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Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. San Paolo, Minas Geraes, and Goya'z. 



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2. P. roLiOLOSA, Benth. in Sooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 334. Pinnae 4i-12-jugse; foliola 

 12-20-juga, oblongo-elliptica, obtnsa v. retusa, tenuiter venulosa. Spicse glabras. — Bl. 



Bras. Mim. 



Mab. Tropical America : Brazil, proT. Bahia, Piauhy, Ceara, Goyaz, and Minas Geraes. 



VI. Ptptadenia, Benth. 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL i. 589. 



oudhensis in the area 



invalidated by the discovery 



of Adenanthera. It is, however; in its flat reticulated pod, exalbuminous 

 seeds, and sessile flowers, a true Ptptadenia rather than an Adenanthera. Its comparatively short dense 

 spikes and foliage bring it nearer to the South American P.fcBtida, than to any Old- World species of 

 this or the allied genera. - . ^ . 



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Sectio 1. EUPIPTADENIA. 



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Spicae cylindracese. Legumen planum, Iseve v. reticulatiim, marginibus continuis nervi- 

 formibus v. incrassatis. FoKola nunc latiuscule penniyenia, nunc linearia v. oblonga. 



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Foliola ohovata, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata, pennivenia, paucijuga 



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1. P. OTJDHENSis, Brandis I For. Fl. Ind. 168. Aculeata, glaucescens. Pinn^ 2-jugse 

 foliola 1-juga, falcato-obovata v. subreniformia, obtusissima, coriacea, 2-3-pollicaria. Spica 

 axUlares, densse, IJ-pollicares. Legumen stipitatum, curvatum, |-l-pedale, 5-6 Hn. latum 



Hab. Tropical Asia : Porests of Oudb. 



2. P. FCETiDA, Benth. Inermis, canescenti-tomentella. Pinn« l-jng£e ; foliola l-juga 

 obovato-oblonga, obtusa, l-l-polHcaria. Spicse axillares v. laterales, dens^, l-lj-polli 

 cares. Ovarium stipitatum, villosum. 



Mimosa fcetidaj Jacq. ! Hort. Schoenbr. iii.73, t". 390. 



Ingafcetida, Willd. Spec. iv. 1008. 



Acacia fcetida, H., B. et K. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 265. 



JTab. Tropical America: Columbia, Mescala, Humboldt and Bonpland. Jacquii 

 raised it from seeds supposed to be West-Indian, but perhaps really from Caraccas. 



3. P. TATiPENSis, Spruce ! ; Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Scandens, minute pu 

 berula, parce aculeata. Petiolorum glandula globosa ; pinnae 2-jugge ; foliola 2-3-juga 

 obovata, lJ-2J-pollicaria. Spicse paniculatse, tenues. Corollse puberulse. 



Hab. Tropical America : North Brazil. 



4. P. PATENS, Benth. Bot. Sulph. 89, et in Hook. Bond. Journ. v. 79. Scandens, pu 

 bescens, aculeata. Petiolorum glandula scutellata ; pinnae 3-4-jugEe ; foliola sub-3-juga 

 obovata, |-lJ-pollicaria. Spicae paniculatse, tenues. CorollEe glabrae. 



ens 



Hab. Central America : Realejo and Tiger Island, Sinclair ; Nicaragua, (Ersted 



rather above that size. 



this 



FTosopoides, DC. Prod. ii. 460, from the short diagnosis taken from a drawing of M09 



appear to be either Piptadenia patens, or Mimosa laanjlora, two very different pla 



both answering to the diagn 



but 



