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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.^:. 



{Acacia. 



oblonga, obtusa, 3-5 lin. longa. Spicse 1-lJ-pollicares, laxse. Legumen 4i-6-pollicarc, 

 pollicem latum. — Schweinf. inLinnceaf xxxv. 371 ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 341. 



A. sanguinea, Hochst. ! A; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 245 ; Schweinf. I.e. 364. 



Hab. North-east tropical Africa. 



366. A. MODESTA, Wall. I Fl. As. Bar. ii. 27, t. 130. Glabra v. pilosula, cinerascens. 

 Pinnae 2-3-jugse ; foliola 3-5-juga, oblique obovato-oblonga, obtusa, 3-4 lin. longa. Spicse 

 laxae, 1-2-pollicares. Legumen 3-4-pollicare, 6-8 lin. latum. — Jacquem. Toy. Bot. t. 56. 



Mimosa obovata, Roxb, ! Fl. Ind. ii. 561. 



w 



r 



M. dumosa, Roxb. 1. c. 559. 



r 



Mab. Subtropical Asia :* North-western provinces of East Indies. 



Very nearly allied to A. venosa, the leaflets usually fewer and shorter, the flowers pale yellow, not red, 

 and the pod much smaller. 



367. A. LENTicULAEis, Samilt. I in Wall. Cat. Kerb. Fnd. n. 5244. 



gla 



Aculei 



obtusa, pollicaria v. paullo Ion 

 Benth. in Hoolc. Bond. Journ. i. 508 



Glabra, pallida 

 Pinnse 2-3-jugse ; foliola 6-8-juga, oblique obovato-oblong 



Spicge laxse, 3-5-pollicares. Legumen ignotum 



Hab. Subtropical Asia : northern proyinces of India. 



368. A. FERRUGiNEA, DC. Fvod. ii. 458 



Glabra, pallida. Pinnae 3-6-jug» ; foliola 



Sp 



tenues, interruptae, 2-polli 



poll, latum, quam in praecedentibus 



10-20-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, 3-5 lin. lonsa 



cares longioresque. Legumen ad 3 poll, longum 



rigidius, quam in sequentibus tenuius, glabrum, siccitate fusco-ferrusineum 



Mimosa ferruginea, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 561. 



Hab. Tropical Asia : East-Indian peninsula. 



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Flores sessiles v. subsessiles, scepe pubescent 



Legumen planum, valvis 



marginibus vix prominentibus 



369. ? A. PURPUREA, Bolle, in Feters, Mossamb. Bot. 6 



8-jugse ; foliola 12-juga, oblonga, obtusa. 3 lin. lonsa 



Tomentoso-pubescens. Pinnae 



Elores purpurei. Legumen ignotum 

 Sab. South-east tropical Africa. 



Oliv.Fl. Trop. Afr. ii.MZ 

 I have not seen the plant 



Spicae densae, longiusculae, pilos 



370. A. ERITBESOENS ^.toJ„ Oliv.Fl. Trop . Afr : u. 343. Glabra v. puberula. Pinna, 

 4.5-juga,; fohola 10-14-juga, oblongo-Unearia, 2-3 lin. longa. Spiea, densiuscul*. 1^- 



pollicares. Elores albidi, griseo-tomentelli. 

 Sab. South-west tropical Africa, Welwitsch 



Legumen ignotum 



371. A. BuRKEi, Benth. ! in Sooh. Bond. Journ. y. 98 



I have seen no specimen 



foliola 5-8.juga, obUque oblonga v. obovaKa, obtusa 3 



Villosula 



Pinnae 3-6 -jug 



gmsculae. Legumen ignotum 



—Sarv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 282 



5 lin. longa. Spicae laxae, Ion 



anf t '"^?if ^"' '\T"' '^ ''"*^""' ^'"^^ •* ^--1-^erg, Burke and Zeyke. 

 and, apparently the same, Manganja hills on the Zambesi Kirk 



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A. RovuM^, Oliv. ! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 353 



jugaj ; foliola 15-30.juga, oblonga, obtusa, 2-3 lin 



Pubescens, fuscescens. Pinnse 7-9 



long; 



labrum, fuscescens, 4-6-pollicare, fere polHcem latum, valvis 

 ifad. South-east tropical Afripa, 



Elores ignoti 



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