﻿442 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Schranlda 



Mimosa horridula^ Mich. ! M, Bor. Amer. ii. 254 (including S. angustata) ; Vent. Clioix^ t. 28. 

 Mimosa Intsia, Walt. Fl. Carol. 252, non Linn. 

 Mimosa microphylla, Sm. ex Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 

 Leptoglottis Nuttallii, DC. ! Mem. Leg. 45 L 



Hab. Extratropical Nortli America : Southern United States. 



Var. pinnis parvis, 2-3-jugis. — Monterey, Texas, Eaton and Edwards. 



5. S. ANGUSTATA, Tovr. et Or. ! Fl. N. Amer. i. 400. Aculei parv i. Pinnae 4-6-jug£e ; 

 foliola multijuga, 1-2 lin. longa, venis obscuris. Pedunculi 1-2-pollicares. Legumen 

 tenue, subulato-rostratum, 4-6-pollicare, aculeis parvis seriatis. 



Sab. Extratropical North America : Southern United States. 



Some specimens from Florida, Ruegel, n. 210, have the smaU leaflets and long slender subulate-acu- 

 minate pod of S. angustata ; but the leaflets have the raised veins of S. uncinata. It would seem, there- 

 fore, to require further observation to ascertain how far the venation of the leaflets (very fine and obscure 

 in S. leptocarpa, aculeata and angustata, very prominent in S. uncinata, and rather deeply sunk in S. ha- 

 mata) is really available as a constant specific character. 



6. S. PLATYCARPA, A. Gray \ Fl. Lindh. ii. 183. Pinn^ 3-4.jug£e; foliola 8-12-juga, 

 2-3 lin. longa, tenuiter v. obscure venosa. Pedunculi subpoUicares. Legumen sub- 

 2-pollicare, compressum, 3 lin. latum, puberulum, breviter et crebre aculeatum. 



Mimosa Roemeriana, Scheele, in Linn^a, xxi. 456. 



Sab. Extratropical North America : Texas, lAndheimer. 



Hahhasice 



with Mimosa, the pod having the same structure 



Mimosa 



SchranJcia habit have a typical articulate pod; and the present species is thus much better placed in 



Mimosa 



Hook 



XIX. Leuc^na, Benth 



this genus had been universally placed in Acacia on account of the pod which 



many 



confirmed 



separation, founded on the marked 



ce m 



n _ ., ,i_ r. ^ - ,1 . , "-*vj TTXii^xx xa rcaiiy nearer to tnat oi 



Desmanthm than oi Acacia, as well m the consistence of the valves as in thp «l.o^. a • h • xi. 



albumen of the seeds, differing f™. that of Bes^antku. chiefly il fte ~ tZ.T' """""^ " '"^ 



* 



Foliola multijuga, parva, linearia 



1 L. EoKSTEKi Benth. tin HooJc. Lond. Journ. y. 94 Ramuli teretiusculi Stipule 

 setiformes, pers.stentes Pmn. 10-15.jug. ; glandula petiolaris parva • foHola S 

 juga, oblongo-lmearia, 2-3 lin. longa. Corolla calyce parum v riin^^ill t 



men hrpvitpr ^iHTAifofurv. ii q ii- ^ ^'^v^^ P^-ium v. dmiidio lon^ior. Legu- 



men breviter stipitatum, l^-S-pollicare, 5-6 lin. latum, ^labrum 



venosis. 



Mimosa 



valvis reticulate 



Hah 



Guillem. ! in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vii 



Islands of the Pacific, from Kew Caledonia to Tahiti 





attcnuatum 



