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are under instead of over ^ in. long. I have now no means of comparing the specimens themselves. The 



rare prickles, the rigid leaflets, &c. prevent the uniting it with the M, 



** Foliola 6- multijuga^ submemhranacea^ vlx marginata. 



22. M. TEiCEPHALA, Clicm. et ScJilecht. ! in lAnncea, v. 591. Emticosa, pubescenti- 

 scaLra. Aculei recti. Foliola 10-15-juga, ovato-oblonga, semipollicaria, 1-2-nervia, 

 supra glabra, subtus strigosa. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Tropical Nortb America : Mexico, near Actopan, Schiede. 



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23. M. Sagotiana, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Scandens ? glabra. Aculei 

 recurvi, copiosi. Foliola 12-20-juga, oblongo-linearia, falcata, 2-3-nervia, subsemi- 

 pollicaria, membranacea, glabra. Legumen pollicare v. longius, 5-6 lin. latum, 

 ginibus breviter, faciebus sparse setosis, cseterum glabrum, pluriarticulatum . 



Mab. Tropical America : Nortb Brazil, Fceppig ; Cayenne, Sagot, n. 1063. 



Nearly allied to M. schrankioides, of which Saeot considered it a ^lahrnns raripfv rI,flPpr,-tio.'l 



mia 



M. Velloziana does from M. sensitiva 



hairiness 



the venation of the leaflets seems distinct, and the pod. much larger. 



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24. M. SCHRANKIOIDES, Benth. ! in HooJc. Lond. Journ. v. 86. Scandens ? hirsuta. 

 Aculei recurvi, copiosi. Poliola 12-20-juga, oblongo-linearia, falcata, 1-nervia, subtus 



praesertmi villosa, subseniipoUicaria, membranacea. Legumen J-|-pollicare, 2 lin. latum, 

 tomentosum, marginibus setoso-aculeatis, faciebus parce setosis, articulis 3-4. 



Hab. Tropical America: Britisb Guiana, Bob. Schomburgk, 2nd coU. n. 470; Bich. 

 Scliomhurgh, n. 765 ; Columbia, Toyar, Fendler, n. 2244; Puerto Cabello, Morits. 



Rami elongati, hirsnti, striis aculeisque SchranUam referentes. Stipule subulate. ' Foliorum petiolus 



communis 



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Foliola 



acutmscula, tix tenuiter marginala, parce cUiata, utrinque subtus prssertim molliter villosa, costa valida,^ 

 additis mterdum nervis 1-2 lateralibus tenuibus brevibus, nee distincte ut in M. Sagoiiana 2-3-nervia. 

 Peduncuh hirsuti, i-l-pollicares, in racemum terminalem dispositi. Capitula parva. Bractese longe 

 cihatae, ultra corollam haud prominentes. Cdyx minutus, longe ciliatus. Corolla tenuis 

 Stamina 4, elongata. Ovarium viUosulum. 



25. M. TRiCHOCEPHALA, Benth. I in Mart Fl. Bras. Mim. Herbacea, rufo-pHosa 

 Aculei recurvi, rari.^ Eoliola 6-10-juga, oblonga, membranacea, ciliata, glabra, -H-poUi 



VIX 



caria. Bractese capiUaceo-acuminatse, alabastra longe superantes. Legumen ignotum 



Fl. Bras. Mim 



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Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 



26. M. RAMOSissiMA, Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mm. Fruticosa, rufo-pHosa. Aculei 

 recurvi. Toliorum petiolus brevissimus. Foliola 12-20-juga, oblongo-lin 



mem 



branacea, 1 J-3 Hn. longa. Bracteie coroUa breviores. . Calyx quam in affinibus multo 

 magis evolutus. Legumen |-polHeare, 2i lin. latum, undique aculeato-setosum, valvis 

 vix m articulos secedentibus. — FL Bras. Mim. " 



. Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 



27. M. OBLONGA, Benth. ! in Sooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 365. Setoso-Wspida. Aculei 

 tenues, recurvi. rao-i. FoUorum petiolus brevissimus. Foliola 25-35-juga, liaearia, U-3 



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