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by him in fruit, as A. Niopa, I feel convinced that they 

 belong both to the tree which Schomburgk mentions as 

 being common, and applied by the natives to the same uses 

 as those stated by Humboldt. 



22. P. macroearpa (sp. n.), pinnis 10 — 25-jugis, foliolis 

 20 — 40-jugis glabriusculis ciliatis obscure uninerviis, pedun- 

 culis capitulo 2 — 3-plo longioribus, floribus puberulis, legu- 

 mine subfalcato laevissime sinuato, marginibus incrassatis. — 

 FoHola P. peregrincB. Legumen setnipedale et longius, pol- 

 licem latum, vix (nisi ubi semina hinc inde abortiva), inter 

 semina contractum. — Brazil, Pohl, Sello ; Gardner, n. 1584. 

 No. HOT of Martins, Herb. PI. Bras, in either this or the 

 preceding species. 



23. P. falcata (sp. n.), pinnis 10 — 18-jugis, foliolis 

 40 — 60-jugis uninerviis nitidis glabris, capitulis mullifloris 

 glabris, legumine falcato crassiusculo leviter sinuato margini- 

 bus vix incrassatis. — Folia fere P, nitidce. Foliola 2^ — S- 

 lin. longa, nervo subtus prominente. Capitula majora quam 

 in prascedentibus. Legumen 2 — 3-poll. longum, 7 — 8-lin. 

 latum, valde falcatum. — Brazil, Sello, 



24. P. colubrina, pinnis 15 — 20-jugis, foliolis 50 — 80-jugis 

 uninerviis nitidulis margine ciliatis glabris, legumine longe 

 stipitato recto elongato inter semina contract©, marginibus 

 incrassatis. — Foliola numerosiora, minus nitida quam in prse- 

 cedente cui similia. Legumen 6 — 9-poll. longum, 7 — 8-lin. 

 latum, demum fere Iseve. — Mimosa colubrina, Veil. FI. Flum. 

 11. t. 16. Acacia colubrina, Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. — Brazil, 

 Sello. 



25. P. microphylla (sp. n.), canescenti-tomentello, pinnis 

 20— 30-jugis, foliolis 50— 80-jugis minimis imbricatis ob- 

 scure uninerviis, capitulis multifloris glabris. — Pinn« etsi 

 multifoliolata vix unquam pollice longiores. Foliola vix 

 lineam longa. Glandula antherarum longe stipitata. Leg- 

 umen non vidi. — Brazil, Sello, Pohl. 



Vn. Stuyphnodendron, Mart. 

 Flos Entadce, sessilis. Legumen lineare, compressum,. 



