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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 52.*] 



late oblonga, obliqua, obtusissima, demum coriacea, nitidiila, subsemipollicaria. Spicie 

 axillares, 3-5-pollicares. Legumen breviter stipitatum , rectum v. leviter arcuatum, 

 planum, glabrum, ad 4 poll, longum, 6-9 lin. latum, inter semina subseptatum, valvJs 

 rigide coriaceis. 



Mimosa nudiflora. Rich, in Poir. Diet. Suppl. i. 65. 



Mimosa nigricans, Vahl ! Eel. lii. 37, t. 29, non Labill. 

 A, Rohriana, DC. Prod. ii. 457. 



Sab. West Indies : Danish Islands of St. Thomas and St. Juhn, v. Bohr, Balhh, 

 Bhrenberg^ and others ; Porto Rico, Herb. Far. 



Mimosa 



i'( >(> 



1 >(>U'lj' upon 



Plumier^s figure^ ed. Biirm. t. 11, which probably represents an exaggerated luxuriant form oi A. niffrU 

 cans, with larger, more numerous leaflets^ raised lenticlcs on the branches, and the spikes morr terminal, 



be 



sentatioii remains very doubtful. Grisebaeli refers the M. muiicuta, witlioi 



lijl 



Mi 



** Lacerantes. Frutices elatiores, scvpe sarmeiitoai v. idle acamleHlca. Aculei jmni 



scepius remrvh rameales crehri v. rari, pctin lares scepius adsunt minimi. Spircr mtj^e- 

 riores v. omnes racemosce v. paniculalw. 



t SpiccB l\-^pollicarc8 . 



391. A. AMAZONICA, Benlh. ! in Mart Ft. Bras. Mm. Alte scandens, glabra v. ii 



fl 



rescentia puberula. Aculei baud crebri. Stipulae lanceolatse, striatic. Tinnjc 8>2f) 

 jugge; foliola multijuga, anguste linearia, 2-3 lin. longa. Spicsc pnniculaljr. Corpll; 

 calyce 3-4-plo longior. Legumen stipitatum, 6-7-pollicare, polliccm latum, ralris mem 



branaceo-cbartaceis. 



F[ab. Tropical America : Nortb Brazil, Spjntce. 



392. A 



JBefith. ! in Hook. Lond. Jouni. i. 511. Laxe ramosa 



393. A 



raducissfmir. Pinntr 



scandens. Aculei crebri. Stipulse angustaD, caducissimte. Pinnte 2a-25^ug:r ; fo ml: 



multi- (40-70)-juga, anguste linearia, ad 2 lin. longa. Spic- panirulat-r. Corol].^ oalv,. 

 dimidio longior. Legumen ignotura.— J*/. if''<«. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : BrazU, pror. lUo Janeiro, 8a<, Paul.,, an,l Rah.a. 



VELUTINA, DC' Prod. ii. 4.59, non Bent/., dim. Elata v. altP ..and,-.,. 

 puberula Aculei crebri v. minimi rariquc. Stipulic angusty, 



Tl^C^- foliola 15-10-j«sa. lineari-falcata. sul.tus pubc.ecnt.a. 3-6 hn. lon.a S,.,«r 

 :^^X: Coll ealyco%ubduplo longior. U^umen stipitatum, ^.poH.ear., 1 J 

 poll, latum, yalvis coriaceis marginatis.-J?.^^'. '" Fl. »;•<«. Jn>n. 

 Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Kio Janeiro. 



' „ .■ , • -»r / I.V 73,./>» Hfim Molliter pul)e«f'"ns. Acutci 



mmimi 



Pinna. 2-^juga> ; foliola 10-20-juga, subfalaito-oblomm, subtus pilu 



s«bracemosa>, 3-pollicarcs longioresquo. Corolla calyce sub 



3-4 lin. longa. Spicse 



dimidio longior. Legumen ignotum. 



Hab Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Piauby 



