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ramulis puberulis spinis brevibus conicis v. elongatis subrectis 
eburneis, pinnis 2-5-jugis, glandulis parvis v. obsoletis, foliolis 
8-12-jugis oblongo-linearibus, pedunculis prope basin brac- 
teatis, capitulis glabriusculis, legumine anguste lineare falcato 
demum contorto plano glabro coriaceo.— 4. giraffe Sieb. 
Herb. Fl. Seneg. n. 45 non Willd.— Folia valde variabilia, 
nunc vix pollicaria foliolis confertis minimis, nunc 2-3- 
pollicaria foliolis laxis 2-3 lin. longis.—Senegal and Egypt, 
Sieber and others.—In Sieber's Egyptian collections, under 
A. Seyal ; I have always found two specimens, one in fruit 
belonging to this species, the other in flower is the A. Arabica, 
or some species allied to it, perhaps A. gummifera, (Delile 
non Willd.) I have also seen the same, or a closely allied 
species, in Schimper's Abyssinian collection, under the name 
of A. giraffe ? n. 218, and Mimosa Habbas? n. 382. 
262. A. hirtella (E. Mey, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 167,) 
ramulis petiolis foliolisque hirtellis, spinis rectis subulatis, 
pinnis 6-8-jugis, glandulis parvis, foliolis 10-15-jugis oblongo- 
linearibus, pedunculis glabriusculis medio bracteatis, legumine 
stipitato anguste lineare subfaleato plano glabro. — Inter 
affinibus hirsutie distinguitur. Legumen fere A. horride.— 
Between Omcomas and Omblas in South Africa, Drége. 
263. A. fasciculata (Guillem. et Perrott. Fl. Seneg. i. 252, 
non Humb. et Kunth,) glabra, spinis parvis recurvis, pinnis 
3-4-jugis, glandulis parvis obsoletisve, foliolis 8-12-jugis 
linearibus parvis, pedunculis tenuibus medio bracteatis, 
capitulis glabriusculis, legumine lineare falcato demum 
contorto glabro coriaceo.—Senegambia, Heudelot. 
264. A. horrida (Willd. Spec. iv. 1082,) glabra, spinis 
guis demum elongatis Wee min petiolis pedunculisque 
pinnis 2-5-jugis, g lis parvis scutelleeformibus 
foliolis 5-12-jugis eblongodintesibus obtusis crassiusculis, 
t fasciculato-racemosis 
petalis apice revolutis, Jegamine longe lineare plano subcon- 
torto glabro coriaceo .Common in the Cape Colony. 
265. A. Natalitia (E. Mey, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 167.) 
glabra, spinis parvis, ramulis petiolisque subtrigonis, pinnis 
