mimosa. LEGUMINOSAE. 585 



minibus margine Ionge setoso— ciliatis, caeterurn glabris arliculis 4-6. 6 — Crescit 

 in Surinam. » 



4. M. ATACTA Sleudel 1. c. — Frulicosa (?) inermis: ramulis, peliolis pedunculisque 

 tenuiler pubescentibus, pinnis 4 subremotis 4-5-jugis, foliolis subrhombeo-ovalis 

 obtusis inlegris, supra glabris nitidis, subtus pallide flavescentibus tenuissime 

 pubescentibus; pedunculis axillaribus pluribus evolutis petiolo longioribus, folio 

 brevioribus. 6 — Crescit in Surinam. 



5. M. (Ilabbasia? glandulosae?) 31ILLEFOLIATA Scheele, Linnaea XVII. 337. — Ra- 

 mis angulalis pubescenlibus aculeatis, aculeis sparsis compressis recurvalis; pe- 

 tiolis lomenlosis aculeatis, glandula subulata ad basin petioli; foliis bipinnatis, 

 pinnis 12-15«-jugis, pinnulis 20-30-jugis imbricalis linearibus cilialis; pedunculis 

 tomentosis aculeatis; floribus purpureis spicalis, spicis axillaribus binis cylin- 



dricis elongalis folium subaequantibus; leguminibus ? ^? — Crescit in Bra- 



siliae provincia Minas Geraes. 



6. M. FLAVESCENS Splilgerber in Schlchld. et Mohl, Bot. Zeilung I. 95. — Suffru- 

 ticosa: aculeis sparsis rectis brevibus; caule, petiolis pedunculisque pilis paten- 

 tibus flavescentibus hirtis; foliis 3-7-jugis, foliolis 20-30-jugis, linearibus glabris 

 cilialis (!!?) axillaribus, capilulo longioribus; legumine piloso margine setoso. 2|. 

 — Crescit in paludibus prope Jood Savanne in Surinam. 



7. M. ([Ameria §. 4. Acanlhocarpae] ACACIA H. B. Kth. in Willd. Spec. plant. 

 IV. 1089.) ACANTHOLOBA Bth. Bot. of Belch. voy. of the Sulphur 90. — Fruli- 

 cosa: ramulis puberulis, aculeis sparsis recurvis; stipulis setaceis; pinnis 4-10- 

 jugis, foliolis 15-30-jugis oblongo-linearibus, subtus pubescenlibus; pedunculis 

 axillaribus, folio brevioribus, superioribus racemosis; capitulis globosis; bracleis 

 minutis; floribus 4-5-meris 8-10-andris; calycibus corolla quadruplo breviori- 

 bus; ovario villoso; legumine membranaceo oblongo vel late lineari-falcato pu- 

 berulo, margine leviter aculeato. 6? — Crescit in Guayaquil. 



8. M. {Ilabbasia §. 2. Dormientes) AESCHYNOMENES Bth. I. c. 89. - Herbacea? 

 procumbens inermis: caule petiolisque setoso-hispidis; stipulis ovato-cordatis 

 lanceolalisve acuminalis; pinnis 3-6-jugis, foliolis 10-30-jugis oblongo-lineari- 

 bus ciliatis glabriusculis; capitulis parvis brevissime pedunculalis; bracleolis 

 lanceolalis ciliato— selosis corollam superantibus; legumine oblongo 1-2-articu- 

 lato vix obliquo, undique setoso. O — Rami teretes 1-2-pedales divaricalo-ra- 

 mosi, setis numerosis rigidis hispidi, inter selas puberuli. Aculei nulli visi. 

 Stipulae 2-3 lin. longae glabrae ciliatae fuscae insigniter striatae. Petioli com— 

 munes 1-2 poll. longi. Pinnae pollice longiores vel inferiores breviores, inter 

 se distantes. — Crescit ad Realejo. 



9. M. PUSILLA Bth. 1 c. — Herbacea annua inermis: caule petiolisque hispidis; 

 stipulis ovatis aculiusculis; pinnis 1-3-jugis, foliolis 6-15-jugis oblongis cilialis; 

 capitulis breviter pedicellatis parvis paucifloris; bracteolis late Ianceolalis ciliatis 

 corollas aequanlibus; legumine oblongo 1-2-arlicuIalo vix obliquo, undique se- 

 toso. © — Caules tenues graciles 4-6-pollicares. Capitula dimidio fere minora 

 et tola planta minus hispida quam M. aechynomenes cui caeterum affinis est. — 

 Crescit in America tropica occidenlali ad Realejo. 



XVII. (6829.) SMIRAVKIA Willd. 

 (Btb. in Hook. Journ. of bot. IV. 413. — Wlprs. Repert. bol. syst. I. 883. — DC. 



Prodr. II. 443.) 

 Flores superiores vcl plerique hermaphroditi pentameri vel rarius tetra- 

 meri, inferiores saepe abortu masculi. Calyx membranaceus brevis, nunc 

 minimus. Corolla gamopetala membranacea. Stamina numero petalorum 

 aequalia vel dupla, antherae parvae suborbiculatae. Legumen anguste li- 

 neare, valvulis 2 indivisis a margine persistente secedentibus et eo latiori- 

 bus vel aequilatis, undique echinatum, intus polyspermum epulposum uni- 

 loculare. — Herbae prostratae vel frutices subscandentes. Aculei in angulis 



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