﻿428 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. [Mimosa. 



s£epius terni, infrastipnlares et infrafoliaceus, yalidi, recti, petiolares nuUi. -PinnsB 4-6- 

 jugge ; foliola 15-20-juga, linearia, ad 3 lin. longa, costa marginal!. Oapitula pedanculata, 

 axillaria. Legumen ignotum. 

 JSab. Tropical America : Bolivia near Sorata, Maudorit n. 757. 



Ramuli validly angulato-sulcati. Aculei 3-6 lin. longi. Foliorum petiolus communis 2-2-pollicai'is, 



lervo altero tenuissim 

 paullo longiora quam 



pinnse l|-pollicares. Foliola obtusiuscula, costa margini arcfe approximataj 

 couspicuo. Pedunculi solitarii v. gemini, l-l|-pollicares. Capitula globosav. 

 Flores glabri. Calyx \ lin., corolla \\ lin. longa. 



207. M. Geahami, a. Grmj ! Tl Wright, ii. 52. rruticosa, decumbens, glabra 

 Aculei infrastipulares gemini, recti, sparsi, pauci, uti petiolares recurvi. Pinnae 6-8-jug£e 

 foliola 10-15-jiiga, oblonga, 2-3 lin. longa, 2-3-nervia et pennivenia. Capitula axillaria 

 pedunculata. Legumen sessile, l-lj-pollicare, 3 lin. latum, rectum, glabrum, margint 

 aculeis raris armato v. Undo, valvis indivisis. 



Hah. Subtropical North America : ^ Mexican-Texan region, Wright, n. 1042, Seemami 



ft Aculei infrastipulares recurvi, rarius rectiuscidi nee incurvi, sparsi dum adsint 



petiolaresque recurvi. 



208. M. ACANTHOCARPA, Beiith. ! in Hooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 409. Pruticosa, minute 

 cano-puberula. Aculei infrastipulares gemini, petiolaresque recurvi. Pinnae 8-15-juo"^ ; 

 foliola 6-10-juga, oblongo-linearia, \\-2\ lin. longa, obscure l-2.nervia. Capitula 

 pedunculata, axHlaria. Legumen sessile, 1-1^ poll, longuni, 2-3 lin. latum, cur 

 rectiusculum, puberulum, margine exteriore v. utroque aculeate, valvis indivisis. 



um 



Wiiia 



Mimosa 



7 ; Reichb. Icon. Exot. t. 63. 



Acacia aculeaticarpa, Lag. Elench. Hort. Matrit. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 16. 

 Acacia brachyacantha, Willd. ! Enum. Hort. Berol. 1055 (folia tantum). 



Hah. Tropical and subtropical North America : Mexico, frequent, Berlandier n 661 

 Emory's Hapedition, n. 301, 308, and many others. Long since grown also in some 

 European botanic gardens under various names. 



209. M. PLBXt OSA, Benth. ! in A. Oray, Fl. Wright, i. 62. Ruticosa, minute prui- 

 noso-pubcrula. Aculei infrastipulares gemini rectiusculi y. recur,i, petiolares recurvi. 

 Pmn«, 6-8-jugx ; foliola S-lO-Juga, oblonga, subimbricata, vix semiliuea longiora, cane 

 puberula. Capitula brevissime pedunculata, axillaria. Flores parvi. cano-pubescentes. 

 Ix^gumen sessile, polhee pan lo longius, vix 2 lin. latum, cano-puberulum, crassiusculum, 

 margme aculeate, valvis indivisis. 



llab. Extratiopical North America : Mexican-Texan re-ion Wriaht n 161 1 -^m ■ 

 Emory's Expedition, n. 310. ° ' '^"«'"*' ''• ^^^' i222' 



mjEKA, M, Fl. Bartw. 12 et in Book. Journ. Bot. iv. 409. Fruti- 

 4^iu..> • foliola 10 l'. !''^''='^*'P'^^"^^ S^'-^i'^i. recurvi, petiolares minuti v. 0. Pinna, 



^a ' FW ':! -T' °':'°°S''-l-''--5^' ^1 !-• longa. Capitula pedunculata, 

 axmana. jjiores cano-pubescentes. Leo'umen *iP<!«ii(. foi^ + / , 



2 Un latum alal^mrv, • • ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^Icatum v. fere annulatum. vix 



I an. mtum, glabrum, siepms smuatum, margine nudum 



210. M 



puberula 



indivisis. 



gme nuaum v. pauciaculeatum, valvis 



