﻿424 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Mimosa. 



be the same plant, probably cultivated^ as are many of the Surinam plants in "VVull 



aagel 

 have, 



No such plant occurs in any of the numerous Jamaican collection 



189. M. INAM(ENA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mint. Pruticosa, erecta, glabra v. 



s 



patentim pilosula. Aculei sparsi, recti v. subrecurvi. Pinnge dissite 6-10-jugae : foliola 

 6-15-juga, oblongo-linearia, \-'2> lin. longa. Capitula parva, racemosa, subpaniculata. 



Legumen ignotum 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



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190. M. DiPLACANTHA, Benth. y sp. n. Fruticosa, glabi*a v. minute cano-puberula. 

 Aculei recurvi, in ramis rari, in petiolo sub pinnis gemini. Pinnae 2- rarius 3-jugte ; 

 foliola 6-10-juga, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 2 lin. longa, crassiuscula, enervia. Capitula 

 ad nodos fasciculata. Legumen stipitatum, sesquipollicare, 2-*- lin. latum, glabrum, 

 nudum, valvis 6-8-articulatis. 



+ 



Jlab, Tropical America : "Antilles," Serb. Berol, from Serb. Mus. Far. 



Habitus Acanthocarpearum nonnuUarum, affinitas tamen potius M. fagaracantha v. M. polyancistrts. 

 Ramuli et petioU minute cano-puberuli. Foha csterum uti flores glabri. Pinn^ sapissime 2-jug{fi, 

 paribus distantibus, semipollicares v. paullo lougiores. Pedunculi i-f -poUicares, cum foh'is ad nodos v, 

 in ramulis brevissimis fasciculati. Capitula subglobosa, floribus numerosis sessilibus 4-meris. Calyx 

 turbinatus, \ hn. lougus. Corolla membranacea, vix linea longior. Stamina 8, corolla duplo longiora, 

 Leguminis articuli paullo longiores quam lati. 



191. M. DOMiNGENSis, Benth. in Sook. Journ. Bot. iv. 409, quoad syn. DC. Eruticosa, 

 glabriuscula . Aculei recurvi, in ramis rari, in petiolo sub pinnis gemini. Pinnae 3-5- 

 jugge ; foliola 6-8 juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa. Capitula globosa v. ovoidea, ad apices 

 ramorum subpaniculata. Legumen stipitatum, falcatum, glabrum, nudum, valvis pluri- 



articulatis 



Acacia doming ensis, Bert. ! in DC. Prod. ii. 464. 



formerly 



compare Bertero's specimens, which I saw some 

 krhn Herbarium, or with the M. dinlarn'nihn wV 



ose 



I 



all are evidently closely allied, but, I believe, belong to two species, one with 



dijplacantha, which I have now described ; 



M. 



terminal 



Acanihocarpat. 



very imperfectly 



Series 4. Acanthocarpa,. Frutioes ramousdmi v. ranm mffrutioe., glabri pubescentes 

 V. vaion,nec setose {excepta M. Galeottii), aculeis infrastipularihus .parsisve armati 

 v.mr^us ^nerme.. SUp>a^ et sHpellce parv^, seface<e. Pinnae pauci- v. muUijng^. Ca- 

 pitula globosa V. rarin. ovoidea, ada^asv. nodos peduneulata, rarius ad apices ramorum 

 hremter racemosa. Mores ^,neH v. sa^pius o-meri. Caly, breviter dentatus nee ciliatm. 

 Zegnmen planum, s^pe falcatum, glabnm. v. pubesoens, margine nudo v. more Rubi- 



caulmm acuteato, valvis niidis v. rarius sptnm.onhi^intii. .v^- • • 



, ,. . ,. , , ., sewso-ec/imafis, mdivisis a margine solvendis v. 



taratus m articiilos secedenfibus. 



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Inflorescence, habit, and the undivided valves of thp n^rl o,.^ +i, l- r- i 



Acantkacarr,. fr„™ t^» n..,!.„..,.. . K... „. . . , ' .^"^ ''' the chef characters which separate the 



M. detinens, M. borealis, and M 



M. fragra 



