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384 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^.. [Nqittinia. 



pedunculo 2, alternse, cordatse, quam in cseteris specicbus majores diutiusquo persi- 

 stentes. Legumen subsesquipollicare, 4-5 lin. latum, a stipite brcvi deflexum. — Fl. 



Mimosa plena ^ Linn. Spec. 1502. 



Desmanthus plenus, Willd. Spec. iv. 1045. 



Mimosa punctata, Linn. Spec. 1502. 



Acacia punctata^ Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 300. 



Desmanthus punctatus^ Willd. Spec. iv. 1047. 



Desmanthus poly phy lilts, DC. ! Prod- ii. 444. 



Neptunia polypJiyllaj Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 129. 



Mimosa adenantJiera^ Roxb. M. Ind.ii. 554. 



Desmanthus adenanthera. Wall. Cat. Herb, Ind. n. 5298. 



Mimosa lycopodioides^ Desf. in Pers. Syn. ii. 263. 



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Acacia lycopodioides, Desv. I Joum. Bot. 1814, pars i. 68. 

 Neptunia surinamensis , Stend. ! in Flora^ 1843_, 759. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador, Guiana, West Indies, Central 

 America ; also Tropical Asia, but probably introduced. 



N. plena, Bot. Reg. 1846, t. 3, described as having a spongy 



N. 



Capitula glohosa v. ovoklea, jioribus inferioribus neutris v. mascuUs paucis {v. ?) 



Stamina 10 



3. N. TRiQUETEA, Benth. in Soolc. ! Joum. Bot.iy. 355. Diffusa, glabriuscula. Pinna 

 2-3-jugae ; foliola 6-12-juga, linearia, lJ-2 lin. longa. Capitula globosa. Plores infe 



riores pauci neutri. Legumen J-1-poliicare, 3-4^ lin. latum, a stipite brevi deflexum, 

 Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa 



Willd. Spec. iv. 1045. W 



Sab. Tropical Asia : East-Indian Peninsula. Entered in the Elora Brasiliensis on ac- 

 count of a specimen in the Berlin Herbarium from Sello's South-Brazilian collection. Pos- 

 sibly there may have been some mistake. It is quite distinct from any American species' 



4. N. TENUIS, Benth. I in Sooh. Joum. Bot. iv. 355. Glabriuscula, diflPusa, ramis 

 tenuibus. Pinnae 2-4-jug9e ; foliola 10-15-juga, oblongo-linearia, ad 2 lin. longa. Capi- 

 tula ovoidea v. oblonga. Elores inferiores pauci masculi. Legumen longe stipitatum. 



Desmanthus lacustris, Torr. et Gr. ! Fl. N Amer. i. 402. 



Sab. Extratropical North America : Texas. 



5. N. LTJTEA, Benth. ! in SooJc. Joum. Bot. iv. 856. Pubescens, prostrata, ramis 

 elongatis. Pinnae 3-5-jugae, petiolo eglanduloso; foliola 15-20-jnga, linearia, ad 2 lin. 

 longa. Capitula ovoidea. Elores inferiores masculi perpauci. Legumen ultrapollicare, 

 ad 5 lin. latum, a stipite longiusculo subdeflexum. 



n.N 



Hab. Extratropical North America : Texas and Arkans 



6. N. PUBESCENS, Benth. f in Sook. Joum. Bot. iv. 356. Pubescens, prostrata, ramis 

 elongatis. Pinnae 2-3-jug^ ; glandula obscura v. nulla ; foliola 20-30-juga, linearia, ad 



