﻿Acacia.-] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. 521 



Spicse 2-3-pollicares. Corolla calyce duplo longior. Legumen longiuscule stipitatuin, 

 3-4-pollicare, 8-9 lin. latum, glabmm, glsiucescens .Sarv . et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 283. 

 Hah. Extratropical South Africa : Natal district. 



Perhaps not really distinct from A. ataxacantha. 



380. A. V'E.^YiLJJS.i, Benth. 8;p, n. Scandens ? glabra. Aculei crebri, parvi, rccurvi. 

 Pinnas 3-6-jng8e ; foliola 8-15-juga, subpetiolata, oblique oblonga, obtusa, mucronulata, 

 4-6 lin. longa, rigidula, subtus pallida. Spicse laxae, subpollicares, ad apices rauioruiu 

 paniculatse. Elores glabri. Corolla calyce obtusissimc subdcntato duplo longior. Legu- 

 men ignotum. 



Sab. West Madagascar : Ambongo, Perville. 



This species is very unhke any other one from the Old World, hut appoars mucli more nearly allied in 

 the Brazilian A. lacerans. 



Subseries 2. Americana; Spicijlorce. 

 * Nudiflorse. Frutices rarius arhorescentes iricrmes v. rarlna {in A. (ircggii) acuU'i 



1 



ameales pauci validi, pctiolares 0. 



381. A. EENiFORMis, Beuth. ! in HooJc. Ic. FL t. 1165. Glabra, glaucesccns. Aculci 

 rari. Stipulse foliace^, reniforraes, 3-5 lin. lat^. Pinna) l-2-jug3C ; foliola l-juga, 

 oblique orbieulato-reniformia, rigida, 1-li-pollicaria. Spicie laxcc, l-lfpolU cares. Ive- 



gumen ignotum. 



Hab. Mexico, Ehrenberg in Serb. Ferol. 



382. A. Wrightii, BentJi. ! in A. Gray, Fl Wriyht. i. 64. Glabra, pallida, incnnis 

 Pinn^l-2-jug8e; foliola 2-4-juga, oblique obovata v. oblonga, obtusa, 3-5 lin. longa 

 Spicaj lax£e, subpoUicares. Legumen basi oblique stipitatum, subfalcatum, planum, 2-3 



poUicare, 8-12 lin. latum. 



Sab. Extratropical North America, West Texas, W'right, Berlandier. 



383. A. Geeggii, A. Gray ! FL TFrighL i. 65. Glabra, pallida. Aculei pauci, sparsi. 

 Pinn^ 1-3-jug^, petiolo tenui; foliola 3-7-juga, obovali- Y. anguste oblonga, obtusa, vix 

 2 lin. longa Spic^ subpollicares. Legumen 2-3-pomcare, ad 7 lin. latum, subplanum, 

 rectum v.^'contortum, glabrum v. minute glauco-tomcntellum. 



A. Durandiana, Buckl. in Proc. Acad. Philad. 1861,453. , ^, ,. ^, • -rrr • ., r.^nn 



Sab. Extratropical North America, West Texas, and North Mexico, Wnght, Gregg^ 



and others 



384. A 



BentJi. Pilosula, glabi 



Aculei infrnfoliacci, solitarii, 



caduci FiBn; l-I^S^; foliola G-lO-juga, oUongo-Hucaria, oMusa. vald. .,„li„. 

 3 iL. longa a novella subtus pilosa. Spice laxa., subpollicares. Legumen .gnotum 



Mimosa 



Sab. Tropical America : Mexico, Serb. Baton 



Oreyyii simihs, sed aculei snh nodi, flori^ris ^^:^^^^^:^^ ^Z^^^ 



eoniei, basi valde dilatati, demum decidui nee secus ramos sparsi. 



spcci 



nonduin 

 tenues. 



evoluta. Stipulse setaccse, rigidulae, caduciE. 



iniftrum 



parva inter pinnas jugi infcrioris, .a^pe tamen deesse 



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