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



322. A. NATALiTiA, M Met/. ! Comm. Fl. Afr. Aiistr. 167.. Glabra. Spinjxj minores 

 conicjfi, auctsB rarse, rectse, 1-2-pollicares. Pinna? 4-7-jugjB, rarius 2-3-juggB ; foliola 

 12-30-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, 2-3 lin. longa. Involucellum in medio pedunculo 

 persistens. Legumen lineare, curvum, complanatum, glabrum, sub-4-pollicare, 2-3 lin. 

 latum, valvis obs6nre venosis.— ^arz?. etSond, Fl. Cap. ii. 281. 



Hab. Extratropical South-west Africa, Natal district. 



323. A. Gereardi, BentJi.^ sp. nov. Tomentoso-pubescens. Spinas minores brevissime 

 conicae, auctsB ignotae. Pinnae 6-10-jugae ; foliola 15-25-juga, linearia, 2-3 lin. longa, 

 supra nitida, subtus paUida. Involucellum infra medium v. prope basin pedunculi.' 



Legumen arcuatum v. circinatum, cano-tomentosum, ad 4 lin. latum valvis 



subaveniis 



pi 



Rab. Extratropical South-east Africa ; Natal district, W. F. Gerrard n. 1702 



horrida 



tomentosae, pungentes, in speciminibus vix 2 lineas excedentes. 



Stipulse crassse, conicae, subconnatte, 



^ 



communis 2-3 



poll, longae. Pedunculi ad nodos fasciculati, pomcares,in racemum terminalem apliyl- 

 um di«positi. Capituk multiflora. Calyx ciliatus. Petala duplo saltem longiora, glabra. Semina 

 longitudmaha, oblouga, plana, funiculo lono-Insmiln anJp^ nnn ,-^.0.00.0+^ 



324. A 



AMYTHETHOPHTLLA, Steud. ! A. Fick. Fl. Ahyss. i. 245. Puberula v -la- 

 brescens. Spin^ minores minimae, auctee desunt et s^pe omnes obsolete. Pinn^ 

 12-20-jugae ; foliola 30-50-juga, oblongo-linearia, 2-2^ lin. longa, glabra. Involucdlum 

 in medio pedunculo persistens Legumen lineari-oblongum, planum, 4-6.pollicare, 7-8 

 lin. latum, valvis coriaceis nitidis obscure 

 Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 346. 



^aJ. North-west tropical Africa : Abyssinia, ^c^i^^_p^^;. 



..L™Z;. !!"" '"'" r'" ''^^"^"^^^^' ^^^'^^-- ^^-- tomentoso-pubes. 

 centes. J^egumen coriaceum, continmmi, cm 



Linncea, xxxv. 360 



vum . 



325. A 



mild Spec. iv. 1087. Velutino-tomentosa. Spina; 



minores 



comp tomentos., auct. valid., l-2.pomcares, s.pius fuse.. PinnriO-lSuL 

 ohola 20-30,uga, anguste linearia, 2-3 lin. longa. iLolucellum nunc in medio pedTn 

 culo, nunc multo altms, rarius ioferius, persistens. Legumen complanL^ 

 cano-puberulum v. glabratum, 4-6 -pollicare, 4-5 hn: Lum, vaMst"; 

 demum ad semma convexis obscure veno^i^, tenuiter 



curvum, 



Kleinii 



Nat 



oma 



socoma and 



^.6. Tropical Asia : Bengal, Java, Ceylon, and perhaps the Penin 



lean find no difference between the Javan specimens pushed by Miquel as 

 typical Bengalese A. tomentosa, which Miquel introduces into hi. ^, V*'^^'^ ^' 



without any attempt to compare the two plants The Cevll .^^^P^^^^^* on the authority of others, 

 of the island are more rigid, with rather larger leLetsTr^ 

 what are probably from. a garden. " ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^insular specimens except 



326. A. LAsiopETALA, OUv. ! FL Trop. Afr ii <?4fi c. 



subflaTescenti-tomeii 



ise. Pinna 





