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stipulis setaceis, pinnis unijugis, foliolis 15 — 30-jiigis parvis 

 obioiigis V. oblongo-linearibus obtusis utrinque incaiiis v. 

 supra rarius utrinque viridibus tomento leproso conspersis, 

 capitulis minimis globosis, legumine piano tomentoso niulo 

 6 — 8-articulato v, abortu pauciarticulato. — Acacia Sprengelii, 

 Hook, et Arn. ! Bot. Misc. iii. 209, excl. syn. Spr.^Ura- 

 guay, Tweedie, Baird; Brazil, Sello, Pohl, Claussen, Langs- 

 dorff. — Near tlie following, but distinct. 



100. M. incana, ramulis petiolisqiie lepidoto-tomentosis 

 incanis, stipulis linearibus, pinnis unijugis, foliolis 15 — 30- 

 jiigis parvis oblongis obtusis utrinque incanis, capitulis parvis 

 globosis, legumine oblongo piano tomentoso dense setoso 

 1 — 2-articulato. — Acacia incana, Spr. ! Syst. iii. 137. — 

 Brazil, Sella . 



101. M. BonplaJidii, ramulis petiolisque toniento lepidoto 

 demum evanido conspersis, stipulis subulatis, pinnis 3 — 4- 

 jiigis, foliolis 8 — 1.5-jugis parvis oblongis obtusis viridibus v. 

 vix canescentibus, capitulis parvis globosis breviter peduncu- 

 latis, bracteolis flore brevioribus. — Acacia Bonplandii, Gill. 1 

 in Hook, et Arn. Bot. Misc. iii. 205.— Buenos Ayres, Gil- 

 lies; Rio Plata, and Porana, Tiveedie. 



/3. minor Acacia lepidola, Hook, et Arn, ! 1. c — Ura- 



guay, Baird. 



102. M. eriocarpa {sp. u.), ram,ulis petiolisque pilis plumo- 

 sis lepidotisqne tomentosis, stipulis subulatis, pinnis 3— 4- 

 jiigis, foliolis parvis 8 — 15-jugis oblongis obtusis utrinque 

 stellato-lepidotis, capitulis parvis globosis, legumine uniarti- 

 culato piano lana longa plumosa densissime obtecto. — Ha- 

 bitu M. incancB non dissimiles. Legumina pulvina formant 

 ovoidea-globosa, subrufescentia, 3 — 4-lin. longa — Brazil, 

 Sella. — The pods resemble at first sight some of those 

 deformed pods, becoming thick and hairy, frequently pro- 

 duced among Mimosas by the puncture of insects; but in 

 this case the pods and seeds are quite perfect, and all alike, 

 without any trace of the work of insects in those which I 

 l»ave examined. 



103. M. scabrella (sp. n.), ramis petiolisque incano-tcmen- 



