38Q BF.NTIIAM ON MIMOSE.'E. 



lia, 21 lin. cVuimetro. Legumen Junius undique liispidissi- 



nuim Brazil, Pohl, ScUo. — I am not certain that I am 



i)<rlit in referring this plant to Martins' species. His cliar- 

 acter applies almost equally well to the 31. distans, which, 

 though allied, appears to me nevertiieless to be distinct. 



/3. ? /uscescetis, foliolis glabrioribus latioribus 8 — 10-rarius 



12-jugis. — Brazil, Sel/o Perhaps a distinct species, but 



certainly very near the last. 



82. M. disfans (sp. n.), caule virgato v. adscendente basi 

 ramoso petiolisque strigoso-pilosis, stipulis lanceolato-sub- 

 ulatis, pinnis petiolo pluries longioribus, foliolis 20 — 50-jugis 

 falcato-lanceolatis acutis coriaceis supra glabris subtus strigo- 

 sis, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus supremis breviter 

 raceniosis, bracteolis corollas suboequantibus, calyce minuto, 

 legvimine undique breviter setose valvulis articulatis. — Brazil, 

 Sel/o, Pohl, Langsdorff, Clanssen, Goyaz, Gardner, n. 3 ! 35. . 

 — It is difficult to draw up a character to distinguish these 

 two species, yet I do not think they can be united. The 

 31. distans has fewer leaves than the 31. meticidosa, longer 

 petioles (half an inch to an inch long), the peduncles gene- 

 rally two or three together, or mostly axillary, the leaflets 

 larger, broader, more rigid and with a thicker margin. 



83? M. axillaris (sp. n.), ramis divaricatis strigosis incanis, 

 pinnis petiolo pluries longioribus, foliolis 20 — 40-jugis obli- 

 que oblongo-linearibus falcatis supra nitidis subtus strigoso- 

 incanis, pedunculis axillaribus folio subbrevioribus, bracteolis 

 corolla brevioribus, calyce longe cilialo pappiformi. — A very 

 distinct species from the very shining upper surface of the 

 leaves. — Brazil, Sello, 



***** Eriocaules. Frutices ramosi ramis superne sordide v. 

 ferrugineo-lanatis. Folia utrinque pube minutissima cano- 

 glaucescentia et subtus interdum appresse pilosa, rarius 

 glabrata margine lenui ciliolato. Racemi breves. Legu- 

 minis valvulae (an in omnibus?) indivisae. 



84. M. pogocephala (sp. n.), ramulis dense lanatis demum 

 scabris, stipulis lanceolatis, petiolo brevissimo, foliolis 12—15- 



