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pubeiulis glabralisve subtus strigoso-villosis, pedunculis 

 capitulo 2 — 3-plo longioribus, bracteis corolla parum brevi- 

 oribus, legumine ferrugineo-villoso margine setoso-aculeato, 

 valvnb's snbsetosis. — Calycis cilife corollae dimidiiim a^qiiant. 

 — Minas Geraes, Martius, n. 1079, Sello, Claussen. 



6. i\I. litigiosa (Mart.! 1. c. 185.), suffruticosa, subscandens, 

 aculeis sparsis retrorsis ramiilis petiolisque puberulis, foliolis 

 oblique ovato-lanceolatis acutis supra glabris subtus sparse 

 strigoso-pilosis, pedunculis capitulo vix duplo longioribus, 

 bracteolis pectinato-ciliatis corollam sequaiitibus v. snperanti- 

 bus, legumine undique longe setoso glabro vel puberulo, — M. 



forihnncla, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 130, non Willd. 

 - — Ilio Branco, Schomburgk, n. 848; Bah'ia. Salz/nanni Piau- 

 liy, Gardner; Bahia, Para, and Rio Negro, Martius. 



7. M. Velhsiana (Mart.! i.e. 185.), suffruticosa, aculeis 

 sparsis retrorsis validis, ramis petiolisque glabriuscuUs, folio- 

 lis oblique ovato-Ianceolatis acutis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 sparse strigosis, pedunculis capitulo subduplo longioribus, 

 bracteolis corolla brevioribus subaequilongisque, legumine 

 glabro, margine longe setoso, valvulis nudis. — M. viva. Veil. 

 Fl. Flum. 1 1. t. 33. non Linn. — Easily known by its smooth- 

 ness, — Corcovado, near Rio Janeiro, Martins, n. 173, Sello, 

 Pohl, 



8. M. obtusifolia (Willd. Enum. ii. 1047.), herbacea v. 

 suffruticosa, aculeis sparsis retrorsis panels, ramis petiolisque 

 glabris v. parce setoso-pilosis, foliolis petiolo multo breviori- 

 bus oblique obovato-oblongis obtusis supra glaberrimis sul)tus 

 sparse strigosis, pedunculis capitulo 3 — 4-plo longioribus, 

 bracteolis flore subbrevioribus, legumine. . . . — M./ervida, 

 Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras. 137.— Minas Geraes, Martius, n. 

 280, Sel/o. 



9. M. rixosa (Mart. 1. c 137?), suffruticosa, aculeis retror- 

 sis sparsis, ramulis petiolisque ferrugineo-liirsutis pubescenti- 

 busque, foliolis oblique obovato-oblongis oblusiusculis mucro- 

 tiatisque utrinque strigoso-pilosis, pedunculis capitulo duplo 

 longioribus, bracteolis corolla brevioribus, legumine recto 

 acuminato ferrugineo-puberulo, margine crebre valvulis parce 



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