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M. 



Sab. Tropical Asia : East-Indian peninsula 



M. rubicauli 



legu 



M. hamata are a few from Wi 



M. 



v 



M. 



I can discover. The specimens, however, from both regions are insufficient to determine whether they arc 



try 



175. M. PSOEALEA, Benth. rmticosa? glabra, verruculosa. Aculei sparsi, recurvi. 

 Pinnse 2-5-jugse ; foliola 7-8-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, glabra, vix 2 lin. longa. 

 Pedunculi axillares. Legumen ignotum. 



Acacia? psoralea, DC. Prod. ii. 461. 



Sab. Madagascar, Commerson. Of this I have only seen a fragment, in Herb. DC, 

 insufficient for a Ml description. It is evidently nearly allied to M. rubkaidis. 



176. M. viOLACEA, Bolle in Feters, Mossamb. Bot. 8. Diffusa v. subscandens, ramis 

 tenuibus pubescentibus glabrisve. Aculei sparsi, parvi, recurvi. Pinnae 6-15-jiigu". 

 Poliola 8-12-juga, oblongo-linearia, 2-3 lin. longa. Pedunculi axillares, tenucs, sub- 

 filiformes. Legumen stipitatum 3-pollicare, 4-6 lin. latum, omnino M. rubicaulis. 



Oliv. ! Fl. Tro;p. Afr. n, 336. 

 Kab. Tropical Africa : Mossambique district. 



t 



** Americana. 

 t Inermes. Foliola obovata v. late oblonga, obtusissima. 



177 M LEUC^NOiDES, Beuth. ! in Book. Lond. Journ. v. 89. Fruticosa, minute pube- 

 rula Pinn^ l-jugse; foliola 2-4-juga, obovata v. subrbombea, j-l-pollicaria, coriacoa, 

 venosa, nitida ; glandula nulla. Capitula axiUaria, pcdunculata. Legumen sessile, 

 2-2fpollicare, curvulum, 2-4 Hn. latum, minute puberulum v. glabratum, merme, valvis 



pluriarticulatis. 



Bab. Tropical America : Mexico, Coulter, Karwimki. 



178 M ? PISTACI^FOLIA, Willd. ! Spec. ir. 1028. Glaberrima. Pinna! l-jugas 

 petiolb i-l-poUicari supra canaliculato eglanduloso ; foliola 3-juga, obovata v. obovato- 

 oblonga! obtusissima, polUcaria, coriacea, nitidula, 4-5.nervia et parce venulosa ; glandula 

 scutellata inter foliola paris ultimi. Caetera ignota. 



/n^(ii)»s/ad(e/o/i«, Spreng. Syst.iii. 131. 



Mab Tropical America : Caraccas, Bredemeyer. 



The foliage of the specimen in Herb. WiUd. U very nearly that of M. kuc^o,de.. but glabron,, ami ,1,.- 



.land is null exceptional. It may therefore very possibly belong to some other genus. _ _ 



179 M. ECHiNOCATiLA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bra.. Mim. Pruticosa ; rami set.s 

 lonrri-dis echinati, c^terum glaberrima et inermis. Hnn» remote S-l-juga. ; fobola 

 7-Tjugl late oblonga, obtusissima. subsemipolUcaria, crassmscula g aucescent.a, 



i J-v^ji^o"' ='„..,, Tx»r,,imoTi Tirf>vifp.r stimtatum. 2-2^- 



prseter costam 



Capitula longe racemosa. Legumen. breviter stipitatu 



iolUcare, 2i lin. latum, glabrum, inerme, valvis multiarticulatis 

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



