98 NOTES ON MIMOSE^E. 



obtusissimis, capitulis subglobosis brevissime pedunculatis, 

 legumine oblongo v. lato-lineari membranaceo oligospermo. 

 — Macalisberg, Burke. 



A. Barkei, (sp. n.) ; ramulis junioribus petiolisque villosis, 

 aculeis infrastipularibus geminis recurvis, petiolo inermi, 

 pinnis 3-6-jugis, foliolis 5-8-jugis oblique oblongis obtusius- 

 culis, spicis fasciculatis laxis folio sublongioribus, calycibus 

 subsessilibus puberulis dentato-lobatis corollse dimidium 

 eEquantibus, legumine membranaceo ? — Macalisberg, Burke. 



A.modesta, p. 508. — Afghanistan, Griffith, n. 1186, and 

 apparently 1187. 



After A. lata, p. 508, add : 

 £""~ A. venosa, (Hochst. PL Schimp. exs. Sect. 2, n. 524), 

 glabra, pallida v. glauca, aculeis infrastipularibus geminis 

 minutis raris v. nullis, petiolo inermi, pinnis 4-5-jugis, 

 foliolis 6-8-jugis oblique oblongis obtusiusculis, spicis axilla- 

 rib us (laxis ?) legumine longe et late lineari membranaceo 

 glabro. — Similis A. lata, sed pinnae et foliola numerosiora, 

 heec 3-4 lin. longa et legumen (fere Albizzia) semipedale, 

 pollicem latum. — Abyssinia, Schimper. 



The specimens n. 898 of Schimper's second section, 

 without flowers or fruit, appear to belong to some Acacia 

 allied to A. lenticularis. 



A. Catechu, p. 510. — I am unable to distinguish from this 

 species the A. erythrantha, Steud. in Schimp. PI. Abyss, exs. 

 Sect. 2, n. 1120, A. hecatophylla, Steud. 1. c. Sect. 2, n. 884, 

 and A. campy lacantha, Hochst. 1. c. n. 639 and 893, all from 

 Abyssinia. 



A. caffra, p. 509, which can scarcely be distinguisKed 

 from A. Catechu, but by the narrower pod, was gathered in 

 several places about Macalisberg by Burke. 



After A. ataxacantha, p. 511, add : 



A. eriadenia, (sp. n.), aculeis sparsis rectis recurvisque 

 raris, ramulis petiolisque tomentoso-villosis, stipulis mem- 

 branaceis semicordatis acuminatis villosis, pinnis 6-10-jugis, 

 glandulis petiolaribus 1-2 jugalibusque paucis elevato-conicis, 

 villosis, foliolis circa 20-jugis oblique linearibus utrinque 



