62 



PLANT^ WRIGHTIAN^. 



V. 



ks tliat this species 



perhaps too near M, acanthocarpa. M. Lindheime 



also too like 



161 



u 



M. FLEXUOSA (sp 



Ameria Acanthocarpge) 



fruticosa 



pru 



puberula 



infrastipularibus geminis conicis rectis; pinnis 5-7-jug 



foliol 



minimis oblong 



obtusis crassiusculis puberulis 



glo 



bosis ; legumine lineari rectiusculo minute cano-puberulo margine tenui aci 

 Ramuli rigidi, flexuosi, albidi. Aculci caulini caesise, 2 lin. longi ; petiolar 

 tissimi. Stipulx minuta^, setacese. Petiolus communis vix semipollicaris. 



P 



conferta}, 2 

 virentia, ui 



2- 



lin. long 



Foliola fere imbricata, semilineam longa, rigidula, Isete 

 . nhtnsa. vel rarius mucronulata. Pedunculi fructiferi 



3 lin. long 



; pubcrula, obtusa, vel rarms 



Legumen pollice paullo longius, vix 2 lin. latum, rectum vel 



falcatum, crassiusculum. 



heimeri 



BcntJi 



mleis marginalibus irregularibus i 

 Mountain valleys beyond the Limp 



Aif. M. Lind 



Aug 



A much 



branched shrub, 2 or 3 feet high 



1C2. 

 163. 



4( 



No. 180. q, V. 

 M. DYsocARPA (sp. nov. Habbasia) i fruticosa; ramis petiolisque ferru 



f^inco-villosis ; aculeis sparsis validis subrecurvis ; pinnis 6 



t3 



8 



•jugis oblongis acutis sericeo-villosis; spicis cylindr 



floribus 



foliolis 



sericeo-villosis ; caly 



dimidium 



legumine lineari-falcato dense 



tomentoso inermi aut margine aculeis validis sparsis armato. — Aculei ramulorum 



ssepius solitarii, 



infrastipulares, petiolorum pauci 



Stipulse subulatse 



gidse, villosa^, 2-3 lin. longse. Petioli communes sesquipollicares, tomentosi. 



Foliola conferta 



»_^ 



Spica densa 



Calyx fere lineam lon 



t? 



breviter 5-dentatus. Stamina 10 : filamenta sursum compl 



ta. O 



Le£?umen 



bipollicare, 3 lin. latum, apice rigide 



fere pungens, tomento rufescente dense vestitum, valvulis ab marg 

 mlos demum secedentibus." 



Pass of the Limpia and beyond, August 

 in fiower. 



Benth. in litt. — Mountain valleys in the 



fruit. Also in the 



of 1851 



This species seems in some respects to connect the Ameria Acanthocarjxe 

 Habbasia Batocaulon, having the habit and small leaflets of the former ; but 



five 



the pods, although at first appearing continuous, at length separate into fr 



om 



>to seven articles. 



ter 



164. M. MALAcoPHYLLA [Gray, Pl Lindh. 2. p. 

 sericeo-tomentulosa; caulibus procumbentibus 



adn.) : sufFrutescens, molli 



brevib 



ovatis vel 



angulatis petiolisci 

 pinnis 4-7-jugis; foliolis 



mer 



10-andris 



oblongis mucronatis venosis; panicula racemosa 



Lie copiose 

 5 - 8-jugis 

 floribus 5- 



nitido inermi 6 - 8-spermo 



egumine lato-Iineari longiuscule stipitato membranaceo glabro 



On 



Septeraber 



flower and fruit 



Rio Grande, in Southern Texas, Aug 



by D 



Gregg and Dr. Edwards^ without fi 



AIso gathered near Monterey, Northern Mexico 



and 



of Rinconada by Dr 



Gregg m 1848. — Plant with the habit of a Schrankia, canescent with 



and ver)' soft down ; the partial and general petioles, as well as the stem, beset with 



a fine 



* The characters of thls and several other new Mimosese were obligingly communicated by Mr. Benth 



am. 



