378 LENIHAM ON MIMOSE.E. 



infimis brevissimo, foliolis 8 — 10-jugis oblique ovnto-oblon- 

 gis acutiuscnlis ulrinqiie scaberrimis et strigoso-liispidis, race- 

 mo elongato niido, capilulis pedunculatis, bracteolis corol- 

 1am subaeqiiantibus, calyce paleaceo laciniato-ciliato corolla 

 paruni breviore. — Affinis M. radulce. Foliola maxima poUl- 

 caria. Variat pilis caulinis nunc panels scabritie intermixtis, 

 nunc longis rufis densissimis. — Brazil, Pohl ; INIinas Geraes, 

 Claiissen. 



69. M. dimidiata (sp. n.), caule virgato petiolisque scabro- 

 tomentellis et longe setosis, petiolo communi brevissimo, foli- 

 olis 12 — 15-jugis distantibus ovalo-lanceolatis falcatis acutis 

 utrinque strigoso-liispidis ciliis marginalibus rigidis, racemo 

 subnudo, capitulis pedunculatis, bracteolis corollam asquanti- 

 bus, calyce paleaceo laciniato-ciliato. — Pra?cedentibus affinis. 

 a. M, cahjcma differt praecipiie foliolis minoribus (semipol- 

 licaribus) acutioribus, nervis validis, setis rigidis etc. — Brazil, 

 Fold. 



70. IM. acerba (sp. n.), caule virgato petiolisque scabro- 

 bispidis, pinnis petiolo pluries longioribus, foliolis 15 — 30- 

 jugis oblique oblongis mucronatis utrinque scabro-liispidis, 

 racemo nudo, bracteolis corollam aequantibus, calyce parvo v. 

 obsoleto, legumine nndique densissime setoso valvulis indi- 

 visis — Caules bipedales, inferne ramosi. Stipulas nt in pie- 

 risque affinibus lineari-subulatae, acuminatse, liispidae. Peti- 

 olus 3 — 4 lin.j pinnae l^— 2-poll., foliola 3 lin. longa, mar- 

 gine crassiusculo. — Uacemus semipedalis, oligocephalus. — 

 Brazil, Sella; Tejuco, Langsdorff, 



(3. latifolia, foliolis latioribus paullo majoribus, capitulis 

 majoribus hirsutioribus. 



71. M. hirsvtissima (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 135.), from the 

 Prov. of St Paul — if it belongs to this group, vvbicii it appears 

 to do— is distinguished from the others by the elliptical heads 

 of flowers. 



7-2. M. imbricata (sp. n.), caule virgato crasso molliter 

 pilosissimo, petiolo communi subnullo, foliolis 10— 15-jugis 

 jmbricatis falcato-oblongis acutiuscnlis supra strigosis subtus 

 pilosissimis, racemo subnudo, capitulis pedunculatis, bracteo- 



