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168. M.bi/urca (sp. n.), glaberrlma, inermis, nitida, rami's 

 angulatis dichotomis, pinnis 2 — 3-jugis, foliolis 20 — 30-jugis 

 alternis oblique ovatis crassiusculis, pedunculis folio bieviori- 

 bus bracteolis parvis, legumine linear! glabro laevi. — Species 

 distinctissima. Pinnae distantes 2^ — 3|-poliicares. Strpellfe 

 fere glandulseformes. Foliola 1 — 2-Iin. longa. — Brazil, Sello. 



169. M. intricata (sp. n.), glabra v. pube minutissima sub- 

 canescens, aculeis sparsis uncinatis, stipulis minutis, pinnis 

 4 — 6-jugis, foliolis 8 — 15-jiigis minimis obovatis, pedunculis 

 petiolo communi sublongioribus, bracteolis minimis. — Fruti- 

 culus ramosissimus, aculeis numerosis. Foliola vix semiline- 

 am longa. Capitula 2 — 2^-lin. diametro Brazil, Sello. 



170. M. lucidula (sp. n.), glabra, inermis, stipulis lanceo- 

 latis acutissimis, pinnis 3 — 5-jugis, foliolis 8 — I2-jugis parvis 

 oblongis V. oblongo-linearibus, pedunculis petiolo communi 

 sublongioribus, bracteolis minimis. — Near M. intricata, and 

 M. cruenta, but evidently distinct from both. Leaflets 1 line 

 long, shining. — Brazil, Sello. Described from a wild speci- 

 men without flowers, and a cultivated one in flower, from the 

 Rojal Garden, Berlin. 



171. M. Uruguayensis (Hook, et Arn. ! Bot. Misc. iii. 

 202.), glabra, aculeis sparsis rectis, stipulis lato-ovatis acutis, 

 pinnis 1 — 2-jugisr foliolis 8 — 12-jugis oblongo-linearibus, 

 pedunculis folio sublongioribus, bracteolis parvis, legumine 

 lineari falcato scabro. — Uruguay, Baird^ Sello. 



172. M. cruenta (sp.'n.), inermis v. aculeis sparsis subre- 

 curvis armata, ramulis pedunculis foliisque junioribus pube 

 minuta canescentibus, stipulis ovato-lanceolatissubuiato-acu- 

 minatls, pinnis 1— 3-jugis, rarissime 4 — 5-jugis, foliolis 6—8- 

 jugis oblongis obtusissimis, pedunculis folio sublongioribus, 

 bracteolis corolla brevioribus, legumine lineari-falcato cane- 

 scenti-puberulo,— Species a M. Urvgiiayensi pube pra?sertim 

 distincta. Stipella interior saepe deest et hoc casu exterior 

 major quam solito evadit. Foliola latiora crassiora, flores paul- 

 lo majoresquam in M. Untguayensi. Capitula (filamenta?) teste 

 Tvveedio cruenta sunt.— Brazil, 5£^; Maldonado, Tweedie. 



173. M. trachycarpa (sp. n.), aculeis sparsis recurvis, ramis 



