360 BENTHAM ON MIMOSEJE. 



cies has already received a separate name, I have omitted 

 altogether the specific name of setisitiva^ at least until I can 

 obtain satisfactory evidence, which was the one really intend- 

 ed by Linnaeus. 



1. M. albida (Kunth. Mim. ii. t. 1.), scandens, aculeis 

 paucis sparsis, ramulis foliis inflorescentiaque canescenti, pu- 

 bescentibus, foliolis oblique ovatis oblongisve utrinque minute 

 puberulis capitulo pluries longioribus, legumine cano-pube- 

 scente et pilis rigidis adpressis hirsute. — Coast of the Pacific 

 in Peru, Humboldt and Bonpland; Cuming^ n. 1025; Mathews, 

 n. 440. 



2. M.Jioribunda (Willd. Spec. iv. 1031.), fruticosa, aculeis 

 sparsis retrorsis, ramis petiolisque pubescenti-pilosis, foliolis 

 oblique ovato-oblongis acutis supra glabris subtus dense 

 strigoso-pilosis, pedunculis capitulo subduplo longioribus, 

 bracteolis corolla brevioribus, legumine puberulo undique 

 setoso. — M.racemosa, Schlecht, Linnsea, xii. 557, (exdescr.) 

 — Cumana, Humboldt and Bonpland; Jalapa, Schiede. 



/3. foliolis supra leviter puberulis. — Panama, Cuming^ n. 

 1241. — Intermediate between M. Jloribunda, and M. ad- 

 hcerens. 



3. M. adherens (Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 

 249?) fruticosa, aculeis sparsis raris, ramis petiolisque dense 

 ferrugineo-villosis, foliolis oblique ovatis obovatisve acutis 

 supra pilosulis subtus adpresse strigosis v. subsericeis, pedun- 

 culis capitulo parum longioribus, bracteis corollam subae- 

 quantibus, legumine pubescente undique breviter et crebre 

 setoso. — Ravines round Quito, Colonel Hall. — On the Ori- 

 noco, Humboldt and Bonpland. — Probably a variety of M. 



Jloribunda. 



4. M. sfrigosa, (Willd. Sp. iv. 1030.) I have not seen 

 this species, but, from the description, it can scarcely differ 

 from M. Jloribiinda. It was found by Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland on the Orinoco, with M. adherens. 



5. M. malitiosa (Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras. 138.), fruticosa, 

 aculeis sparsis retrorsis parvis, ramis petiolisque pubescenti- 

 hirtis, foliolis oblique ovato-lanceolatis acutis supra minute 



