NOTES ON MIMOSE^E. 103 



shrub at the beginning of the season, common on the coast 

 near Santa Martha, Pur die. 



Before C. eriophylla, p. 105, insert the two following: 



C. rigida, (sp. n.), ramulis rufo-villosis, stipulis ovatis 

 acutis striatis, petiolo pilosulo, pinnis sub-2-jugis, foliolis 

 multijugis oblique linearibus obtusis rigidis glabris subtus 

 glaucescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus petiolo communi lon- 

 gioribus, legumine minute puberulo, valvulis coriaceo-lignosis 

 incrassato-marginatis. — Petioli communes 3-6 lin. longi. 

 Foliola 4-5 lin. longa (ultimis brevioribus), fere Abietis, 

 regulariter disticha, approximata, marginibus (in sicco) re- 

 curvis. Legumen 4-pollicare, basi longe angustatum. — 

 British Guiana, Schomburgk, a single specimen from the last 

 expedition. 



C. linearis, (sp. n.) ; humilis, ccespitosa, glabra, pinnis 

 2-jugis, stipulis setaceis caducis, foliolis 8-12-jugis anguste 

 linearibus coriaceis nitidulis, pedunculis folio brevioribus, 

 rloribus sessilibus glabris, calyce corolla 4-plo breviore. — 

 Species insignis foliolis 4-6 lin. longis et vix semilineam 

 latis. — Serra da Lapa, Brasil, Riedel. 



C. Cumingii, p. 106. — New Granada, Linden, n. 696. 



Var. fi. Galeotti — Inga speciosa, Mart. Gal. Bull. Acad. 

 Bruss. 10, pars. 2, p. 320. After this add : 



C. humilis, (sp. n.) ; undique pilosa v. rarius glabriuscula, 

 stipulis lanceolatis acutiusculis, pinnis distantibus 4-6-jugis, 

 foliolis 8-10-jugis breviter oblongo-linearibus obtusis, pedun- 

 culis petiolo communi multo brevioribus, calycibus pilosis 

 dimidio corollae paullo brevioribus, legumine hirsuto valvulis 

 crassiusculis. — Suffrutex diffuse ramosus, vix unquam semi- 

 pedalis, nunc pilis laxiusculis copiosis canescens, nunc fere 

 glaber. Petiolus communis tenuis, l4-3-pollicaris, pinnae vix 

 semipollicares, foliola lineam longa. Corollae 3 lin. longae. — 

 Zacatecas, Coulter. 



C. xalapensis, p. 106. — Acacia rubescens, Mart. Gal. Bull. 

 Acad. Bruss. 10, pars. 2, p. 315. 



C. Tweedii, p. 107.— Bot. Mag. t. 4188. 



After C. stipulacea, p. 107, add * ne two following: 



