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but I have no means now of comparing it^ having only seen it many years since in Herb, DC. and 



Herb. Balbis. 



157. M. WuiGHTii, A. Gray I Fl. Wright, n, b2. Suffrnticosa, cinereo-puberula 

 Aculei sparsi, breves, recti. Pinnae 7-10-jugae ; foliola 10-15-jiiga, oblonga, lJ-2 lin 

 lono-a, subavenia, supra glabrata, subtus sericea. Spicse 1-2-pollicares, densae. Tlorei 



glabriiisculi. Legumen Junius planum, angustum, dense sericeo-villosum, pcrfeetum 



ignotum. 



Sab. Subtropical North America : Sonora, Wright, n. 1011. 



158. M. PLATYCARPA, BeutJi., sp. n. Pruticosa, glabra. Aculei sparsi, recurvi. PinnsR 

 6-10-jug^ ; foliola 15-25-juga, linearia, 1-li lin. longa. Spicse gracilcs, pollicarcs, laxi- 

 floraj. Legumen stipitatum, planum, glabrum, in specimine IJ poll, longura, fere J 

 poll, latum, apice basique angustius, marginibus aculeolatis, valvis ut videtur indivisis. 



Sah. Tropical America : Guatemala, Skinner. 



Quoad folia aculeos et legumina a M. acantholoba vix distinguenda, sed inflorcsccntia spicata ncc capitata. 

 Ramuli tenues, angulati, uti tota planta glabri v. novelli tenuissime clliato-puheruli. Aculei parvuli, 

 crebri v. rari, interdum deesse videntur. Stipulse parva, setacese, rigidulse, intcrdum fere pungeiitcs. Folio- 

 rum petiolus communis gracilis, subsesquipoUicaris, inerrais v. pauciaeuleatus. Pinnae G-9 lin. longoc. 

 Foliola obtusa, glabra v. ciliolata, costa central!. Spicse gemina, plcrseque axillarcs, brcvitcr peduncu- 

 late. Floras 5-meri, lO-andri. 



159. M. DiSTACHYA, Cav. Ic. iii. 48, t. 295. Pruticosa, pube minuta pallens v. candi- 



Aculei infrafoliacei recurvi v. nulli. Pinnse 2-5-juga3 ; foliola 4-7-juga, obovali- 



oblonga, minute puberula, ad 3 lin. longa. Spicse graciles, 1-1 J-poUicares. Plores sub- 

 sessiles. Legumen ignotum. 



Acacia ? distachya, DC. Prod. ii. 456. 



Mimosa remota, Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. v. 88. 



cans. 



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Sab. Tropical America : Mexico, Serb. Pavon, Galeotti, n. 3240; Columbia, Santa 

 Marta, Bertei^o, Schlim, n. 942. 



Frutex v. arbor parva, ramulis rigidis flexuosis plus minus pubesccntibus. Aculei dum 

 basi valde dilatati, nunc sub folio ipso solitarii, nunc ab eo plus minus rcmoti, nunc omnmo dcficxentcs. 



adsunt 



petiolus 



Stipule setacece V. subulate, V. in specirainibus inermibus ^ . ^ .• ii . t? r i i f ^ 



11-3 poUicaris- pinnarum rhacbis raro semipollicem excedit, prope basm 2-stipellata. Foliola li«tevi- 



rentia membranacea, tenuissime 3-nervia, utrinquc pilis parvis apprcssis puberula.^ Spicas 2-3n«,, infe- 



' ~ " • • ^ - — '^"- -"»-'!-— +*« Calyx membra- 



prsesercim 



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ranus 



glabriuscula. Stamina longe exserta. 



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this series show occasionally specimens without any. 



160 MPOi.YXST:RL/Benth.!inSoo/c. Journ. JBoLiy.m. Pruticosa, puberula. Aculei 

 infrafoliacei recti t. subrecurvi. Pinn. 2-, rarius 3 -j ug^ ; foliola 3--6.juga, oblonga, 

 obtusa, 2-3 lin. longa, supra glabra, subtus parce pHosula. Spicae floribund^, ^f poll, 

 lono-se. Plores subsessiles. Legumen ignotum. 



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