﻿Plate 1802. 



MIMOSA BAHAMENSIS, Benth. 



Leguminosjs. Tribe Eumimose^e. 



M. bahamensis, Benth. in Book. Journ. Bot. iv. 408 ; Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvn. 422; fruticosa, ramulis ferrugineo-pubescentibus acnleis 

 uncinatis armatis, foliorum pinnis 3-4-jugis, foliolis 3-6 jugis obovatis 

 contiguis glabrescentibus, capitulis parvis globosis axillaribus vel ad 

 ramorum apices racemosis, legumine lineari tenui 6-8-spermo undiqae 

 alato.— Griseb. Fl. Brit. West Ind. 219. 



Long Cay, Brace, 443 j Fortune Island, 



Frutex 6-8-pedalis. Foliola 2 lin. longa. Capitula 3 lin. diam. 

 Calyx campanulatus, dentibus parvis. Corolla infandibularis, segmen- 

 ts tubo brevioribus. Legumen H-2 poll, longum tenue articulatnm 

 ferrugineo-pnbescens, undique ala cornea denticulata marginatum. 



1 Transactions of tbe Linnean 



dower only. Since that time 



the fruit has been found both by Brace and Eggers. It is one of the 

 few endemic Bahaman plants.— J. G. Baker. 



