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422 MR. G. BENTHAM (5n THE MIMOSE^. [Mmosa. % 



ft AculeafcB. Foliola ohovata v. late ohlonga. 



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180. M. OBOVATA, iBenth, I in SooJc. Journ. Bot. iv. 394. Pruticosa, alte scandens, 

 glabra. Aculei sparsi, recurvi. Pinnae 2-4-jugaB ; foliola 1-jnga, rarius 2-juga, obovata, 

 l-l|-pollicaria, pennivenia, sub-2-nervia. Capitula parva, paniculata. Flores saepius 

 3-meri. Legumen 2-3-pollicare, 6 lin. latum, glabrum, inerme, valvis 5-8-articulatis 

 Fl. Bras. Mint. 



Acacia ? guilandiTKBy DC. ! Prod. ii. 465. 

 Mimosa ceratonioides^ Klotzscli ! in Herb. Berol. 



-ETi^S/ Tropical America ; Brazil, prov. Baliia and Rio Janeiro, Venezuela, and perhaps 

 Guiana. 



181. M. CERATONiA, Linn, ! Spec. 1508. Eepens v. scandens, glaberrima. Aculei 



sparsi, parvi, recurvi, crebri. Pinnse 3-5-jug9e ; foliola 3-juga, obovata v. orbiculata, 



obtusissima, semipoUicaria v. pauUo majora, membranacea, 3-nervia. Capitula laxe 



racemosa. Legumen sessile, 2-2}-pollicare, 9 lin. latum, margine aculeatum, valvis 6-8- 

 articulatis. 



Acacia ceratonia, Willd. Spec. iv. 1091. 



Sab. Tropical America : West-Indian Islands, St. Vincent's, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, 

 Dominica, perhaps also on the S. American continent, but the M. ohovata often 

 taken for it. 



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182. M. FAGARACANTHA, GHseb. ! Cat. Bl. Cub. 81. Fruticosa, tortuosa, glabra. 

 Aculei infrastipulares petiolaresque gemini recurvi, et nonnunquam sparsi. Pinn^ 

 2-3-jugae ; foliola 2-4-juga, obovata v. ovalia, obtusissima," 2-4 lin. longa, sub-3-nervia. 

 Capitula parvula, racemosa v. inferiora axillaria. Legumen subsessile, 2-pollicare, 3-4 

 lin. latum, inerme v. minute aculeatum, valvis 6-8-articulatis. 



Mab. Tropical America : Cuba, Wright, n. 2390. 



183. M. POLYAifciSTRA, Benth. in Herb. Boiss. Fruticosa, scandens ?, glabra. Aculei 

 sparsi, recurvi, copiosi. Pinn^ 3-7-jug8e; foliola 6-8-juga, oblique obovali-oblonga, 

 obtusa, 3-4 lin. longa, sub-2-nervia. Capitula racemosa. Legumen ignotum. 



Acacia tamarindifolia, Griseb. ! Cat. PL Cub. 82, excl. syn. 



Sab. Tropical America : New Spain, Bavon ; cultivated in Mr. Chapy's garden at 

 Havannah from the "West Indies, M'Zane. 



distinguished by the very obtuse leaflets without 



glabrous variety of M. 



It is, however, still nearer 



Indian M. mbicaulis, and is absolutely undistinguishable, m as far as the specimens 



tlie East-Indian Peninsular species 



M. hamata: insomuch that 



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been for the typical New 

 herbarium. 



from Pavon's collection in Boissier's 



184. U. BAHAMENSis, Benth. I in Sooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 408. Fruticosa, ramis petiolis 

 pedunculisque dense rubiginoso-tomentosis. Aculei sparsi, recurvi, pauci. Pinn^ 2-4- 

 jugae; foliola 3-6-juga, obovali-oblonga, obtusissima, \-\\ lin. longa, uninervia, fusces- 

 centia, glabra v. minute piiberula. Capitula racemosa v. infima pauca axillaria. 

 men ignotum. 



Sab. Tropical America : Bahama Islands, Serb. Soak. 



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