390 BENTHAM ON MniOSlwE. 



Sect. ir. H ABB ASIA. — Habbasia et Batocaulon, DC. 



riores letranieri, ravins pentameri v. trimeri. Stamina 

 numero petalornm dnpla, Legiimen sa?pins ultra G-sper- 

 nnini, rarins2 — -4-spermum, valvulis in articnlos secedentibus. 

 — Frntices v. arbores, rarius herba?. Petioli in speciebns 

 perpaticis prope basin et inter v. infra pinnas supremas more 

 Acaciariim glanduliferi, in cfeteris omnibus eglandulosi, setis 

 tamen inter pinnas (prsesertim in Asperatis) saepe elongatis 

 aculeiforniibus. Pinntv plurisajpius multi, rarissime unijuga?. 

 Foliola pauci v. multijuga. Calyx rarius, scepius minutus v, 

 pappiformis. Corolla gamopetala saepius membranacea, in 

 Somniantibvs riyidior profunde fissa et striata. Leguminis 

 margo simplici serie aculeatus v. nudus v. pariter ac valviilae 

 setosus. — Species plerseque Americana:, paucac Africanse v. 

 Asiaticae. 



§ ]. Tomenfosa;. Frntices v. arbores inermes nt in Lepidotis, 

 plus minusve tomento stellato lepidoti v. canescentes, rarius 

 subglabri. Pinnae pi urijug<x. Foliola multijuga, parva v. 

 angusta. Spicae elongato-cylindrica?. Legumen inerme. 

 • — Species Americans. 



1 1 '2. M. verrucosa (sp. n.), fruticosa, caule petiolisque ver- 

 vucoso-lepidotis, pinnis 7 — 9-jugis, foliolis 10 — 20-jugis ob- 

 lique ovatis oblongisve obtusissimis utrinque canescenti- 

 tomentellis subtus in nervis lepidotis, spicis elongatis laxis 

 paniculatis, floribus (omnibus ?) tetrameris. — Frutex 10 — 12- 

 pedalis, affinis M. Schomhurgkii, foliolis tomentellis et floribus 

 lit videtur constanter tetrameris distinctus. — Oeiras Prov. 

 Piauhy, Gardner, n. 2136; Prov. Bahia, Blanchet, w. 

 2869. 



113. M. Schomburgkii (Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 

 133.), arborea, ramulis petiolisque lepidoto-tomentellis, pin- 

 nis 7 — ly-jugis, foliolis 15 — 20-jugis oblique oblongis obtu- 

 sis nervo lepidoto-tomcntoso excepto glabris supra nitidulis, 

 spicis elongatis laxis paniculatis, floribus pentameris, legu- 

 mine coriaceo lepidoto-tomentoso. — Pirara, British Guiana, 

 Schomhurgh, n. 715. 



