﻿Acacia,'] 



MR 



MIMOSE2E. 509 



14-22-jug8e. Poliola 20-30-juga (v. plura?). Involucellum infra medium pedunculi 

 parvum, cadiicum, v. 0. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Tropical Soutli-west Africa: Shire river, Kirk; also mBaines^s collection. 



There are fragmeuts of what appears to be another species of Acacia with globular silky-pubesceut 

 flower-heads from the same region, but insufficient for description. 



E. Normales. Sjpincs omnes rectcB. Flores glahri v. parce piiheritli. Legumen reclutn 

 V. arcuafum, valvis membranaceis v. tenuiter coriaceis {excepta A. Bidwilli) plants n. 

 demum convexls scepissime oblique j^eliculato-venosis. 



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Australiensea. 



327. A. SUBEROSA, A. Cunn. ! Benth. in Booh. Bond. Journ. i. 400. ITirtclla. Sjiina' 

 tenues. Pinnse l-2-jug8e ; foliola 8-12-juga, oMongo-lincaria, rigiduln, 1-2 lin. longa. 

 Legumen complanatum, crassiusculum, pubcscens, ad 3 poll, lonirum, 3-6 Tin. lafuni, 

 valvis convexis coriaceis. Semina pubesccnti-lanata. — Fl. Austral, ii. 420. 



' Mob. Tropical North-west Australia. 



This species is as yet but very imperfectly known. 



328. A. BiDWiLLT, Bentli. ! in Binncea, xxvi. 629. Glabra. Spinge Tiiinores minut 

 V. obsoletse. auctee vix 3 lin. lon^jae. Pinnae 16-20-jugae; foliola 15-25-juga, oLlonir; 



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obtusa, rigida, vix lineam longa. Involucellum in medio pcdunculo dcciduum. Legumt 

 rectum, glabrum, 3-6-pollicare, ad 6 lin. latum, valvis convexis coriaceis. Semina glabr 



FL Austral, ii. 420 



Sab. Tropical North and North-east Australia. 



329. A. PALLIDA, F. Muell. I in Journ. Binn. Soc. iii. 147, pro parte. Glabra, pallid; 

 V. subo-lauca. Spinae crassiusculcC, breves v. obsoletae. Pinnae 3-10-jugai ; foliola 10-20 

 juga, o'blonga, coriacea, 3-4 lin. longa. Involucellum in medio pcdunculo dcciduum 

 Legumen ignotum.— Benth. ! Fl. Austral, ii. 421. 



Sab. Tropical North Australia. 



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Africans platycarpcs 



330. ?A 



Willd. Spec. iv. 1056. Glabra. Spina? auctoc teretes, \ 



licares. Pinn^ 1- rarius 2-jug^; foUola 3-l()-juga, oblonga, obtuBa, 1-2 l.n. longa. 

 Elores ignoti. (Spic. ovales v. oblongs dicuntur.) legumen curvum. subplanum, 

 tomentosum, 4.polUcare, ad 6 Un. latum. -ir«.y/^, Arzuetgcto. x. t. 28. 



Mimosa gummifera, Brouss. in Poir. Diet. Suppl. 1. 164. 



Sab. Extratropical North Africa : Morocco. 



■ I oX know this from Hayne's figure, taken from a specimen in leaf oxdy, and a loo^ pod m Wdl- 

 1 oniy Know tuis j o ,t j :„ G^nfTi Morocco by Dr. Hooker and br Mc!»srf«. Knn 



denow's herbarium, and from specimens gathered m South Morocco oy 



:. l..f nnlv. It remains, therefore, very uncertam whether the spcciCs should be placefl 



all 



gst the spicate Gummifi 



' ''Tfr D f Ca Hort. Par. ed. 3 207, raised from Morocco seeds, and only known in leaf 

 coromlUfoha, Dest. bat. tion. r^ , , ^^^^^^^ 



luxuriant form 



^ens I Le seen have, like the former, but one pa.r of p.nn., but longer leaflet.. 



spcci 



y. 



