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planum, puberulum v. glabratum, 3-4-pollicare, |-1 poll, latum, valvis multiarti- 



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culatis. 

 Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil, 



167. M. ANNULARIS, Spruce, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Alte scandens, rufo- 

 tomentosa. Aculei parvi, sparsi, recurvi. Pinnae sub-S-jugae ; foliola 4-6-juga, oblique 



rhombea, acutiuscula, J-1-pollicaria, subtus sparse pubescentia. Legumen planum 



glabrum, 4 lin. latum, valde curvum v. perfecte annulatum, valvis multiarticulatis. 

 Hah. Tropical America : North Brazil. 



168. M. PANICULATA, Benth, I in Kooh. Joiirn. Bot. ii. 131, iv. 394. Alte scandens, 

 pubescens. Aculei parvi, sparsi, recurvi. Pinnae 5-7-jugrD; foliola 7-11-juga, oblique 

 falcato-rhombea, acutiuscula, 4-5 lin. longa, supra lucida, subtus pubescentia. Legumen 



ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil or British Guiana. 



Series 3. Rubicaules. Frutices alte scandentes v. erecti, rarius arborcscenles, aciileis 



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sparsis armati v. rarius inermes. FoUorum petiolus eglandidosns. Capitida glohosa, 

 ^cBpius muUiflora, ad apices ramorum ragemosa v. paniculata, v. rarius omnia OMllaria. 

 Flores S-meri, 4<-meri v. rarius 5-meri. Legumen planum, glabrum v. pubescens, margine 

 uGuleatum «?. nudum, valvis membranaceis, in articulos plures secedentibus v. rarius (in 



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M. acantholoba) indivisis. 



The want of the petiolar gland is the principal difference between this series and the Glandidifer<B ; but 

 it is also usually distinguished by the habit and foUage, the larger heads with more flowers etc. It 

 passes however, rather gradually into the Acanthocarpa. The Asperat<B Schrankmde<B come also very 



to 



groups 



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Gerontogece. 



169. M 



\ Calyx coroll(B dimidium subcequans. 

 EMiENENsis, Benth. in Sook. Joum. Bot. iv. 396. Fruticosa ? tomentoso- 

 puberula, inermis ? Pinn^ 6-lO.jugse, paribns distantibus ; foliola 5-8.juga, oblonga, 

 ad 2 Hn longa, utrmque adpresse puberula. Panicula ampla, polycephala. Legumen 

 sessile, puberulum, inerme, li-2.pollicare, 4-5 lin. latum, valvis pluriarticulatis. 

 Hah Madagascar : Mazou-arivou, prov. Emirna, Bojer. 



V..v'.ear M. htismnosa, but apparently entirely unarmed, the foliage rather different, and the pod 



scarce 



170. M. LATISPINOSA, Lam. Diet. i. 22. Trutieosa, subscandens, tomcntoso-pubcscens 



Pinna! 10-2 



Aculei in ramis rari, in petiolis frequentiores, latissimi 

 ju^ i foHok 10-20-jaga, oblonga, obtusa, li-24 lin. lousa. obscure l-S-nervia, ntenqu. 

 appresse puberula. Panicula ampla, polycephala. Legumen stipi atum. li-2-polhcare 

 4-5 lin latum, margine nudo v. parce aculeolato, valvis pluriarticulatis. 



Acacia latispinosa, 1 

 Mimosa mascarensis 

 M. phvllocantha, Pers. Syn. ii. 267 



^rMalgasca;- Comn^non, Bojer. Cultivated in tbe Botanic Gardens of Mauritius 



