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Shrub, 0.6 to 1.5 meters high, sparsely or densely armed with short spines; 

 leaflets 3 to 5 mm. long; flowers pink; fruit very spiny, 4 to 5 mm. wide. 

 " Garabatillo " (Aguascalientes) ; " uiia de gato " (Guanajuato). 



57. Mimosa emoryana Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. 30: 426. 1875. 

 Chihuahua and Durango. Western Texas (type locality). 



Shrub, densely pubescent, armed with numerous stout spines ; leaflets 3 to 5 

 mm. long ; flowere pink ; fruit very spiny, about 5 mm. wide. 



58. Mimosa lindheimeri ' A. Gray, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 6: 181. 1850. 

 Mimosa biuncifera lindheimeri Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 33:328. 1898. 

 Coahuila to San Luis Potosi, Puebla, and Michoacan. Western Texas (type 



locality ) . 



Erect, very spiny shrub, nearly glabrous, with reddish purple or pink flowers ; 

 leaflets 2 to 3 mm. long ; fruit armed with spines on the margins, 4 to 5 mm. wide. 



59. Mimosa purpusii T. S. Brandeg. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 3: 379. 1909. 

 Puebla and Oaxaca ; type from Cerro de Matzize, Puebln. 



Very spiny shrub, densely pubescent ; leaflets 3 to 4 mm. long ; flowere pink ; 

 fruit densely pubescent, 6 mm. wide, with a few short spines on the margins. 



60. Mimosa pringlei S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 452. 1886. 

 Chihuahua ; type collectetl near the city of Chihuahua. Western Texas. 

 Densely branched shrub, armed with short slender recurved spines ; leaflets 3 



to 4 mm. long ; fruit 2 cm. long, glabrous, unarmed or nearly so. 



61. Mimosa depauperata Benth. PI. Hartw. 13. 1839. 

 Acacia canescens Mart. & Gal. Bull. Brux. 10': 312. 1843. 

 Quer4taro to Mexico and Oaxaca ; type from Actopan, Hidalgo. 



Shrub, 0.3 to 1 meter high, very spiny ; leaflets 2 to 3 mm. long ; fruit densely 

 pubescent, 5 mm. wide, the margins armed with stout straight spines. 



62. Mimosa calcicola Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 33:325. 1898. 

 Hidalgo and Puebla ; type from plains near TehuacSn, Puebla. 



Shrub, 0.3 to 1 meter high, very spiny ; leaflets 2 to 4 mm. long ; flowers white 

 or pinkish ; fruit densely pubescent, unarmed or nearly so, about 4 mm. wide. 



63. Mimosa minutifolia Robins. & Greenm. Amer. Journ. Sci. III. 50: 150. 

 1895. 



Jalisco ; type from Rio Blanco. 

 Fruit very spiny, 7 to 8 mm. wide. 



64. Mimosa mollis Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4: 408. 1842. 

 Puebla ; type from Acatlan. 



Shrub, armed with short flat spines, densely pubescent ; leaflets 4 to 6 mm. 

 long ; fruit densely pubescent, unarmed. 



65. Mimosa biuncifera Benth. PI. Hartw. 12. 1839. 

 Mimosa prolifica S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 21: 452, 1886. 



Chihuahua to San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Oaxaca, and Durango ; type from Le6n, 

 Guanajuato. Southern Arizona and New Mexico. 



Shrub 1 to 2 meters high, densely armed with stout recurved spines ; leaflets 

 mostly 2 to 3 mm. long ; flowers pink or white ; fruit very spiny on the margins. 

 " Gatuno " (Zacatecas, Durango, Chihuahua); "una de gato" (Chihuahua. 

 Texas, etc.). 



^Ferdinand Lindheimer (1801-1879), a native of Germany, resided for more 

 than 30 years in Texas, where he made large collections of plants. These were 

 reported upon by Gray and Engelmann. The genus Lindheimera, of the family 

 Asteraceae, was named in his honor. 



