﻿530 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.^. [Acacia. 



Subseries 4. Gerontoffece Capitulate. Capitula in omnibus stricte glohoaa. 



426. A. Kraussiana, Meissn. ! Benth. in Sook. Lond. Journ. i. 515. Scandens, glabra 

 V. pubernla. Aeulei parvi, rari. PinnaB 3-4i-jugse ; foliola 6-12-juga, oblique oLlonga» 

 obtusa, glabra, 3-6 lin. longa. Capitula racemoso-paniculata, glabra. Legumen stipi- 

 tatum, rectum, obtusunij glabrum, nitidunij 3-4-pollicare, 8-10 lin. latum, valvis sub- 

 membranaceis, marginibus nerviformi-incrassatis. — Ham. et Sand. Fl. Cap. ii. 283. 



Hab. Extratropical South Africa : Natal district. 



Very near some of the more glabrous forms of A. ccBsia, but with fewer pinnae and leaflets, and a thinner 



almost truncate pod. 



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427. A. c^siA, Willd. Spec. iv. 1090. Scandens v. sarmeutosa, tomentella v. glabrata. 

 Aeulei recurvi, saepius sat crebri sed varii. Pinnae 6-20-jug9e, v. hinc inde paucijugse ; 

 glandulae sessiles ; foliola 10-40-juga, oblonga, obliqua v. falcata, 3-6 lin. longa, subtus 

 canescenti-tomentella v. utrinque viridia et concoloria, costa parum v. valde excentrica. 



Legumen stipitatum, 4-6-pollicare, j-1 poll, latum, Junius saepe tomentellum, maturum 

 glabrum, valvis coriaceo-chartaceis. 



Mimosa ccesia, Linn. Spec. 1507. 



M.Intsia, Linn. Spec. 1508. 



Acacia Intsia,Vii\\({. Spec. iv. 1091. 



Mimosa tenmfolia, Uoxb. Hort. Beng. 41. 



M. sarmeutosa, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 1. 181 ; Pers. syn. ii. 266. 



Acacia sarmentosa, Desv. 1 Journ. Bot. 1814, i. 70, ad specimina hortensia nondum florentia. 



W 



>xyphy III 



A. aliacea, Harailt. ! in Wall. 1. c. 5258. 



A. pseudointsia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pars i. 12. 



L 



Hab. Tropical and subtropical Asia : spread over nearly the whole of India to the foot 



of the Himalayas, and extending to Sumatra, Java, and the Philippines, Cuming, 

 n. 1499. 



m 



Tliere would appear at first sight to be two very distinct forms, as characterized by Arnott in W et Am. 

 Prod. 278: ^ ' , . . , ^ . , . __ 



more 



underneath 



more eastern and southern, often quite glabrous, the leaflets more acute and falcate, thinner, and greeu 

 on both sides ; but the two are often geographically intermixed, and the intermediate specimens are nume- 



^ ^^^^ therefore felt obliged to follow Dr. Brandis, For. FL 189, in uniting them as a single 



rous. 



allied to the Amei 



sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from it except by the broader leaflets. 



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428. A. PENNATA, mild. Spec. iv. 1090. Scandens, tomentoso-puhescens v. glabrata 

 Aeulei recti v. recurvi. Pinnae 6-20-jug9e ; glandula petiolaris sessilis, s^epe majuscula 

 mter pinnas paucae ; foliola 20-60-juga, anguste Hnearia, 2-3 lin. longa, glabra v. subtui 

 puberula, 2-3 lin. longa. Capitula paniculata. Legumen stipitatum, 4-6.pollicare 

 8-10 bn. latum, glabrum v. minute rufo-tomenteUum, valvis coriaceo-chartaceis.- 7^. e 

 Atn. ! Frod. Fl. Feuiris. 271 ; Olio. ! Fl. Tmp. Afr. ii. 345. 



3/miosaj)e/iyia^a, Linn, Spec. 1507. 



M ferraginea, Rottl. ex char, m Spreng. Syst. ii. 207, et ex W. et Am. non Rottl. in Ges. nat. Fr. Berl 

 >i, Schr. quae A, leucophlcea. 



