NOTES ON MIMOSE^E. 85 



section is insufficiently described and unknown to me. — 

 Surinam, Hostmann, n. 1205. 



M. platyphytta, sp. n. ; suffruticosa, inermis, undique setis 

 rufis hirsutissima, foliolis oblique obovatis obtusis utrinque 

 hirsutis, pedunculis capitulo longioribus, bracteolis elongatis 

 subulatis setoso-hispidis. — Species foliolorum amplitudine 

 insignis. Caules sesquipedales, erecti. Foliola 2-2| poll, 

 longa, 15-20 lin. lata, crassiuscula ; intimum minimum v. 

 nullum. Capitula numerosa. Bracteolse 2-2^ lin. longee. — 

 Camapua in Brasil, Riedel, a single specimen in the Imperial 

 Herbarium, St. Petersburgh. 



M. paniculata, p. 362 is an error of the press, it should be 

 M. pauciseta. After M. angusta, p. 362 add : 



M, gymnoioma, sp. n. j suffruticosa, inermis, glaberrima, 

 foliolis oblique linearibus marginatis nudis, bracteolis corollas 

 subsuperantibus. — Caulis erectus, strictus. Foliola majora 

 3 poll, longa, vix 2\ poll, lata, in altero specimine multo 

 minora sed angustiora quam in M. angusta et minime ciliata. 

 Capitula bracteolis eminentibus echinata. — Camapua in 

 Brasil, Riedel. 



After M. viva, p. 363, add : 



M. Skinneri, sp. n.; herbacea, humilis, diffusa, aculeis 

 infrastipularibus rectiusculis geminis, caule petiolis peduncu- 

 lisque longe patenti-pilosis, stipulis lanceolatis, pinnis petiolo 

 subbrevioribus, foliolis 4-8-jugis oblique obovali-oblongis 

 supra glabris subtus longe pilosis, pedunculis axillaribus 

 petiolos aequantibus, capitulis globosis, calyce minuto, legu- 

 nnnis articulis 3-4 stellato-puberulis medio nudis, margine 

 setoso. — Herbula vix M. viva major, sed hirsutie aliisque 

 characteribus abunde distincta. Pili caulis et foliorum longi 

 rufescentes.—Cuesta of Leone, Guatemala, Skinner. 



M. dominiciana (Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. Ser. 1, v. V, 

 P« 424) aculeata, pinnis unijugis, petiolis petiolulisque acu- 

 leatis, foliolis 4-jugis dimidiatis late ovatis cordatis margine 

 strigosis utrinque sparse strigosis demum nudis.— Dominica. 

 Unknown to me. 



After M. tricephala, p. 364, add : 



