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193. M. Gilliesii, ramulis striatis puberulis demum gla- 

 bratis apice spinescentibus, stipulis parvis spinescentibus deci- 

 duis, foliis raris, petiolo communi brevissimo, pinnis unijugis, 

 foliolis parvis 2 — 4-jiigis, capitulis breviter pedunculatis, 

 legumine lineaii pubescente polyspermo. — Prosopis globosa, 

 Gill. ! in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 205. — Metuioza, Gillies; 

 Patagonia, Tweedie. 



194. M. ephedroides, ramulis striatis glabris apice spines- 

 centibus aphyliis, capitulis sessililjus, legumine (ex margine 

 persistente) linear! glabro. — Prosopis? ephedroides, Gill.! 

 1. c. — Prow S. Luisj Gillies. 



Among the iVi»wo5« retained in tlie genus by De CandoUe, 

 there remains M. pistacicsfolia, Willd., which, if a true Mi- 

 mosa, which is doubtful, would belong to the GlanduUferce, 

 and M. geminnta, so imperfectly known, that it can only be 

 enumerated amongst puzzles at the end of the genus. 

 Among the doubtful species enumerated in the Prodromus, 

 M. staminea, Billb., is probably a Calliandra, M. cochliocarpa 

 is Pithecolobium Abaremotemo, Mart., and the remainder have 

 either already been referred io their genera since the publi- 

 cation of the Prodromus, or are entirely doubtful. M. ad- 

 hetrens (Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 122.) is an Acacia. M. hirta. 

 Veil. Fl. Flum. 11. t. 31., is certainly a 31imosa; but not 

 having seen any specimen that agrees with the figure, I am 

 unable to guess even to which section it belongs. 



XVH. SCHRANCKIA, Willd. 



Flores superiores v. plerique hermaphroditi, 5-meri rarius 

 4-meri, inferiores ssepe abortu masculi. Calyx membranaceus, 

 brevis, nunc minimus. Corolla gamopetala, membranacea. 

 Stamina numero petalorum squalia v. dupla. Antheraj par- 

 vsB, suborbiculatse. Legumen anguste lineare, valvulis 2 in- 

 divisis a margine persistente secedentibus et eo latioribus v. 

 aequilatis, undique echinatum,intus polyspermum, epulposum, 

 uniloculare. — Herbse prostratte v. frutices subscandentes. 

 Aculei in angulis ramorum petiolis pedunculisque numerosi 

 recurvi. Folia bipinnata, eglandulosa, sensitiva. Stipulse 



