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stipellseque setacese. Petioli inter pinnas saepius setiferi; 

 Foliola pavva. Pedunculi axillares v. vix racemosi, solitarii 

 V. gemini. Flores capitati v. spicati, rosei v. purpurascentes. 

 Filamenta in floribus masculis saepe complanata. 



This genus only differs from Mimosa in habit, and in the 

 narrowness of the valves of the pod, compared to the breadth 

 of the border; and, were the genus not already established, I 

 should have merely proposed it as a section oi Mimosa, or as 

 two subsections oi Ameria. The Mimosa gracilis has much 

 of the habit of a Schratickia, with the exception of the 

 prickles. 



Sect. I. Rhodostachya, 



Flores pentameri, pentandri, spicati. 



1. S. macroslachya (sp. n.), fruticosa, ramulis 4 — 5-gonis 

 petiolisque molliter pubescentibus, pinnis 14 — 20-jugis, folio- 

 lis multijugis anguste linearibus utrinque puberulis glabra- 

 tisve. — Affinis S. rhodostachyts. Foliola minora, numerosi- 

 ora, angustiora. Spicse longiores, densiores. Filamenta in- 

 terdum pilosula. Ovarium jam defloratum et paullo auctum 

 villosissimum est. — Brazil, Pohl, Sella; Martins, exs. n. 

 1103. 



2. S. rhodostachya (sp. n.), fruticosa, ramulis angulato- 

 striatis petiolisque pubescentibus, pinnis- 5 — 8-jugis, foliolis 

 multijugis linearibus utrinque puberulis v. demum glabratis. 

 — Aculei parvi uncinati. Petioli communes 2 — 2i-polli- 

 cares ; pinnae pollicares ; foliola 1^ — 2-lin. longa, venis vix 

 conspicuis. Stipellse longiusculse. Setse inter pinnas nunc 

 setaceae, nunc oblongse v. nullae. Spicae brevissime peduncu- 

 latae, 2 — 3-poll. longae. Bracteolae minutae. Flores sessiles, 

 rosei. Calyx -1^ lin. Corolla 1 lin. longa. Stamina corolla 

 4 — 5-plo longiora. Ovarium subsessile, oblongum. Legu- 

 men Junius tantum et vix auctum vidi, villosum est et unci- 

 nato-aculealum — Serra Acurua, Blanchet,n. 29\2; Avacaty, 

 Gardner, n, 1587. 



I regret not having seen any ripe fruit of the two preced- 

 ing species, but when very young it is precisely that of other 

 SchranckiiE, 



