ICONES PLANTARUM. ? 



Plate 1207. 



MIMOSA INVOLUCBATA, Benth 



i 



Leguminos^e, Suborder Mimoseje. 

 M. involucrata, Bentli. in Booh. Joum. BoL iv. 386, frutlcosa, lu- 



ermis, floccoso-tomentosa et plumoso-pilosa, pinnis unijugis, foliolia 

 miiltiJTigis linearibus incanis, capitulis depresso-globosis bracteis lanceo- 

 latis involucratig, floribus 4-meris 4-andris. 



Hab. Sonth Brazil, Sella. 



Frutex ut videtur bumilis, basi radicans, ramis floridis -l^l-pedalibus 

 parum ramulosis. Tomentum in parte superiore et in pedunculis den- 

 sum, pilis basi plumosis interniixtum, in parte inferiore brove, scabrum, 



incano-tomentellEe, margine ciliolatae, Petiolus communis vix stipulis 



pinnoe 1-1^ pollicares, stipellis minutissimis, FoUola 



mcanum. 



oncms 



12-15- juga, 2^3 lin. longa, rigidnla, obtusiuscula, margine minute 

 serrato-ciliata, basi obliqua, ntrinque tomento stellate cana, subtus 

 obscure 1-2-nervia, Pedunculi in axillis superioribus semipoUicares. 



seriatas 



imbricatse, lanceolatas, interiores 4-5 lin. longse, pilis lo ^ 



lanatse; exteriores breviores, cano-tomentos^, stnatse, ciliatEe. Calyx 



parvxis 



Corolla tubulosa, 2i lin. 



longa, apice sericeo-pilosa, cseterum glabra, 4-fida, Stamijia 4, brac- 

 teas parnm excedentia. Legumen ignotum. 



The peculiar inflorescence distinguishes this species from all others of 

 this extensive genus.— G. Bentha^i. 



_ Fig. 1, An inner hract of the involucre. 2. Flower. 3. Anther, back and front 

 view. 4. Ovary and style, longitudinal section. 



Plate 1208. 



ANCYLANTHTJS MONTEIROI, Oliv. 



EuBiACE^, Tribe Va^'gcekie^. 

 A. Monteiroi, OUv., frutex 4-pedalis, ramulis gkbratis cmereis, nodis 



birsntis, foliis parvis late ellipfcicis ovatisve obtusis basi rotundatis 



