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5. P. LATiPOLiA, Bentli. ! in EooTc. Journ. Bot, iv. 335. Scandens, glabra, aculeata. 

 Pinnae 3-4-jiig8e ; foliola 2-3-juga, obovata v. orbiculata, majora f-l-poUicaria. Spicae 



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tenues, paniculatse. CoroUse glabrae. Ovarium stipitatum, villosum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Acacia fmticosa, Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras, 107. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro. 



6. P. LAXA, Benth. I in Booh. Journ. Bot. iv. 335. Scandens ?, glabra v. puberula, 

 aculeis parvis nunc rarissimis. Pinnae 2-4-jug8e ; foliola 4-7-juga, oblique ovata v. 

 obovato-elliptica, majora ^-|-pollicaria. Spicae tenues, axillares v. paniculatae. Corollae 

 glabrae. Ovarium stipitatum, villosum. — Fl. Bi^as. Mim. 



Mimosa fruticosa, Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. xi. t. 6. 



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Acacia fruticosoj var. acutifolia, Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras. 108. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bio Janeiro, Babia, San Paolo and Minas Geracs, 

 and apparently tbe same at Yurimaguas in eastern Peru, Poeppig. 



Acacia adiantoides, Spreng. Syst. iii. 146, would appear from his short diagnosis to be a pubescent 

 form of P. lax a. . ■ 



7. P. P(EPPiaii, Klotzsch ! in Serb. Mas. Berol. Arborea, incrmis. Pinnae 2-3-juga) ; 

 foHola 3-4.-juga, ovata, obtuse acuminata, li-3-pollicaria. Spicae paniculatac. Ovarium 



villosum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Stryphnodendron paniculatum, Poepp. et Endl. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 81, t. 291. 



Sab. Tropical America : Nortb Brazil. 



8 P POLYSTACHYA, Mq. in Zinncsa, xviii. 590. Arborea, inermis. Pinnae 3-4-jugae ; 

 foKola 4-7-juga, ovato- v. elliptico-lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, sub-2.poUicaria. Spicae 

 paniculatse. Ovarium stipitatum, villosum. 



Sab. Tropical America : Bergendaal in Surinam ..„„....„...,.,.. 



Miquel 



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' 9 P PANICTTLATA. Senih. ! in Hooi. Journ. Bot. ir. 338. Arborea, mermis. Pin 



ItuZlIti.. CoroL puW.. ovarium sessile. glaW.-i.. Bras. M,.. 

 Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeir- 



** Foliola oblonga, obima, l^rvia, pluHjuga 



Semina 



10. p. RAMOSissiMA, Benih. ! in Book. Journ. Bot. ir. 336 



Pruticosa, aculeis 



minimis. Pinnae 



■juga) ; foliola 10-15-juga, oblonga, obtusa, 3-i 



mmimis. rmn^ ^-V""^^' ^l,,,^ minimi, glabri. Ovarium stipitatum, vUlosum 

 centrica. Spicae paniculatae. ±ioics mm ,5 



Fl. Bras. Mim 



J«S. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bahia 



11. P. PTEKOSPERMA. Bcnth ! in Soot Journ Bot. .v. 338 



Inermis. Pinmje4-5 



ruroWonsroWusa, costa subcentrali. Spica> fructifer. axillares. Semi. 



foliola 8 



late alata.— jP/. ^ras. 3Iim 



TTah Tronical America : Brazil, Sello. , , . • -n- 



^ao. iiopicdi xiox Af^ \{ 329. Pruticosa, glabra, mermis. Pmngp 



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rM' I VI Trov Afr. ii. 329. Pruticosa, giaora, mermis. i 

 ^^:^^ Ingafobtusa, subsemipolUparia. Spic. tenues, 4-polli 



4-6-jugae ; foliola 8 

 paniculatse. Ovarium glabrum 



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