90 NOTES ON MIMOSE/E. 



cens, glaucescens, aculeis uncinatis sparsis, pinnis unijugis, 

 foliolis 4-6-jugis oblique oblongis obtusis parvis glaucis, 

 capitulis globosis axillaribus pedunculatis, bracteolis parvis, 

 floribus tetrameris, legumine glabro stipitato nudo. — Ramuli 

 et folia pube minutissima sub lente vix conspicua glauces- 

 centia v. glabrata. Stipula3 obsoletse. Folia fere M. depau- 

 perates ; pinna vix 4 lin., foliola vix 2 lin. longa. Legu- 

 mina glaucescentia, glabra, 1-2 poll, longa, 4-5 lin. lata. 

 Flores fere Acanthocarparum. Stamina nonnulla seepe abor- 

 tiunt, et raro omnia 8 perfecte antherifera. — True Agorro- 

 vato or Grip-the-goat, a name given to most spring plants 

 in Cordova and St. Jago, but the spines of this being most 

 hooked, hold the best. Tweedie, n. 1251. 



M. rubicaulis, p. 395. — Affghanistan, Griffith, n. 1188. 



M. asperata, p. 4C0. — Bahia, Glocker, n. 178, this is the 

 very hispid form, one of the commonest in South America 

 and correctly determined to be the M. peTlita, Kunth., 

 though not distinguishable as a species. 



M. microcephala, p. 401. — British Guiana, Schomburgk, 

 2nd. Coll. n. 524 (814). 



M. camporum, p. 403, grows also in Surinam (Miquel). 

 After which add the three following : 



M. flaviseta, (sp. n.), decumbens?, aculeis tenuissimis raris, 

 caule petiolisque setis longis patentibus hispidis, stipuhs 

 lanceolato-setaceis, pinnis 3-4-jugis, foliolis 10-30-jugis ob- 

 longis longe setoso-ciliatis glabriusculis, capitulis ovatis 

 breviter pedunculis setoso-hivspidissimis, bracteolis corollas 

 superantibus, calyce minuto. — Affinis M. camporum, sed setis 

 longis flavidis crebris insignis, quarum nonnullae hinc inde 

 validiores fere aculeiformes ; foliola etiam breviora, propor- 

 tione latiora, capitula majora, longius pedunculata et multo 

 hispidiora. Legumen Junius densissime setosus. — Surinam, 

 Hostmann, n. 813. 



M. aeschynomenis, (Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 89), herbacea ?, 

 procumbens, inermis, caule petiolisque setoso-hispidis, sti- 

 pulis ovato-cordatis lanceolatisve acuminatis, pinnis 3-6-jugis, 

 foliolis 10-30-jugis oblongo-linearibus ciliatis glabriusculis, 



