﻿386 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. [Desman ffius . 



Mimosa pernamhucana ^ Mill 



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Acacia devauBerata. Mart. ! 



Kah. Tropical and subtropical America : common from Buenos Ayres to tlic West 

 Indies ; tropical Asia : probably introduced into East India. 



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2. D. DEPRESSUS, Mumh. et Bon;pl. in Wlllcl. SjJec. iv. 10 IG, Glabriusculus, diffusus. 

 Pinnse l-S-jugse; glandula parva; foliola 10-20-juga, linearia, ssepius angusta, ad 2 lin. 

 longa. Capitula pauciflora. Stamina 10. Legumen rectum v. subfalcatum, 2-pollicare 

 V. longius, ad IJ lin. latum, seminibus numerosis obliquis. — Fl. Bras. Mim. ; Kimtli, 

 Mim. 115. t. 35. 



Mimosa depr^ 

 Mimosa verm 



dim 



Macfact. 

 . ii. 445 



S:ab. Tropical and subtropical America : from Soutb Brazil and Peru to Guiana, Co- 

 lumbia, the West Indies, South Morida, Texas ? and Central America. 



It is not always easy to distinguish this from D. virgatus. It appears that both are sometimes pro- 

 cumbent ; hut D. depressus is more so, with smaller, narrower leaflets, and a much smaller gland. I have 

 found 10 stamens in all the flowers I have examined. 



3. D. LEPTOLOErs, Torr. et Gr.l Fl. N. Amer. i. 402. Glabriusculus. Pinnae 

 6-10-jug8e; glandula parva ssepius minuta; foliola 15-25-juga, anguste linearia 1-1 



lin. longa. Capitula pauciflora. Stamina 5. Legumen rectum, 2-3-pollicare, 1 lin 



latum. Semina dissita, sublongritudinalia, 2 lin. Ion ""a 

 Sab. Extratropical North America : Texas and Arkansas. 



This is the only long-fruited species in which I have found only 5 stamens. It may therefore have 



Linnaeus first described as Mimosa 



Gouan and others of his 



decandrous D. depressus. The leaflets of D. leptolobiis, like those 



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4i. D. VELUTiNrs, Scheele in Lmncea, xxi. 455. MoUiter pubescens, prostratus v. 

 adscendens.- Pinnae 3-6-jugce; glandula parva, nunc minuta ; foliola 10-20-juga, 

 oblongo-linearia, avenia. Capitula parvula (ad 3 lin. diametro). Stamina 10, legumen 

 elongatum, rectum v. fere rectum, acuminatum, IJ lin. latum. 



D. peduncularis, Buckl. in Proc. Acad. Philad. 1861, 454; 1862, 163. 



Bab. Extratropical North America : Texas. The pod is said to attain 3 or 4 inches. 

 I have not seen it above 21 in. Ion 



2 xii. -luxig 



5. D. Jamesii, Torr. et Gr. ! Fl. N. Amer. i. 402. Leviter puberulus, prostratus v. 

 ascendens. Pmnge 3-6.jugae ; glandula magna, oblonga; foliola 10-20-juga, linearis 

 oblonga, subavenia. Capitula majuscula (4-5 lin. diametro absque staminibus). Sta- 

 mma 10. Legumen elongatum, rectum v. rectiusculum, obtusum v. acutum. 



Sab. Extratropical North America : Texas and adjoining districts. 



D. reticulatus 



6. D 



pmnse 



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Bentli. I in Sook. Joum. Bot. iv. 357. Parce pubescens 



cescens. diffu^s. Pinuse 1^., s»pius 2-3-j uga, ; glandula parva y. nulla ; foUola 



