﻿MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEvE. IFrosopis, 



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Journ 



Matr. Nov 



2. T. AND0NGE>^^«^5 I>C. Prod. ii. 447. 



foliola multijuga'^^il|d- ^P^^- ''- ^^^^ 



X 4 K ^^y Poir. Diet* Suppl. i. 65, 



^ , m • ngensis et P. bracteolata, DC. ! Prod. ii. 447. 



^«S. Tropic? c ^ - Qo^ 



^ jreng* Syst. ii- 326. 



3. T. OBTTJSa, Torr. ! in Ann. Lye. N. York, ii. 192, t. 2. 



YaiO'teiragOD^landuIosaj Torr. et Gr. ! Fl. N. Amer. i. 399. 



Sab. ^o'^dorata, Torr. in Frem. Kep. 313, 1. 1, exel. fr. 



.fest tropical and subtropical North and South America : very abundant from 

 Benth. etA.yres and Chile, along the Andes, to Mexico and Texas, and frequently planted 

 1. G. -^s^^^tj somewhat pulpy fruit, known under the name of Algarol)o, I have seen 

 G. axil^ specimens from Brazil, Guiana, nor from any part of the basin of the Upper 



ilimosOn. 



Acad great variations in tlie breadth and size of the leaflets, the production or non-production of spines 



branches or at different ages 



Miv in ripening 

 ^^fragmentary 



endeavoured 



character 



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• 5. P. LiMENSis, Benth. I in Sook. Journ. Bot. iv. 350. Piibescens, spinis axillaribus 

 paucis armata. Pinnae 2-3-jug3e ; foliola 6-12-juga, parva, oblonga, obtusa. Spicse 

 densae, sub-4-pollicares. Legumen rectum, subteres, l^-Sj-pollicare. 

 Sab. Tropical America : Lima in Peru, Mathews, Cuming, n. 974. 



Ramuli, petioli, spinse et rachis pinnarum pubescentes. Spinse pauc^, solitariEe v. geminffi, semipoUi- 

 cares, validae. Foliola l|-2i Hn. longa, conferta, utrinque puberula. Glandu] 

 utriusque paris, minimse inter foliola suprema^ nonnunquam deficientes. Floras P 



inter pinnas 



Julijlt 



■V, 



portione corollae brevior. Legumen 5 lin. latum et crassum, inter semina nequaquam constrictum, endo- 

 carpio tamen ut in P. Juliflora, circa semina in articulos nuciformes distinctos secedente. \ 



It will require a better series of specimens than we possess to determine whether this be really more' 

 than a local variety of P. Juliflora. 



6. P. DENUDANS, Benth. / in JSook. Journ. Bot iv. 351. Puberula, spinis axillaribus 

 validis brevibus. Pinnae 1-jugae; foliola 2-3-juga, linearia, 1-3 Im. longa. Spic^ 'ob- 



longae. Antherae eglandulosae. Legumen compressum, contorto-arcuatum, IJ-poUicare, 

 3 lin. latum. 



F 



Sab. Extratropical South America : Patagonia, Port Desire, Middleton ; Port St. 



Elena, King. 



ramis crassis brevibus flexuosis. Spinas conicae, demum fere poUicares, in ramulis 

 flondis multo breviores. Stipulse fere obsoletje. Fohorum petiolus 



Frutex humilis 



2-3 Un. lonffus 



narum 



Foliola crassiuscula, novella utrinque pubescentia. Spic£B i-l -poUicares, 

 pedunculo 3-4-Kneari fult^, rachi pubescente. Mores siceitate nigricantes, extus glabri. Calyx 



Pm:vu3. Petala li lin. longa, mtus apice lanata. Stamina breviter exserta, antheris in alabastro 

 eglandulosis. 



Notwithstanding the absence of the anther-glands, apparently constant in the present species and 

 nearly so m the foUowing one, the fruit and otlier nTinrnP+Pr= .of.. +1..^ i,„^i. __-.i. . . :, t . .,.,,. '__.-„ 



