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and Calcutta as well as in European ones ; and specimens having been found in Leicli- 

 hardt's Port-Essington collection, it was sent hj E. Mueller as the only Australian 

 Ilimosa under the name of M. laticusj^is. It was, however, probably from one of the 

 exotic trees and shrubs planted there by the temporary colonists. 



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171. M. DECUERENS, Bojer ! iti Herb. DC. Fruticosa, glabra v. vix minute puberula. 

 Aculei in ramis rari, in petiolis frequentiores, latissimi, incurvi. Pinnae l0-20-jug9e ; 

 foliola 6-8-juga, oblonga, 3-5 lin. longa, sub-2-nervia, glabra. Capitula ad axillas race- 



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mosa (an etiam ample paniculata ?). . Legumen ignotum. 

 Hah. Tropical Africa : island of Zanzibar, Bojer. 



Affinis M. latispinosce , imprimis glabritie diversa, pinnis bre\ibuSj foliolis majoribus. Tota planta 



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oculo nudo glaberrima apparet^ sub lente pubes rara tenuissima apparet. Ramuli angulati. Foliorum 

 petiolus communis semipedalis et longior. Aculei ut in M. latispinosa valde dilatati et incurvi nee ut 

 in M. rubicauli recurvi. Foliola valde obliqua^ rigide membranacea v. subcoriacea, nervo majore (seu 

 costa) margin! superiori approximato. Racemi in specimine viso simplices^ folia fequantes. Capitula et 

 flores M. latispinosce sed glabri. 



tt Clalyx mmimiis^ corolla quadruj^lo brevior. 



172. M. NissoBiENSis, JBentli., sp. n. Eruticosa, scandens, glabra. Aculei sparsi, 

 recurvi, parvi. Pinnae 4-6-jug8e ; foliola 6-12-juga, late oblonga, obtusissima, mem- 

 branacea, 4-6 lin. longa, glabra. Panicula ampla. Legumen ignotum. 



ITab. Madagascar : island of Nossi-be, Boivin. 



Habitu M. sepiari<£^ et pariter siccitate nigrescit^ foliolis facile distinguenda. Petiolus communis 

 3-4^-pollicarisj pinnse l|-2-pollicares, Foliola 2-3 lin. lata^ basi valde obliqua^ costa subcentrali^ nervis 

 lateralibus 2-3 tenuibas brevibus. Panicula apbylla, laxe polycepbala. Capitula multiflora. Calyx vix 



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\ lin. longus. Corolla 1 lin. longa^ profande 4-fida. 



The Brazilian M. sepiaria has established itself in hedges in Singapore and in South China. 



173. M. KUBiCAULis, Lam. Diet. i. 20. Eruticosa, subscandens, puberula. Aculei 

 sparsi, recurvi. Pinnae 3-10-jugge ; foliola 6-15-juga, oblonga v. oblongo-linearia, 2-4 

 lin. longa, subtus v. utrinque appresso-puberula. Pedunculi inferiores axillares, supe- 

 riores racemosi. Legumen stipitatum, rectum v. curvum, 2-3-pollicare, 4-6 lin. latum, 

 margine nudum v. rarius aculeatum, glabrum, valvis pluriarticulatis. — Hook. Ic. BL 

 t. 156. 



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Mimosa octandra, Roxb. ! PL Corom. ii. 55, t. 200. 

 M. mutabilis, Roxb. M. Ind. ii. 564. 

 M. spinoso-siliqua, Rottl. ex Spreng. Syst, ii. 206. 

 M. Roitleri, Spreng. /. c. 



Hah. Tropical Asia : widely spread over East India from Affghanistan and the Penin- 

 sula to Nepaul and Assam, and lias also been received from Mauritius, but perhaps 

 there cultivated. 



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174. M. HAMATA, Willd. Spec. iv. 1033. Eruticosa, cano-puberula. Aculei sparsi, 

 validi, recti v. recurvi. Pinnse petiolo brevi 3-4-jugee ; foliola 6-10-juga, oblonga V. 

 oblongo-linearia, 1-2 lin. longa, utrinque cano-puberula. Pedunculi plerique axillares, 

 folio longiores. Legumen stipitatum, pubescens, curvum, ad 6 lin. latum, latere exteriore 

 mter semina sinuatum, margine aculeato, valvis pluriarticulatis. 



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