402 BENTHAM ON MIMOSE^. 



§ 9. Dormientes. Herbse fruticesve decumbentes v. prostrati- 

 Aculei sparsi nunc rari sub»ulli. Folia fere Asperatarum. 

 Pedunculi axillares. Capitula globosa v. elliptica. Legu- 

 rnen obovatum v. oblongum, 1 — 3-articulatum, undique 

 setosum v. hispidum. 



151. M. dormiens (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. iv. 

 1035.), fruticosa, procumbens, ramis petiolisque adpresse 

 albido-hirsutis et aculeis reclis armatis, stipulis ovatis acumi- 

 nalis, pinnis .'i-rarius 6-jugis, foliolis 9 — 18-jugis linearibus 

 acutiusculis utrinque puberulis, peduncuiis petiolo communi 

 dimidio brevioribus, bracteolis corollatn superantibus ciliato- 

 setosis, calyce minuto, legumine oblique obovato-oblongo 

 1 — 3-articulato undique hispido. — Santarem, Langsdorff. 

 On the river Apures, Humboldt and Bonpland, (whose spe- 

 cimens I have not seen.) 



152. M. intermedia (Kunth. Mim. 16. t. 6.), fruticosa pro- 

 cumbens, ramis petiolisque hispidis et aculeis rectis armatis, 

 stipulis ovatis acutis, pinnis 4 — 7-jugis, foliolis 9 — 15-jugis 

 linearibus obtusis glabris, peduncuiis petiolo communi triple 

 brevioribus, bracteolis corollas sequantibus, calyce subnullo, 

 legumine oblique obovato-oblongo 1 — 2-articulato undique 

 hispido. — Plain of Caraccas, Humboldt and Bonpland. 



153. M. humilis (Humb. et Bonp. in Willd. >Spec. iv. 

 1037.), fruticosa, procumbens, ramis petiolisque adpresse 

 hispidis et pubentibus, aculeis rectis, stipulis ovatis acutis, 

 pinnis 3 — 4-jugis, foliolis 6 — 12-jugis linearibus acutiusculis 

 subtus margineque puberulis, peduncuiis petiolo communi 

 subdimidio brevioribus, legumine oblique obovato biarticula- 

 to undique hispido. — Cumana, Humboldt and Bonpland. — 

 The characters of this and the preceding species are taken 

 from Kunth's description. Both are said to be very near M- 

 dormiens. 



15L M. strigillosa (Torr. et Gr. ! Fl. N. Amer. i. 399.), 

 prostrata, aculeis parvis raris v. nullis, ramulis junioribus 

 petiolis'pedunculisque strigoso-setosis v. demum nudis, sti- 

 pulisovatis cordatisve, pinnis 4— 6-jugis, foliolis 10 — 15-jugis, 

 lineari-oblongis ciliatis nudisve subglabris, peduncuiis petiolo 



