 



to E. natalensis, but the leaflets are smaller, narrower, and 

 much more numerous. The pod, about eight inches long and 

 two broad, is precisely that of an Entada, though thin. 



E.? myriadenia, p. 333. — Acacia paniculseflora, Steud. 

 Flora. 1843, p. 760. — Rio Negro, in North Brazil and British 

 Guiana, Schomburgk, 1st Coll. n. 917 j 2nd Coll. n. 852 (1474) ; 

 Surinam, Hostmann, n. 152. — The pod has not yet been 

 received. 



E. Gandu, Hoffm. ex Walp. Rep. 1, p. 858, is unknown to 

 me. 



PlPTADENIA, Hook. JoWTl. 4, p. 334. 



After P. latifolia, p. 335, add : 



V. patens, (Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 89), scandens, ramulis 

 petiolisque pubescentibus aculeatis, pinnis 3-4-jugis, foliolis 

 subtrijugis obovatis glabris v. basi ciliatis, corolla calyce 

 triplo longiore, staminibus corolla dimidio longioribus, ovario 

 brevissime stipitato villoso. — Inga patens, Hook, et Arn. Bot. 

 Beech, p. 419. — Realejo, Sinclair. — Very near P. latifolia, 

 but the panicle larger, the flowers smaller, and the proportion 

 of the parts somewhat different. — Ejusdem var. macrophylla ; 

 Tiger Island, Gulf of Fonseca, Sinclair. 



P. guianensis, p. 335. — British Guiana, Schomburgk, 2nd 

 Coll. n. 799 (1433) ? without fruit. The habit is nearly that 

 of Stryphnodendron polyphyllum. 



After V.filicoma, (by mistake spelt filicicoma), p. 336, add: 



P. suaveolens, (Miq. Linnaea, 18, p. 589), inermis, ramulis 

 petiolisque puberulo-hirtellis, glandula in petiolo lineari 

 impressa, pinnis 6-10-jugis, foliolis multijugis dimidiato-sub- 

 falcato-linearibus acutiusculis basi truncata sessilibus rigidis 

 supra nitidis glabris subtus fuscescenti-glaucis tenerrime 

 appresso-puberulis sensim glabratis nervo excentrico, spicis 

 axillaribus solitariis vel geminis breviter pedunculatis tomen- 

 tellis, floribus appresse hirtellis. — Woods near Bergendaal, in 

 Surinam. A tall tree with aromatic flowers, called by the 

 natives, Kousa.— Unknown to me. 



