﻿398 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [Mimosa. 



** JPedunculi petiolo communi mulfo longiores. 



43. M. DiGiTATAj Benth, ! in Soolc. Journ. JBot. iv. 368. Fruticosa, scal)ro-pul)csccns 

 V. villosa. Aculei parvi v. 0. Pinnae confertim 3-4-ju»ae ; foliola 15-20-juga, linearia, 

 1-lJ^ lin. longa. Legumen 6-8 lin. longum, ad 2 lin. latum, minute pilosulum v. glabrura 



nee setosum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



M. M. BUFiPiLA, Benth. ! in HooJc. Jonrn. Bot. iv. 368. Fruticosa, patentim liir- 

 sutissima. Aculei rari. Pinnse confertim 3-4-jugae ; foliola 20-30-juga, linearia, 3-4 

 lin. longa. Legumen margine dense setosum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Hob. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Gojaz. 



45. M. NERVOSA, Bong. ; Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 370. Suffruticosa ?, pro- 

 strata, patentim pilosa. Aculei parvi, decidui. Pinnae dissite 2-3-jug£e v. 1-jugae ; foliola 

 6-12-juga, oblonga v. lanceolata, 3-4-linearia, subglauca, glabra v. subtus pilosa. Le- 

 gumen f -pollicare, 2-2|- lin. latum, margine longe setosum, faciebus appresse pilosulis 

 V. strigosis. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 



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M. hirfUy Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. xi. t, 31, only known from the rude figure, may possibly be a variety of 

 M\ nervosa witb ratber larger and more numerous leaflets. 



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Series 6. Hirsutae. Suffrutices v. frutices pilis patentibus hirsuti, inermes. Finnce 

 confertim v. dissite 2-4i-JtigcB, rarius 1-jugce. Foliola muUijuga, S-5-nervia, immarginata. 

 Pedunculi axillares petiolo communi longiores v. superiores in racemum terminalem 

 dispositi. Capitula glolosa v. oblonga. Flores 4<-meri. Legumen setosum v. hispidum, 

 valvis in articulos secedentibus. 



I have collected under this head a number of species which have the long peduncles of the last three 

 species of PudiccE and of the Pedunculosce, but without the prickles of the former, and without the nerve- 

 like margins of the leaflets of both those groups. The pinnse are also rarely reduced to a single pair 

 (in the last two species), whilst in the Pedunculosa it is only the first two that have a second pair. 



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46. M. MACROCEPHALA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Erecta, dura, lono-e rufo- 

 pilosa. Pinnse confertim 2-jug8e ; foliola 8-15-juga, ovato-oblonga, 4i-6-linearia, utrinque 

 pilis ciliatis ramosisve vestita. Capitula oblonga. Legumen pollicare, 3 lin. latum, 

 margine densissime longeque setosum, valvis nudis articulatis. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



47. M. ECHiNOCAUPA, Bcnth. I in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Erecta, patentim bispida. 

 Pinn^ subconfertim S-jugae ; foHola'^ 15-20.juga, oblonga, 2-3-linearia, glabra v. parce 

 ciliata. Capitula globosa. Legumen 8-10-lineare, 2-2 \ lin. latum, marline dense Ion 

 que setosum, valvis nudis v. breviter setosis articulatis. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



48. M. VESTITA, Benth. ! in Hook. Jonrn. Bot. iv. 369. Suffruticosa, patentim hir 

 sutissima. Pinnae subdissite i-jugae ; foliola 8-12-juga, late oblonga, suM -linearia, utrin 



.que laxe hirsuta t. fere glabra. Capitula globosa, longe racemosa. legumen 3i-poUi 



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