﻿Acacia.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. 511 



obtusa, crassiuscula, l-lj lin. longa. lEvolucellum in medio pedunculo persisteu 

 Legumen rectum v. leviter curvum, complanatum, glabrum, lJ-8|-pollicare, 3-4 lii 

 latum, valvis coriaceis venosis. — Oliv.! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 349. 



A. wiphocarpa, Hochst. ! in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 1057 nee n. 522. 



Sah. Tropical North-east Africa : Nubia and Abyssinia. 



spines recurved. We 



specimens before us for further 



336*. A. XANTHOPHLCEA, BentLyS^. nov. Glabra v. pilosula. Spinai minorcs conica!, 

 auctae valid^e, teretes, 2-3-pollicares. Pinnae 6-10-jugoe; foliolal5-2p-juga, linearia, nd 

 2 lin. longa. Involucellum infra medium pedunculi e bracteis 1-2 niajiisculis. Lcgunirn 

 tenuiter stipitatum, planum, 2-3.pollicare, 4-6 lin. latum, marginibas carinatis, Mil vis 



tenuibus subtransverse reticulatis, 



Hab. Tropical South-east Africa : Senna on the Zambesi, Kirk ; Zomba fit the cast 

 end of Lake Shirwa, Mello ; the former specimens in fruit, the latter in llowor, but 

 apparently belonging to the same species. 



" Arbor procera, gummifera, cortice flavo, ligno molli." Folia pilis pauciB conspcrsa. Glamhihi 

 scutellata inter pinnas paris ultimi et interdum prope basin petioli, seepequc parv« inter foliola pariim. 

 paucorum. Peduncuh axillares, 1-U-pollicares. InvoluceUi bractca sxpiua obUqua, linea panHo longior. 

 Mores in capitulo glabriusculi. Legumen stipite venatione et carina prominula ab omnibus jiniiabus 



diversum ." 



337. A. NUBiCA, Senth. ! in Booh. Lond. Journ. i. 498. Glabra v. junior pnbcsccns. 

 Spim© minores parvae, conicse, s^pius tomentosse ; aucta? rcctse, subsemiponicares, rariu s 

 subrecurv^ brevioresque. Pinnse 3-12-jug^ ; foliola 6-15.juga, oblonga, obtusa, sub- 

 fflauca 2-3 lin longa. Involucellum infra medium pedunculi persistans. Legumen 

 subsessile, rectum v. yix curvum, 2-3-pollicare, ad 6 lin. latum, marginibus acute '^"--*- 



V. ai 



Oliv. I FL Trop. Afr. ii. 348 



guste alatis, valvis coriaceis conYQxm^Gulis.-Schwemf. in Unn<ea, xxxr. 337 



Aucheri 



Hochst. ! ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ 



very short. Tb 



"^rT:;Sl =:;ast AMca and probaWy Arabia, rrovince Mascate, Au^^er 



uZ^saVfota, Forsk. Fl. M,. Arab. 177, from DakU, must be very near A. «u .... TI.c s. 

 spl™ ielibU as being as long as the leaves, whUst in A. nnUca they are nsuall, 

 short ctaraeter in other respects agrees with A. mbica. 



*** Indicce, altera platt/carpa, altera stenocarpa. 



S3B. A. J.C...™ B.a..l in KooU.L.^. -^^^ ^- ^^ ;,,^^:f^^ 



Juga, oblongo-lineana, ote^ 1-1, ^-^S^ ./^^^ ^.j,„Uie,,e, ^ 6 lin. latnn. 



cum 



Le«Timen longe stipitatum, rectum, g 



^3 « 



f 



valvis planis tenmssime 



1/ Tr p calAsia : plains of Upper India and Punjab. 



Sab. Tropica I ^^^^^ ^ ^^ gp^ ^ 



339. A. EBUiiNBA, Wtlld. Spec. it. lus ., „oUicarcs. Pinnse 2-4- rarius 6-8- 



tenues, recte; aucte eburne« s.pe ^^^^^f'\'frZ T„volucellum m medio 



jug® 



foliola ' 6-10-juga, conferta, obtusa, -i-l Hn. long 



3 



70L. XXX 



