﻿Mimosa.] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 433 



ftf Finnce Q-v. muUijugce^ breves, foUolw qiiam jpirmcB paucioribtis. 



236. M. GRACILIS, Benth. 1 in SooJc. Journ. Bot, iv. 411, Suffruticosa, gracilis, glabra 

 V. pilosula. Pinna? 6-10-jug8e; foliola 4-6-juga, obovato-oLlonga, 1-1| lin. longa, mem- 

 branacea. Legumen ignotum. — M. Bras. Mim. 



Rah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Goyaz. 



287. M. Blanchetii, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Suffruticosa, rigidula, glabra 

 V. glanduloso-scabra. Pinna? 10-30-jugo6 ; foliola 6-8-juga, obovata, imbricata, 1^-2 lin. 

 longa, crassiuscula. Legumen ignotum. 



Mab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



tfff Finnoe ad aficem petioli stihphyllodinei j^erj^aucce minim(By v. 0. 



238. M. PAUCiFOLiA, Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 412. Suffruticosa, romosissimn, 

 erecta, glaberrima. Pinnsc ad apicem pctioli filiformis elongati 2-3-jugnD ; foliola sub-2-juga, 

 obovata, vix 1 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum.— J'Z. Bras. Mim. 



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



239. M. PHYLLODiNEA, Benth. ! in Hoolc. Journ. Bot. iv. 412. Suffruticosa, suberecta, 

 glaberrima. Petioli pbyllodinei, compressi, anguste lineares, 3-5-pollicarcs, 1-2 lin. lati, 

 pinnis V. ad mucrones 2 reductis, rarius minimis 2-foliolatis. Plorcs 4-mcri. Legumen 



ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



240. ? M. EXTRANEA, Benth., sp. n. Subglabra. Petioli pbyllodinci, compressi, lineares, 



2-pollicares, fere 2 lin. lati, pinnis 0. Flores S-meri. Legumen ignotum 



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Sab. Tropical America : San Domingo, communicated by Jacquemont to 



Berl 



herbarium 



subcoriacca 

 ippositi 



Suffrutex v. fratex videtur, glaber v. pube minuta pra^sertim in pedunculo conspcrsus. Ramu us tenuus, 



foliosus, snbramosus. Stipule desunt. Phyllodia obtusa, basi breviter in petiolum contracta, -"^-"- "" 



costa media nervoque utrinque latcrali prominentibus percursa. . Pedunculi tenucs, tcrmmale 

 folii, 1-14 poll, longi, ebracteati. Capitula absque staminibus 2 lin. diamctro. Bractc^ sub flonbus 

 minute. Calyx vix conspicuus. Corolla campanulata, lineam longa, membranacca in florc examjnato 

 apice late et obtuse 3-Ma, lobis more generis valvatis. Stamina 6, corolla duplo longiora. Anther* 



Mimosa:. Ovarium subsessile, glabrum. 



Altbou 



without the fruit, the flowers are so exactly those of a Mimosa, that J l>ave vciuurcu .o uu.cr..,>. .. . 



such, though the inflorescence is «>mewhat different, and the i.hyllodineous fol .age only to he comrarcd 

 with that of the Brazilian M. phylhdinea. 



Series 8. Somniantes. Frutices suffrutices v. hcrlce, aoukall «. i»er,ne,, gUhri hirmf, 



« setosi, ramissccpins lenuiUs. Pinnce2-v.i,luriJ«g<e,petioloselav.>qmmulu.»lcn"»n.s 



^Jusve parie imiruclo. Capitula glohom, parca, axillaria v. ad apices ramoruM raoemosa. 



Calyx Lntt^. Corolla nti bracte<e muUMriata^. tegnmen ^nerme, fflainm .ctomm 



, Lnduloso-Mspidum, nmw Unbare valvie in aHMos plure, facde secedcMms, nunc 



brevius mlvis indiv 



distingubhed 



corolla: 



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