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185. M. MALACOPHYLLA, A. Gray! Tl. lAndh. ii. 182. Suffi'uticosa, ramis laxis 



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moUiter tomentoso-pubescentibus. Aculei parvi, sparsi, recurvi. Piunse 4-7-jng9e ; 

 foliola 5~8-juga, obovata v. late oblonga, mucronulata, 3-5 lin. longa, pennivenia, utrin- 

 que moUiter pubescentia v. rarius glabrata. Capitula racemosa subpaniculata. Legumen 

 longe stipitatum, 2-3-pollicare, 4-6 lin. latum, glabrum, niticlum, inerme, valvis reti- 

 culatis indivisis. v, in articulos 6-8 secedentibas. 



Kab. Extratropical N. America: Mexican-Texan region, Wrighty n. 143, Emory* s 



■JSx]} edit Ion, n. 309, and several otbers. 



Var, ^Za5r«^«, ramis petiolisqne tenuiter pubci'ulis, foliolis glabria. — Berlandle)\ n. 815 



and 2235. ■ 



186. M. cosTAUiCENSis, 5eK/A. iw ir^r&. (Er5^. Pruticosa, scandcns?, inollitcr ferru- 



gineo-tomentosa. Aculei sparsi, parvi, recurvi, copiosi. Pinnon 4-8-jugOD ; foliola 10-15- 

 juga, late oblonga, mucronulata, 3-4 lin. longa, pennivenia, supra puberula, subtus villosa. 

 Capitula parva, stricte globosa, paniculata. Legumen ignotum. 



Uab. Tropical America : Aguacate in Costa Eica, (Ersted ; New Spain, ITerh. Fawn. 



M. 



'moscitur. Hamuli angulati, uti pctioli puhc molH dcnsa obtecti, 



2-4 liii. lonjiiE. Eoliorum 



aculeis ad angulos crebris. Stipulse subuktBc, tomcntosse, 

 4-5 -pollicaris. Pinnffi li-2-pollicares. Foliola iis M. malacophyllcB simiUa scd numcrosiora, valde 

 obliqua, costa tamen parum excentrica. Pedunculi secus rliachin raccmi saepius gemini, 3-5 liu. longi. 

 Bracteje flore multo breviores. Calyx breviter dcntatus, corolla 4-mera (railus 5-mera?) triplo brcvior. 

 Stamina 8 v. ex Pavon 10. i 



ttt Aculeatm. Foliola Unearia, multijuga. 



187. M. Berlandieri, A. Gray in Torr. Bot. Emory Exped. 61. Pruticosa, crecta. 

 Rami juniores puberuli, setisque brevioribus parce strigosi. Aculei sparsi, breves, recti. 

 Pinnae 4-6-jug^ ; foliola 20-40-juga, linearia, acutiuscula, glabella, obsolete 3-4-nervia. 

 Capitula racemoso-paniculata. Legumen breviter stipitatum, oblongo-lineare, nudum, 

 hirtellum, valvis 8-10-articulatis.— CAar. ex A. Gr. 



Sab. Extratropical North America : Mexican-Texan region, Berlandier, n. 8146, 



Schott I have seen no specimen. 



188 M. SEPIARIA, Benth. ! in Hook, Jotirn. Bot. iv. 395. Pruticosa v. arborcscens, 

 fflabra v puberula. Aculei sparsi, validi, recti, in ramis floridis rari. Pinnse 4^8-jugui ; 

 foliola multijuga, linearia, nitida, 3-^ lin. longa, venosa. Capitula ample laxequc pani- 

 culata. Legumen stipitatum, ad 2 poll, longum, 3 lin. latum, glabrum, nudum, valvis 

 pluriarticulatis.— J^/. Bras. Mlm, 



Acacia bimucronata,V>C.Vxo^.i\.'i(j^. , ^ , . , i ti i * 



Eab Tropical America : very common, and frequently planted m hedges tliroughout 

 South Brazil, and also met with in woods, where it grows into a small handsome tree. 

 Also in hedges in South China, Fortune, n. 17, and in Singapore, Schomburyk, Mamyay, 

 who sent it as a new species under the name of Jf . ;. igrescens, but must surely have been 

 rntroduced from South Brazil. Jf. tkyrsoidea, Griseb. PL Brit W. Ind. 219 pthered m 

 Jamaica bv Wull schnagel, which I have not seen, must also, from Grisebach s character. 



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