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528 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Acacia, 



Aculei rari, recurvi. Pinnae 6-9-jug8e; foliola 30-50-juga, linearia, ad 2 lin. longa, 

 glabra. Capitula subpaniculata. Corolla tubulosa, 2-2J lin. longa. Calyx quadruplo 

 brevior. Legumen ignotum. 



Kab. Tropical America : Peru, Matthews, n. 1568. 



419. A. KiPAKiA, jff., B. et K. I Nov. Gen. et Sp, ^. 276. Arborea v. alte scandens, 

 subglabra. Aculei recurvi, baud crebri. Pinnae 6-12-jug80 ; foliola 15-40-juga, oblongo- 

 linearia, 3-4 lin. longa. Capitula ample paniculata. Corolla 1-1| lin. longa. Legumen 

 stipitatum, 4-8-pollicare, J-IJ lin. latum, glabrum v. glauco-tomentosum — Benth. in 



Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa paniculata, West, ex Vahl, Eel. iii. 39. 



M. retusa, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 267, ex descr. 



Acacia Westianay A. Guadelupensis et A, intsioides^ DC, Prod, ii, 464. 



A. sarmentosaj Griseb. ! Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 221 vix Desv. ; Duch. et Walp. in Linnaea, xxiii. 745. 



Mimosa plana, Veil. M. rium. Jc. xi. t. 28?. 



Acacia quadriglandulosa, Mart. ! Herb. M. Bras. 110. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, North Brazil, 

 Guiana, Columbia, and West Indies. 



barium belongs to a form with ratber small and narrow 



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very difficult to distinguish from the East-Indian A. c<b 



M. sarmentosa 



ft Foliola plana v. stipra convexiiisculay costa valde excentrica margini superiori 



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approximata v. contigua. 



420. A. GLOMEEOSA, BeutJi. ! in Kook. Lond. Journ. i. 521. Arborea, pubescens v. 



glabrata. Aculei rari, recti v. incurvi. Pinnae e-S-jugse ; foliola 12-25-juga, oblique 



late oblonga, subtus appresse pubescentia, 2-6 lin. longa. Capitula ample paniculata. 



CoroUae saepius pubescentes. Legumen stipitatum, 5 -6-pollicare, 1-lJ poll, latum.— i'/. 

 Bras. Mim. 



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Sab, Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Rio Janiero, Babia, Minas Geraes, and Goyaz ; 

 Peru, near Tarapoto, Spruce, n. 4408; Columbia, Bogota, Triana-, Panama, Sutton 



Sayes. 



vanes 



considerably, and sometimes comes very near to A. polyphylla. A few of the 



BraziKan specimens, as well as those from Spruce and from Sutton Hayes, have the flowers near 



lilk 



421. A.POLTPflTLLA,i)a Cat.Hort. Monsp. 74; Proc?. ii. 469. Arborea v. subscandens, 

 tomentoso-puberula v. glabrata. Aculei rari, recti v. incurvi. Pinn^ 10-20-iu2-^ : foliola 



50.juga, anguste falcato-oblonga y. linearia, ad 3 lin. longa, subtus minute puberula 

 Capitula ample paniculata. CoroUa pubescens. Legumen eo ^. ^/om^ro^^ paullo minus 



Benth. in Fl, Bras. Mim 



fluviatilis 



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5ai. Tropical America : Brazil, proy. Sao Paulo, Minas Geraes, and Babia; North 

 Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Guiana. 



considerably, and is sometimes very near some specimens of A. alomerosa. The two 



varieties 



