﻿444 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. ILeucama. 



longa, membranacea, venosa. Pedunculi 1-2-pollicares. AnthoroB glabrae. Legumen 

 6-9-pollicare, semipollicem latum, valvis rigidulis venosis. 



Acacia Sabiana, Buckl. in Proc. Acad. Philad. 186], 453; 1862, 163. 



Hab. Extratropical North America ; Mexican-Texan region, Wright y n. 71, Emory's 

 Expedition, n. 318. 



7. L. TRicHODES, Bentli. I inSooTc. Joiirn. Bot. iv. 417. Subglabra. Pinnse 2-3.jug£e. 

 Poliola 2-5-juga, ovata, obtusa, -|-l-pollicaria y. rarius 1-2-pollicaria, pennivenia. Pe- 

 dunculi vix i-pollicares. Antherae pilosse. Legumen tenue, 4-8 poll, longum, 6-9 lin. 

 latum. ' 



Mimosa trichodes, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iii. 76, t. 394. 

 Acacia trichodes, Willd. Spec. iv. 1063. 

 Acacia pseudotrichodes , DC. ! Prod. ii. 466. 



Sab. Tropical America : San Domingo, Venezuela, Peru. 



8. L. MACROPHTLLA, Benth. Bot. Sulph, 90, and in SooTc. Bond. Jotmi. v. 95. Glabra. 

 Pinnae 2-3-jugae ; foliola 2-4-juga, ovata, acuminata v. acuta, 1-2-pollicaria, pennivenia 



reticulato 



Pedunculi 2-4 lin. longi, in racemes axiUares terminalesq 



positi. Antberae pilosse. Legumen stipitatum, 2-6-pollicare, |-1 poll, latum, mem 

 branaceum, glabrum. 



Eab. Tropical America : Panama, Acapulco, and (apparently tbe same) Cape St. Lucas 

 California, Xantus. 



9. L. CANESCENS, Benth. ! Bl. Sartio. 117, et in Hook. Bond. Joum. v. 94 Pube brev 

 canescens. Pinnae l-2-jug8e ; foliola 2-4-juga, ovata, obtusa, l-2.pollicaria, penniveni. 

 venulisvixconspicuis. Pedunculi subpollicares. Anthers pilose. Legumen stipitatum 

 semipedale, f-1 poU. latum, puberulum v. demum glabrescens. 



Sab. Tropical America : GuayaquU, Eerh. Bavon., Eartweg, Spruce. 



a, 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL 594. 



XX. Acacia, WiUd. 



which still appears to me to be naturally as well as definitely characterized by the sta: 

 various forms assumed by the pod in ripening, remains the largest amon. Mimose^ 



Legu 



ms founded upon any character derived from 

 upon habit inflorescence and geographical dist 

 ling them into subseries and minor groups stiJ 



careful 



Series 1. Phv..o„,»... miali p^UoiZZeZT XT^ZT^' "' "' "'■""• '^'=^''"°'"- 

 Auriraliemes V. ins. Oceani Pacifici. '^P'^ruquepanav.O. AculetO. Species l-m , omnes 



Subseries 1. Alata, 



decurrent 



uta nunc ngida et pungentia. Capitula globosa.-Species 1-5 "FP^sixas, nunc brevia e 



Subseries 2. Continue. Phvllodia ri^da ™.r,„«^+- 



Subseries 3. Pungentes. 



spicae cylindracese.—Species 1 1-4 



6-10 



articulata 



Capitula globosa 



