﻿500 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [Acacia. 



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sublanata. Spinse stipulares minores conico-subulatae ad 2 lin. long;t'; auctio seinipolli- 

 cares basin versus valde dilatatse. Pinnge 20-60-jug£E; foliola 20-30-juga, conferta, 

 4-l| lin.* longa. Legumen pubescens v. demum glabratum, obloufnim, rectum v. vix 



ciirvum, 2J-34-pollicare, j-1 poll, latum, crassissimum, continuum. 



Inga pennatula, Cham, et Schleclit. ! in Linnflea. v. 593. 



Sab. Tropical America : Mexico, Schiede and Deppe, Graham, Uartweg, Bourgeau, 

 n. 2912 ; Sumichrasty n. 1770 ; Nicaragua, (Ersted. 



297. A. MACRACANTHA, Humh. et JBonpl. ! in mild. Spec. iv. 1080. Pubescens v. 

 rarius glabra. Spinse stipulares minores tenues, auet« 1-3-pollicares parum dilatatce 

 teretes v. rarius angulatse v. supra concavae. Pinnse 10-60-jug£e; foliola 20-30-juga; 

 saepius conferta, f-lj rarius 2 lin. longa. Legumen brevissime pubescens, subteres v. 

 crasso-compressum, longitudinaHter (demum obscure) reticulato-venosum, rectum v. 

 curvum, continuum v. partim v. imdique moniliforme, 2-4 poU. longum, 3-6 lin. latum. 



Kmith, Mini. t. 28 ; Grisei. Fl. Brit. TV. Ind. 221. 



Mimosa lutea. Mill. ! Diet. n. 18. 



M. 



fieaniosa, Humb. et Bonpl. ! in Willd 



Mimosa Jli 



Humb. et Bonpl. ! in W 



Mimosa 



Willd 



Humboldtii 



Mimosa 



Mimosa peUacantha, Meyen 



Meyen 



A. macracanthmdes et A. subinermis, Bert. ! in DC. Prod. ii. 463 (gla bresceates) 

 A. arrnia, Gill. ! in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 2nfi r»„hMnI,™\ 



Macfad 



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Sai. Tropical and southern subtropical America, chiefly western and near .u. « 

 sent by very numerous coUectors. Jamaica, Vera Cruz, and Central America GalapaL 

 c t:\t r;^2' .f^O^^^*" <^uaya,uil, Lima, and otber parTsTihetrr: 



Juan, Gillies 



cordance m these characters, or any constancy in any of them. 



The enlargement 



Known to DC very inconstant on the same individual in almn^f . 7 ^ 



.eneran, the peculiar for. they a,su,ne .hen ^ is ^ conlr ire! h'^'^r/*'''""'' 

 cantAa, however, they appear to be in some specimens rather lender td t T ^ "T" 



long; in others, thicker, more angular and even ^liVhurT n f "'' ^™° ^''^ ^ ^"^'^ 



figure. »d both for.s .cur in i^^r::^^^::^!'^^^^^::'^:;:, ''"■ '■ r/"""' 



cantka. without any other differences. The pubescent A. JI Itl t d 7 » ""^T f ""T 

 west coast, and A. oiiu^a. from Caranc». .' . '"'crac^ntha and A. pellacantha, from the 



form, 



gnished 



Caraccasj appear to me _ __ ^^^ 



glabrous specimens inclucle the A. macramnthoides 



niarged spines), and A. microcephala, Macfad7a7from 



/e_, from Caraccas, and some of the O.^ui, and otW wIt' C^T r^Tiir r:::h:: 



