386 BENTIIAM ON .MTMOSr..'E. 



bosis vix ciliatls, pedunculis axillaribus folio longioribus, 

 capitulis globosis, bractcolis corolla multo brevioribus, calyce 

 obsoleto, legumiuis valvulis glabris niidis, margine setuloso. 

 — Brazil, Sello. 



97. JVI. glabra (sp. n.), glabeirima, glauca, aculeis sparsis 

 rectis, strigis ad basin folionim perpaucis v. nullis, piniiis 

 petiolo subdiiplo longioribus, foliolis 6 — 8-jugis oblongo-line- 

 avibus obtusiusculis vix serrulato-ciliaiis, pedunculis folio 

 paruni brevioribus, capitulis globosis, bracteolis corolla niuUo 

 brevioribus, calvce obsoleto, legumine glabro nudo. — Brazil, 

 Sello. 



§ II. Lepidotr. Frutices inermes, plus niinusve tomento 

 stellato V. pilis plumosis lepidoti, canescentes v. flavlcantes. 

 Pinnae uni-pluri-jugae. Foliola multijuga. Capitulaglo- 

 bosa V, oblonga v. spicse cylindrica}, in axillis superioribus 

 pedunculata. Legumina plana uni-pluri-articulata. 



The peculiar stellate or plumose down distinguishes this 

 group from all oilier Eumimoso'. 



* Copihdis depresso-globosis involucratis. 



98. M. involuci'cda (sp. n.), ramis petiolisque floccoso-to- 

 mentosis pilis basi plumosis intermixtis, stipulis lanceolatis, 

 pinnis unijugis, foliolis 12 — 15-jugis liuearibus utrinque 

 incanis, capitulis depresso-globosis, bracteolis corolla dupio 

 longioribus imbiicalis lanceolatis sericeo-lanalis. — Frutex ut 

 videtur procunibens basi radicans ramis floriferis semipedali- 

 bus. Petiolus communis brevissimus. Pinnae 1 — l^-poHi- 

 cares. Folia 2^ — 3 lin. longa. Capitula cernua 6— 8-lin. 

 lata, bracteolis involuoata. Calyx parvus lenuiter cilialus. 

 Corolla apice sericeo-pilosa, caeteruni glabra. Filamenta 

 rigidula, siccitate nigricaniia Brazil, Sello. A most re- 

 markable species, of which the fruit is unknown, but the 

 flowers are those of a true Mimosa. 



** Capitulis globosis v. sid)globosis nan ivvolucratis. 

 CO. Vk. piiuli/era, ram ulis petiolisque lepidoto-tomentosis 



