392 NOTES ON MIMOSEÆ. 
of A. subinermis (which I think I am correct in referring to 
A. flexuosa,) with a flat smooth pod, whilst 4. macracantho- 
ides (perhaps the same as A. pellacantha, is much more 
downy, with a thick pod, with convex downy valves.— 
Jamaica, Bertero, Mac Fadyen; Vera Cruz, Schiede; Gal- 
lipagos, Scouler ; San Juan, Gillies. 
34. A. tortuosa (Willd. Spec. iv. 1083.), ramulis petio- 
lisque tomentoso-pubescentibus, spinis rectis validis, pinnis 
3-8-jugis, glandulis scutelleformibus paucis, foliolis 10-20- 
jugis linearibus obtusis puberulis, pedunculis capitulisque 
tomentoso-pubescentibus, legumine lineari crassiusculo to- 
mentoso, seminibus dissitis.— 4. albida, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1317. — A prioribus differt, imprimis pinnis paucijugis. 
Folia fere A. Farnesiane, a qua distinguitur tomento et legu- 
mine.—Jamaica, Bertero, Bancroft ; Mexico, G. J. Graham ?; 
Guayaquil, Sinclair, Hartweg, n. 656. — The Guayaquil 
specimens are rather less downy. 
235 . atramentaria, glaberrima, glaucescens, spinis 
brevibus validis, pinnis 2-7-jugis, glandulis parvis scutelle- 
formibus, foliolis 15-20-jugis linearibus obtusis, legumine 
lineari-faleato crasso compresso glabro glauco. — Prosopis 
astringens, Gill, in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 204.—In flower 
this resembles some of the smoother forms of A. Farnesiana, 
but with thicker stems and a glaucous foliage. The pod is 
very different, and nearer that of A. flexuosa. 
(To be continued.) 
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BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
Death of Mr. Matthews. 
We regret much that we have to announce the death of 
Mr. Alexander Matthews, at Chachapoyas, on the Andes of 
Peru, on the 24th Novr. 1841. Next to Ruiz and Pavon, 
perhaps no one has so successfully botanized in Chili and 
Peru as Mr. Mathews ; and his collections having been dis- 
