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506 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Acacia. 



317. A. TORTiLis, Eayney Arzneig. x. t. 31. Glabra. Spinaj ' minores rccurvae, auctse 

 rectje, 1-2-pollicares. Pinnae 2-6- jugge; foliola 8-12-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, 2-3 

 lin. longa. Involucellum medium versus pedunculi. Legumen ancjuste lineare, falcatum 



V. contortum, planum, glabrum, valvis coriaceis.— iV.?^5, Fl. Offic. t. 335 ; Schweinf. 

 LinncBa, xxxv. 327 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop Afr. ii. 352. 



A. fasciculata, Guill. et Perr. ! Fl. Senes:. 252, non H., B. et K. " 



S chweinf. 



A. Perrottetii, Steud. Nona. Bot. ed. 2. 



Mab. Tropical and subtropical North-east Africa, Senegambia, Nubia, and Egypt, also 

 . Arabia'. 



B. Moniliformes. JSj) 



Pedunculi axillm 



appears 



Legumen coriaceum v. siihcarnosum, planum, inter semina regulariter plus minus con- 

 sfnctum V. sinuatum, articulis {haud solvendis) orhiculatis v. quadratis. 



318. ? A. WiGHTii, Baher in Kooh. Fl. Ind, hied. ^ Glabra. Spinje minores conic^e, 

 auctae validse, fuscse, 2-pollicares longioresque. Pinnae 1-3-jug^ ; foUola 8-12-juga, 

 oblonga, obtusa, 3-5 lin. longa, penniyenia. Involucellum infra medium pedunculi 

 persistens. Legumen ignotum. , 



Hah. Tropical Asia . Indian Peninsula, sea-coast, Tiniyellj, Wight. 



The affinities of this species must remain uncertain tiU the fruit is known ; but it 

 allied to A. arabica, differing chiefly in the size and venation of the leaflets. ' 



319. A. AEABICA, mild. Spec. iT. 1085. Glabra v. tomentoso-pubescens. Spin^ 

 ra,nores recte r. ranus recurva., auctae demum eburne>B. pollicares longioresnue. pL«, 

 4-8.jug^, ranus 1-3-juga. ; foliola lO-SO-juga, oblongo-linearia. obtusa, 2-3 lin. longa, 

 tomervia. Inyolucellum m medio pedunculo persistens. Legumen glabrum v cano- 

 tomentos^, p anum V. ad semina eonvexiuseulum, inter seminaLpius Lstrilm.T - 

 polh are, 4-8 Im. latum.-ifa^^. Arzneig. x. t. 32 ; Nees, PI. OiHc. t. 333 ■ ZweiJ ' 

 ^uLmn^ea, xxxy 335 ; Oli.. M. Trop. Afr. ii. 350 ; Beda. M. Syh. t 47 ' ' 



Mtmosa arabtca, Lam. Diet. i. 19 ; Roxb. 1 Corom. PI. 1. 119. 

 M. nihtica, Linn. Spec. 1506. 



AcaaaniloHca, T>e.f. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 2, 208; Nees, H. Offic. x. 332; Schweinf. in Li„n.a, 



XXXV, 333. 



Willd. Spec. iv. 1 085 ; Hayn 



J. Adansonii, Guill. et Perr. ! Fh Seneg. 249. 



Mim OS a 



(gion, and 



£^.S Tropical Africa and Asia: generally distributed over the Africnr, r, 

 extendmg through Afghanistan to the Indian peninsula. 



The specimens of this plant show so great a diversity in tl,« ;„j . , ' 

 I>inn., and even in the fruit, that I sho^d readily ha^ Iptedt "^ ')' -^^""^ *'^ ^"°^'" "' 



species could I have ascertained any constancy or L^Tat ott^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^' ^^^ ^^"^ 



considered ^ th. f.r.,Voi j ..„.._„ :_ ..../ , , ^^ '"^ *''^ different characters. What mavhe 



abund 



betv 



white-tomentose, rather deeply indented 



)nly yery slightly notched 

 ens, according to the notes 



Mimosa 



