392 BliNTIIAM ON MIMOSE^E. 



lisque paberulis, stipulis lanccolato-subulatis, pinnis 5—6- 

 jiigis, setis inter pinnas brevibus conicis villosis, folioh's multi- 

 jugis oblongo-linearibus obtusis mucronatisve puberulis, spicis 

 cylindraceis brevibus paniculatis, legumitie h'neari tenui, gla- 

 bro, niticlo — Acacia acutisliptda, Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 107. ? 

 - — Affinis 31. leiocarp<e. Foliola inulto majora (3 — 4 lin. 

 longa), spice tlimidio breviores, legumina majora. — Prov. 

 I3abia, Blanchet^ n. 2870; Prov. Piauby, Gardner, n. 2135, 

 Martius.—Y am not quite certain of Alartius' synonymy, as 

 he describes his species as unarmed, but where as in this and 

 the preceding species the prickles are so few, many specimens 

 may be met with without any. 



118. M. infer rupta (sp. n.), aculels opposiiis infrasiipu- 

 laribus, ramulis petiolisque pubescentibus, stipulis subuialis, 

 pinnis 6 — 9-jugisj foliolis muUijugis oblongo-linearibus gla- 

 briusculis, spicis longis interruptis, floribus letrameris, ova- 

 rio vilioso. — Rami sulcati. Pubes subviscidula. Aculei 

 validi. Folia ampla, foliolis 3 — 4-lin. longis supra nitidis. 

 Spicas subsessiles, semipedales, paniculatse. — Brazil, Pohl. 



§ 3. C(Bsalpi?iiafoliir. Frutices aculeis paucis sparsis v. nul- 

 ]is. Pinnae paucijugoe. Foliola paucijuga, majuscula, 

 lata. Spicse cylindricae. Legumen inerme. — Species 

 Americanae. 



119. M. cfEsalpinice/olia (sp. n.), glabriuscula, aculeis un- 

 cinatis sparsis paucis v. nuUis, pinnis trijugis, foliolis trijugis 

 oblique ovatis obtusissimis membranaceis, spicis paniculatis 

 cylindricis interruptis, floribus (omnibus?) trimeris, legu- 

 niine lineari glaberrimo laevi. — Aculei in ramulis pauci validi, 

 in petiolis interdum occurrunt etiam parvi. Folia ampla. 

 Foliola exteriora pollicaria, inferiora minora, intimuni infi- 

 nnim ssepe deest. Spicae sesquipollicares. Legumen 2i — 3 

 poll, longum, 4—5 lin. latum.— Prov. Piauby, Gard7ier, n. 

 2137. 



120. M. sericontha (sp. n.), inerniis? ramis petiolis folio- 

 lisquesubtus canescenti-puberulis, pinnis trijugis iutjequalibus 

 ultimarum foliolis 6— 8-jugis oblique obovatis obtusissimis', 



