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536 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Li/sihma. 



*** Flores ci/lindraceo-s^icati. Leguminis margo indicmis. 



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9. L. ACAPTjLCENSis, Benth. ! in Sook. Lond. Journ, iii. S3. Pubcscens. (Stipul^e 

 parvae ?) Pinnae 7-12-jugge ; foliola multijuga, oblongo-lineariaj 2-3 lin. longa, pilosula, 

 costa subcentrali. Legumen semipedale, \\ poll, latum. 



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Acacia acapulcensis^ Kunth ! Mim. 78, t. 24. 



A. desmostachyay Benth. ! PI. Hartw. 13. 



Lysiloma desmostachya, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 84. 



Sab. Tropical America : Mexico, near Acapuico, Sumholdt andBonpland\ near Leon, 

 Bartweg, n, 75 ; Volcan de Santa Barbara, Bet^andier, n. 3144. 



Petiolorum glandula in specimine Bonplandiano minus elevata quam in Hartweg:ianis et Berlandierianis. 

 caeterum conveniunt. Foliola in omnibus adpresse pilosula. 

 plandiano corolla subtriplo longiora. Leguminis margo solutus latiusculus. 



10. L. nosTRATA, Benth. ! in SooTc. Lond. Journ. iii. 84. Scandens, glabra. Stipul^e 



orbiculatae, l-lj lin. latse. Pinnai G-S-jugae. Foliola multijuga, oblongb-linearia, costa 

 submarginali. 



Acacia rostrata, Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec. iv. 1060. 



Mimosa rostrata, Voir. Diet. Suppl. i. 66. 



Mimosa ignava, H., B. et E. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 259. 



Hab. Tropical America : New Granada, on the banks of the Magdalena, Hvmboldt and 



Bonpland. 



Stamina 



o 



striata? 



acuta. Spicse ad axiUas fasciculatse. Stamina plurima, basi monadelpha. 



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sistente secedentibus. 



articulos 12-15 nlus 



Foliola glaberrima 

 ti 3-4 poll, longum 



Paris 



Mimosa, but which on an ins 



undoubted Lysiloma, with indefinite rather numerous 



The transverse 



, ,. -, , " ' ""^"-^"""'^^^^^ciuusmonaaeipiious stamens. The transverse 



breaking up of the valves at maturity, exceptional in this genus as in a fe« species of PUhecolobiun, and 



Acacia, is not constant in Mrmnsn 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL i. 596. 



XXII. Calliandra, Benth 



The heteromorphous flowers which occar in the centre of the flower-head of many species of this genus 

 d sometimes m a few snemRsof Pi/A^/>n7..^;..™ o ■ ./•_-. . : \? ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ b 



ture 



m a lew species ol PUheMium, appear in a few instances to be the result of insect punc- 



many cases, however, they must be constitutional 



fertile than the normal ones. 



any 



Harrisii) borne on minute 

 The genus is a natural 



within the cotyledons, which are often attached far above the base 



bv Grispbaph ha^^ r^v^^r^^ . x^ 1 """^ """^^^ue It into Oistmct sections; those proposed 



^^^::^:^^r::^J^^:^.^ ^"^ ^^^- ^ -^--al south A^eril \^ 



Series 1. Macrophyll^. Pinn^ unijugfe. Foliola 1-3-ju 

 sessiles.— Species 1-21. 



Series 2. L^tevirentes. Pinn* bi- v. plurijuga. Foliola p] 

 branacea. Flores sessiles.— Species 22-33. 



Series 3. Pedicellate. Pinnae 1-2-jug^. FoMola pluri 

 gmscule pedicellati. CoroUa membranacea.-Species 34-37 



terminalis 1 |-8-pollicaria. Flores 



caria 



imibellulis 



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