﻿Acacia.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. 503 



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Eab. Extratropical South America : Buenos Ayres and Chili, and apparently also in 

 the Mexicano-Texan region, passing perhaps gradually into the normal form of A. fnr- 

 nesiana ; hut the specimens seem insufficient for precise determination, and prohahly the 

 whole A. cavenia will ultimately he referred as a variety to A.farncsiana. 



304. A. AcriFEHA, JBewjf^./ in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 496. Olahra. Spinas tenues, 

 minores hrevissimae, auctse rectse suhulatge J-|-pollicares, PinnsD l-jugae ; foliola 10-12- 

 juga, ohlonga, ohtusa, nitidula, 3-4 lin. longa. Legumcn valde arcuatum v. circinatnm, 

 elahrum, immaturum crassum, turgidum, 1 lin. hXu\\\,—Grlseh. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 222. 



llah. Bahamas, Swainson; Turk's Island, Hjalmarscn. 



FoHorum petiolus communis 3-6 lin. longus, glandnla stipitata. Finnic 1-1 ipollicarcs. Foliula npri- 

 dula, costa subcentraU prominula. Pedunculi folio subieqnilongi. Capitula 'm A. famcsiaM! minora. 

 Flores glaherrlmi, nitiduli. Corolla calyce duplo longior. Stamina corolla duplo longiora, tilamcntis 



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interioribus basi irregulariter connatis. 



305. A. CHOUIOPHYLLA, J3enlh. ! in Hook Zand. Journ. I 495. Glahia. Spliiu; mmin 

 V. 0. Pinna? 1-2- rarius 3-jugfB. Poliola 3-5-juga, ohloiigo-(dllpti(^a v. ovaha, oht 

 sissima, i-1-pollicaria, nitidula. Legumcn ohlongo-falcatum, glahriun, turgidum, 2-p( 

 licare, j poll, latum.— G^m^J. Fl.Brit. W., Ind. 222. 



Hah. Bahamas, Swainson 



Specimina siccitate nigrescunt. Stipulae acnmine minuto pungcntc vix consplcuic, v. intcrdum omnino 



deesse videntur. 



4-1-pollicaris, glandula depressa obscu 



lata, costa subcentrah subtus prominnla. Pedunculi fasciculati, crassiuseuli, subpollicares. Bractcx 

 connate, iis pra^cedentium similes, ad apiccm peduncuh sit*. Capitula densissima, ad 3 Im. diumctro. 



Bracteae 



/ 



pulpa ut videtur more prsecedentium farctum 



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Afi 



306 A GiR^FF^, Willd. Enum. 1054. Spinseauctae sa^pe vahdae longse, albse v. fu 

 centes. Ma glahra; pinn^ l-G-jug^; foliola 8-15,] uga, lineari-oblonga 2 4 



lonsa, ohtusa, rigide 



Le-umen ovatum v. oblongum, demum tuigidmn, ar- 



cuatum V. rectiulculum, cauo-tomentosum, 3-4 poll, longum, ^1 poll, latum 

 Trav. ii. 240 ; Hare, et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 280 



B 



Hah 



Mey 



Exlratropical South Africa: towards Namaqualand, where it is mnr. than 



other species known under the name of CameUhoi 



distingu 



the°pod • but I now find that the pod is said to be tomentose aUo m the ong.nBl ,pec,« 

 «™l fig"- of the general .spoct of the tree ; and a branch wth a pod arc vcn- .el 



A. SiEBBBiANA, DO. 1 J? rod. ii. 463 



auct. Ilh..' Pinn. 10-30-jug.; foHola 20-iO-jug., ^^^ 



Le-umen rectum v. curvum, glahrura, 6-7.pollica 



Ion 2a 



figured \ 



307. 



t ella . Sp 



ohtusa, rigidula, li-2 Im. longa. -ueg ^^ 



ad f poll. latum.-O^e.. Fl. Trap. Afr. n. 347 



A.jiexuosa, Sieb. ! PI. Seneg. Exs.n. 43. 

 A. Sing, Guill. et Perr. I Fl. Seneg. 251. 



Hab. Western tropical Africa. 



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