﻿t 



368 



MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. lPijC>tadenM. 



of the 



Sab. Tropical Africa : Pernando Po, Mann. 



The fruit of this plant is unknown^ and it is in some measure doubtful whether it be a Piptadenic 

 Entada. There is no gland on the petiole^ and only very minute ones between the leaflets of a few 

 upper pairs. 



■ 



13. P. CHRYSOSTACHYS, BentJi. Inermis, puberula. Pinnae 3-6-jug3e ; foliola 8-15- 

 juga, oblonga, obtusa, subsemipollicaria. -Spicse densse, 3-pollicares. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Semina alata. 



Mimosa chrysostachys^ Hels. et Bqj. ! in herb. plur. 



Acacia chrysostachySy Sweet, Hort. Brit. 167* 



Adenanthera chrysostachys^ Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 343. 



Stachychrysum pterospermum, Boj. Hort. Maurit. 114. 



Hab. Madagascar : pro v. Emirna and Imamou, Bojer. 



Ramuli obscure angulati^ uti petioli et pedunculi pube brevi laxa conspersi^ in partibus junioribus 



copiosa, demum fere evanida. Foliorum petiolus communis 4-5 

 altemae, sub-3-T)ollicares, suneriores et inferioresbreviores. Gla 



aris. Pinnae oppositse v. hinc inde 

 in petiolo nullae. Foliola opposita^ 



4^6 lin. longa. ad lA lin. lata, basi intus ansrustata, extus fere auriculata, obtusissima, iminervia 



scure 



subtus pilosula, Snicae in axilli 



brevissime pedunculatae. Flores pedicello |-1 lin. longo fulti. Calyx canescens, | lin. longus, breviter 

 et obtuse 5-lobus. CoroUae petala oblonga, obtusa, 1 lin. longa, extus canescentia. Starnina breviter 

 exserta. Legumen non vidi, sed ex nomine specifico Bojeriano semina alata dicenda. 



*** 



Foliola linearia, multijuga. 



t Ovarium villostmi. 

 14. P. NiTiDA, Benth. in Sooh. Journ. Bot, iv. 336. Arborea, inermis. Pinn^ 6-10 

 jugse ; foliola vix falcata, nitida, costa parum excentrica, 2-3 lin. longa. Ovarium longt 

 stipitatum. Legumen rectum. 



filicicoma, Mart 



/3 



jB:ab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro. 



r 



15. P. STJAVEOLENS, Miq. in Linncea, xviii. 589. Arborea, inermis. Pinnae 6-10-jug8e 

 foliola subfalcata, nitida, costa excentrica, 2-3 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 

 Mab. Tropical America : Surinam, near Eergendaal. 



Miquel appears to me to agree much 



flava. The Surinam 



cannot 



16. P. CONTORTA, Benth. ! in Mart. FL Bras. Mim. Arborea, inermis. Pinna? 10-15- 

 jugse ; foliola falcata, nitida, costa marginal!, 1-2 lin. longa. Glandula petiolaris scutel- 

 lata. Ovarium longe stipitatum. Legumen elongatum, sspius contortum. 



Acacia contorta, DC. ! Prod. ii. 470. 



Acacia filicicoma, ji, tenuior, Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras. 110. 



Piptadenia filicicoma, Beuth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 336. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Rio Janeiro. ~ 



17. P. POLioLosA, Benth.! in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 336. Arborea, inermis. Pinnae 

 12-20-jugaB : foliola falcata, nitida, costa submarginali, 2-2^ lin. longa. Ovarium breviter 

 stipitatum. Legumen ignotum.— i^^. Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : Kortb Brazil, on the Amazon, Poeppig. 



\ 



