﻿Dichrostachys.-] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MlMOSEvE. ' 383 



South-east Africa as far as Natal ; tropical Asia ; the Indian archipelago ; tropical 

 Australia. Por if the African and Indian-peninsular species are really distinct, as tliey 

 appear to be, it is certainly to the former, not to the latter, that the Javan and Aus- 

 tralian specimens should be referred. 



5. D. PoRBESii, Benth. 1 in HooJc. Journ, Bot. iv. 353. Glaln-iuscula. Pinn« 3 



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glandulse stipitatae ; foliola 10-15-juga, oblongo-lincaria, 2-3 lin. longa. Spicai cylin- 

 dracese, breves. — Uarv. I et Sond, Fl. Cap. ii. 278. . 



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JIab. Extratropical South-east Africa : Delagoa Bay, Forhes. 



6. D. MuELLEEi, Benth. / Fl. Austral, ii. 299. Glabra. Pinnrc 1-2-jugfc, pctiolo tenui ; 

 foliola 4-6-juga, oblongo-linearia, 3-5 lin. longa. Spicie cylindi'accsc. 



Neptunia spicata, F. Mucll. ! Fragm. Phyt. Austral, iii. 151. 



Hah. Tropical Australia. 



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7. D. KiRKii, -S^^^/^.j sp. n. Cano-puberula, mox glabrata. Pinno) l-jugjr^; foliola 

 3-5-juga, oblonga v. obovali-oblonga, obtusissima, coriacea, 1-2 lin. longa. Spi(*io 

 oblojigsB. 



Hah. Tropical Africa : Brava on the Somali coast, KlrJc. 



Frutex ramis rigidis tprtuosis albidis^ ramulis spinescentibus. Partes novellae pubc brcvi alba con- 

 spersse v* canesccntcs. Folia parva, siccitate nigricantiaj adulta fcrc glabra; petiolus communis vix 

 lineam longus, pinnarum rhaches tenues, 2-3 lin. longa2. Spicse breviter pedunculatse, ante anthesin ob- 

 longee^ 2-3 lin, longse, per anthesin vix semipoUicares. Floras inferiores more generis steriles, filamenti» 



elongatis in sicco purpureis. Stamina flo rum hermaphroditorum multo breviora ctsi corolla plus duplo 

 longiora. Legumen ignotum- 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI i. 592. 



XV. Neptunia, Lour. 



* Capitula absqtie staminodiis ovoideay Jloribiis neutris numerosis staminodiis elongatis 



fere hemispJicBrlca. Stamina v. staminodla 10. 



1. N. OLERACEA, LouT. Fl. CocMnch. 654. Glabra. Caulis natans, radicans, sa^pi 



spongioso-inflatus. Pinnae 2-3-jug£e ; foliola 8-20-juga 



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Legumen 



subpoUicare, 4 lin. latum, a stipite 3-lineari deflexiun. — Fl. Bras. Mlm. ; Olic. ! Fl. Trop 

 Afr. ii. 334. 



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nutans, Willd 



Mimosa prostrata, Lam. Diet. i. 10. 



Mimosa lacustris, Humb. et Boupl. ! El. jEqu 



Acacia lacustris, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 301. 



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Mimosa 



ifer, DC. ! Prod, ii: 444 



Neptunia stolonifera, Guill. et Perr. 1 PI. Seueg. 239. 

 N. plena, Lindl. ! Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 3, excl. syn. 



Hah. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America, very widtly dispersed in tranquil waters, 

 but perhaps in some localities introduced. 



2 N. PLENA, Benth. 1 in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv, 355. Prostrata v. adscendens, ramosa, 

 •Glabra. Pinnae 2-3-jugse ; foliola 14-20.juga, linearia, 4-6 lin. longa. Bractcae in medio 



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