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Acacia.] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 525 



Subseries 3. AmericaiKS CapitulatcB. Capitula (exceptis interdum Stipularibus) glohoso 



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Stipulares. SiipulcB ampla 77iembranacecB cadnca. 



400. A. &IIANDISTIPULA, BeutJi. ! in Sooh, Lond. Joiirn. i. 511. Scandcns, glabra. 

 Aculei subrecurvi. Stipulse oblique cordatse, J— |-pollicares. Pinnre 3-7-jngf^; foliola 

 10-15-juga, dimidiato-oblonga, subsemipollicaria. Capitula paniculata, ovoidca v. ob- 

 longa, floribus pedicellatis. Legumen stipitatum, 4j-7-pollicare, IJ poll, latum, glabruui. 

 — Fl. Bras. Mini. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Ocraes. 



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Very variable in tlie breadth of the leaflets and the form of the flower-head, and may possibly inohulc 

 several species, all, however, very nearly allied to A. tamarindifuUa. 



401. A. TAMAEiNDiFOLiA, WHUl. Spec. iv. 1092. Scandcns?, glabra. Ariilci rocti v. 

 subincurvi. Stipulse late cordatop, subsemipollicarcs. Pinn.T l-R-jugic ; foliola 10-20- 

 juga, oblique oblonga, subsemipollicaria. Capitula globosa v. ovoidoa, paiilcnlala. l^'Um-s 

 brevissime pedicellati. Legumen longiusculc stipitituni, sub-ri-pollicarr. 8-9 lin. latum, 



glabrum. 



Mimosa tamarindifolta 



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Hab. Trox)ical America : West Indies and Venezuela, 0//o, n. 00 1 ; Jf^ri/^, n. HOT. 

 .402. A. BAHiENSis, Betith.! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Erccta? glabi-a v. pub(^crn8. 

 Aculei recti v. subincurvi. Stipulae late cordataj, 3-5 lin. longuc. Pinnaj 2-4-jugJ!' ; 

 foliola 8-12-juga, falcato -oblonga, 3-4 lin. longa. Capitula globosa, per anthcsin longe 

 racemosa. Plores sessiles. Legumen ignotum. 

 Bab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



** Spince axillares valklcB, apice divaj'icalo-bifoda. 



403. A. FURCATA, Gill ! in Hook. Bot. Jlisc. iii. 20G. rraticosa, glabra. Aculei 

 ' minimi rari. Spinse (seu pedunculi steriles iiidurati) scmipollicares, lobis api('alihii«* 



(bracteis induratis) divaricatis pungentibus vix lineam longfs. PiniuT 2- l-jugac ; foliola 

 6-10-juga, oblongo-linearia, 1-2 Hn. longa. Capitula brcvitcr racemosa. Flores .. ^.L-. 

 ^ Leo-umen breviter stipitatum, 3-pollicare, | poll, latum, glabrum. 



Sab. Extratropical Soutb-America : foot of the Andes of :\rendoza, CiUics, 2hcrn. 



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Foliola unijiiga, majvsctila v. ampin 



404. A. CKASSIFOM... A. Gray ! in Mem. Jmer. Acad. v. 317. Glnhra, gl„ue..'-..ns 

 Aculei yalidi. Piuna; 1-juga;, foMolal-juga, cuncato-orbiculana, l-li-po l,...r,a obh>.,v 



coriacea. Capitula paniculata, dcn.c multiflora. J^gumen ,enotum-7/<w)*. 7r 



^ivis^Extratropical North America : Mcxieano-Toxan mountains, Thurh,,: 

 405 A. MiERSii, Bentk. ! in Jlooh. Lond. Journ. i. 522. Sub"-nndciis, glabra 



sima 



mermis 



Pinn^ 1-jugaj ; foliola 1-juga, oblique ovali^blonga, acuminata, 2-3 



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Capitula ample paniculata. Legumen ignotum. -K. Bras. Ji, 



Mimosa hljuga, Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. xi. t. 32 ? ^ 



Sah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro 



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