﻿516 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [Aeaeia 



Series 5. Vulgares. 



Arbores v. frutices, iuterdum scandentes. Stipulse non spinoscentes. Aculci sparsi 

 infrastipulares v. rarius 0. Folia bipinnata. Pedunculi axillares v. ad apices ramorufn 

 paniculati, monostachyi. Spicse elongatse cylindraceae v. oblongse, v. capitula globosa. 



Subseries 1. Gerontor/ecB Spicljlorce. 



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A. Triacantliae. Aculei terni, infrastipulares cum infrafoliaceo. Legumen valvis 



Vahl as 



memhranaceis tardius dehiscens, glahrum framverslm reticulato-venostmi, marginibiis ner- 

 viformibus v. suboarinatis. 



356. A. HAMrLOSA, Benth. in SooJc. Lond. Journ. i. 509. Glabra, pallida. Aculei 

 infrastipulares recti v. incurvi, tertio infrafoliaceo recurvo, in petiolo minimi saepius 

 adsunt. Pinnae 2-3-jug8e ; foliola 3-8-juga, oblique oblonga, obtusissima, 2-3 lin. longa. 

 Spicse 1-2-pollicares. Legumen 2-3-pollicare, IJ-IJ poll, latum. 



.-H«5. Arabia : Aden, Sooher and others ; Djedda, aS'. Fischer, n. 72. 



Mimosa Asak, Forsk. Fl. ^g. Arab. 176, Vahl, Symb. ii. 104, or Acacia Asak, Willd. Sp. iv. 1077, from 

 Arabia, of which the flowers and fruits are unknown, is probably the A. hamulosa. Forskahl describes 



a discrepancy which may be explained by the 

 lULciui struigui one or tne central recurvea one being most prominent in the specimen described. 



357. A. Senegal, Willd. Spec. iv. 1077. Glabra, pallida. Aculei infrastipulares 

 recti V. incurvi, tertio infrafoliaceo recurvo, petiolo rarius armato. Pinn» 3-5-jug£e. 

 Poliola 10-15 juga, linearia, obtusa, rigidula, ad 2 lin. longa. - SpicjE 2-3.pollicares. 

 Legumen stipitatum, 3-4-pollicare, | poll, latum. 



Mimosa Senegal, Linn. Spec. 1506, excl. syn. fere omnibus. 

 M. senegalensis, Lam, Diet. i. 19. 



Acacia Verek, Guill. et Perr. I FL Seneg. i. 245, t. 56 ; Schweinf. in Linn^a, xxxv. 374, t. 22, fr. : Rel. 

 Kotsch. t. 3 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 342. 

 A. rupestris, Stocks ! Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 638. 



Hab. Tropical Africa, Senegambia, and Upper Nubia : also in Scinde Stocks 



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M. seneaalensis 



furnishing the best gum 



of Lamarck. LmnsWs reference to Adansoa and to the three spines, with the 

 central one recurved, identify the species, notwithstanding the confusion thrown on it by the various 

 synonyms applymg to atoost as many different plants, and his note that it was easily known by it, 



which 



vain endeavonred 



foliag 



« — -^^uxv^xxo. xuc lutermeai; 



affirm that the area of the species may not be more continuous 



Arabia 



358. A. GLAUcoPHTLLA, Ste^. ! A. Mch. Fl. Abyss, i. 243. Glabra r. minute pube- 



rula, paUida. Aeulei dum adsint infrastipulares subrecti, tertio infrafoliaceo recuryo, 

 ranns m erdum mermtbus. Pinn«> 8-8-jug«; foUola 10-20.jusa, obUque oblonga 

 " :'rV^'°T' °''*1^^' ^' ""■ lo-^S^- SP-^' «ub-2.pomeL. Mores glabri. 



"^TT^-^^- .1-^ «- iatun..-.o....;/. ., ^ x^:;- . 3V2 : r; 



Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 34i2 



