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380 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Prosops. 



spinesj and the general form of the pod^ the line of distinction between the two sections appears much 



definite 



* SpiccB cylindracem v. ovoidea. 



10. p. TORQUATA, BC. Frod. ii. 448. Puberula v. glabrata. Pinnae l-jugse ; foliola 

 15-25-juga, linearia, lineam longa. Legumen subcompressnm, 3-4 lin. latum, irregu- 

 lariter laxeque subspiraliter tortum, margine exteriore inter semina valde intruso sub- 

 moniliforme, endocarpio in articulos nuciformes circa semina distincto. 



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Sab. Extratropical Soutb America ; prov. San Louis, Gillies 



Prutex ramulis flexuosis foliisque muiute viscido-puberulis glabrisve. 

 ornotinis et in gemmis floriferis minimse, in ramis vetustioribns valid*, rec 

 . pauHo longiores, basi connatge. 



itipulares 



Foliorum 



instructa. Mores 



men 



vidi. Spicse fructiferae e gemmis axillaribus foKosis 



gyris 2-3 laxe spirale, ssepe extensum et valde irregulariter contortum. 



11. P. ABBREVIATA, Benth. in Kooh. Joum. Bot. iv. 352. Puberula v. glabrata. Pinnge 

 l-jugge; foliola 10-15-juga, oblonga, vix lineam longa. Spicse ovoidege. Legumen 

 spiraliter contortum, gyris 7-8 laxis v. nonnullis v. omnibus arete confertis, endocarpio 

 inter semina subdistincto. 



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JEah. Extratropical South America, San Jago, Tweedie. 



Frutex elegans ramosissimns, ramulis ilexuosis. 



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hinc inde fere \ poll, longse. Folia in gemmis axil 

 glandulse inter pinnas minutae. Pinnse 6-9 lin. lon^ 



siuscula. Pedunculi sub sniea spminnlliVflrPft • ^^\ 



Spinae stipnlares geminse^ divaricatae^ pleraeque parvse^ 



communi 



Foliola obtusissima, cras- 



semilineari 



Ovarium stipitatum, villosiss 



Antherarum glandula stipitata. 



sometimes 



with 



12. P. piiBESCENS, Bentli, in Hook. Bond. Joum, v. 82. Cano-pubescens v. demum 

 glabrata. Pinnse l-jugse ; foliola 5-8-juga, oblonga v. obovata, 3- 4-linearia. Spicae lJ-2- 

 f ollicares, laxse. Plores extus glabri. Legumen spirale, gyris 12-20 in cylindrum 

 IJ-pollicarem arete confertis. 



Strombocarpa pubescens, A. Gray ! PI. Wright, i. 60. 

 Prosopis Emoryi, Torr. ! in Emory, Rep. 139. 



Hah. Extratropical Nortb America : Texas, Mexico, California. 



The fmit figured under P. odorata, by Torr. in Frem. Eep. t. 1, is, according to A. Gray, Bot. Whipple 

 Exped. 2Q, that of P. pubescens, which had been sent with the foliage of P. Juliflora. 



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SpiccB escacte glohoso-capitatce. 



13. P. STROMBULIFERA, Benth. in Hook. Joum. Bot. iv. 352. Glaberrima. Pinnae 

 l-jug« ; foliola 4-6-juga, oblongo-Unearia, l-lj lin. longa. Capitula in pedunculo pol- 

 licari semipoUicem diametro. Legumen spirale, gyris ad 10 in cylindrum pollicarem v. 

 longiorem 3-4 lin. diametro arete confertis. 



Mimosa strumbulifera. Lam. Diet. i. 15. 



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