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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 



lAcacia. 



the Abyssinian form requiring, perhaps, further investigation, the flowers said to be red, 

 which they are not in the Indian white-barked species. 



The specimens sent from tropical America, where Catechu has sometimes been planted, appear to me 

 to be rather A. Siimathsiii the true A. Catechu as above defined. I should observe, however, that Major 

 Beddome does not quite agree with Dr. Brandis in the identification of the original Catechu with the 

 A, Sundra, but thinks it was rather founded on the pale pubescent form of ^, Stima, as I had originally 

 presumed it to be. It might be better, perhaps, to consider A. Catechu as a collective name, and to 



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include in it A. RovurrKBy A. Sundra^ A. Sumay A.hecatophylla^ and A. caffra. 



375. A. HECATOPHTLLA, Steucl. ; A. Rich. I Fl. Abyss, i. 242. Canes centi-tomentosa. 



Aciilei saepe parvi 







Pinnfe 10-20-jug^ ; foliola 30-50-i 



oblon 



o 



obtusa. 2-3 



lin, Tonga, pallida. Spicae 2-3-pollicares, molliter pubescentes. Corolla calycem parvum 



excedens 



Legumen 3-7-poilicare, fere poUicem latum, yalyis rigide coriaceis obscure 



venosis. — Oliv. ! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 344. 

 Kal). North-east tropical Asia. 



Very near A. Suma, but with larger broader leaflets and the pod of A. Rovun 



376. A. CAPFRA, JFilld. Spec. iv. 1078. Subglabra, ramis fuscis 



V. 



Pinnae 6 



■jugae; foliola 15-40-j 



linearia 



Aculei saepe parvi 



1^2^ lin. long 



Sp 



2-3 



pollicares. Corolla calycem parum excedens. Legumen 2-4-pollicare, 6-8 lin. latum 

 valvis coriaceis obscure venosis. — 



282. 



Mimosa caffra^ Thunb. Fl. Cap. 433. 



Acacia fallax, E. Mey. ! Comm. PI. Afr. Austr. 169, f( 



Sah. South tropical and extratropical Africa 



Very closely allied to A. Catechu, but with a different 



Oliv. ! Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 345 ; Rarv. et Sond. ! FL Cap 



C Ataxacanth 

 pani€ulat(B. 



tk 



Aculei dum adsint spar si 



Sp 



superiores scepius racemoso 



377. A. ATAXACANTHA, DC 



I'rod. ii. 459 



Pinna? 7 



■jugae, glandula petiol 



Puberula v. glabrata. Aculei stepius 



ad 2 lin. Ion 



o 



Spicae 2-3-pollicares 



elevata glabra; foliola 20-40-juga, lineari-^ubfal 



lin. latum, valvis chartaceis glabris 

 Hab. Westtropical Africa 



Plores glabri 



Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. ii. 343 



Legumen 3-4-pollica 



4-6 



not identical with, A. atawacantha. 



appears 



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378 



i. MACEOSTACHYA, Beichenb. ! Benth. in Hook. Bond. Journ. i. 511 



pubescens. Aculei validi 



Pinnae 20 



Per 



foliola 20-50-juga, lineari-subfalcata, acuta, 2-2 



30-jugae ; glandula petiolaris depressa, magna 



Elores glabriusculi 



Hab. West tropical Africa 

 379. A. ERiADENiA, Benth 



Legumen ignotum 



i im. longa. Spicae 3-5-pollicares, laxse 



Oliv. FL Trop. Afr. ii. 343 



bresceu 

 elevata 



Aculei rari, validi, basi latissim 



Hooh. Bond. Journ. v. 98 



illosa, V. rarius obsolet 



Tomentoso-villosa v. gla- 

 Pinnae G-lO-jugae ; glandula petiolaris 



foliola ad 20-juga, linearia, 2, rarius 3 lin. Ion 



