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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. 



381 



sirombuUferaj Willd 



Mimosa 



Sab. Extratropical South America : Andes of Menoza, Gillies, Bade 



with an u instead of an o was owing to the French custom 



of pronouncing the u before an m in Latin words like an o. 



14. P. EEPTANs, Benth. in HooTc. Journ. Bot. iv. 352. Minute puberula v. glabrata, 

 Pinnae l-jugse; foliola 6-10-juga, oblonga, linea breviora. Capitula (][uam in P. strom- 

 hulifera minora. Legumen spirale, gyris ad 10 in cylindrum fere poUicarem 2-3-lin. 

 diametro arete confertis, endocarpio vix a mesocarpio distincto. 



Sab, Extratropical South America : Cordova, Tweedie, called Mostioorta, 



as a cure for dysentery. 



Fruticulus liumilis, e radicc repente atlscendens v. crectus, ramosissimns. Ramuli striati, uti folia 



c 8-5 lin. longsc. 



lin. Ion era. Fo- 



and used 



e3-l 



Calyx 



minute viscido-puberuli mox glabrati. Stipulse spmescentes tcuucs, nunc minira 

 Foliorum petiolus communis vix lineam longus, inter pinnas glandulifcr. Pinn 

 liola conferta, obtusissima. Pedunculi 9-10 liu. longi. Florcs extus glabrl. 

 excedens, corolla 1^ lin.longse. Antberarum glandula stipitata, 



15. P. ciNERASCENS, A. Grmj, Pruticulus P. reptanti simillimus, nee distingucndus 

 nisi pube evidentiore prsesertim in pcdunculis et interdum in floribus ipsis, et foliolis 

 pauUo majoribus et \\ lin. longis. 



Strombocarpa dnerascens, A. Gray ! PI. Wright, i. 61. 



Mimosa 



Sab, Extratropical North America 



Texas and Mexico, Berlandier 



2013, 31i3 



Gregg, Emory 



Species dub 



16. P. STRIATA, Benth. in Hook. Bond. Jc 



83 



Eruticosa ? Glab 



Ramuli 



striati, apice attenuato-spinescentes. Stipule parvaj, spinescentes, recurvse, basi 



subconnatse. Eolia pauca, petiolo communi brevissimo 



Pinnaj 1-juga? ; foliola 



3-juga 



oblonga, ad 2 lin. longa. Spicae globosge, parvae, pedunculo tenui 



Corolla membr 



glabra. Antherae glanduliferse 



Ovarium villosum 



Legumen ignotum 



Hab. Extratropical South America : Port St. Eleua in Patagonia, King 



Mimosa than of a ProsopU; but the habit, the glaii- 



duliferous anthers, etc. are those of Prosopis. Till the fruit has been seen, however, the genus must 



remain uncertam. 



XIII. Xeeocladia, narv. 



Benth. et Hoolc. Gen. PI. i. 591. 



X. Zeyheri, Barv.! Fl. Cap. ii. 278, 

 curvte, spinescentes. Eolia pauca, parva 



Acacia viridiramig, Burch. ! Tray. i. 300. 



Hab. Extratropical South Africa. 



Eruticulu 



i^ 



de ramosissimus. Stipulie 



Capitula parva globosa 



XIV. DiCHROSTACHYS, DO. 



Hook 



between 



1. D. TENTJIFOLIA, Benth 



Hook. Journ, Bot. iv. 353. Ramuli f^. pctioU pubes- 



r^ 



