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] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.E- 53 



, parva, rarius semipolli- 

 striata. — Species 38-95. 

 i Dauciflora, lonflre race- 



Series 4. NiTiD^. Pinnae uni- v. plurijugoe. Foliola pluri-, ssepius multijuga 

 caria^ saspius nitida. Flores sessiles^ rarius breviter pedicellati. Corolla ssepius 



Series 5. Racemose. Pinnae multijugae. Eoliola multijuga^ parva. Capital 

 mosa V. thyrsoideo-paniculata. — Species 96-100. 



Glandulae petiolares adsunt in speciebus 2 Brasiliensibus Lcntevirentium ct in spociebus 2 Geroutogeis 

 Nitidarum. 



Stipulae spinescentes in speciebus 2 Gerontogcis ct 1 Andina MacrophyUarum, in specie 1 Pedirdla- 

 tarum et in speciebus 3 Americanis et 1 Asiatica Nitidarum. 



Spicae oblongae v. cylindraceae in specie 1 Madagascaricnsi. 



Series 1. Macropiitll-¥:. 



Pinnae |-l-jug8B. Eoliola 1-lJ-juga, rarius 2-G-jnga, coriacea v. rigidulc chnrtno(\a, 

 terminalia ssepius pollicem excedentia et interdum G-S-polHcarKi. Pedunculi, exccjitri 

 C. amazonica, ad axillas v. ad nodos vctustos solitarii fasciculati v. brcvitor rnromosi. 



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Mores in capitulo sessiles, glabri v. rarius puLesceutes. Calyx, excepta C amazonhny 

 breviter dentatus. Legumen, cxcepta C. molUs'sima, glabrum. 



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Bifoliolatse. Foliola in toto folio 2, ad apicempefioli artictilala 



1. C. CTNOMETROIDES, Bedd. I Fl. Sylv. t. 317. Glabra. Stipnbc spino<«ccntcs v. ob- 

 soletae. Eoliola elliptica, ssepe obliqua, pennivenla, .S-4-pollicaria. Pedunculi teniTcs. 

 Calyx minimus. Corolla trifida. Legumen leviter falcatum, 4-5-pollicare, G-S lin. 

 latum, valvis rigide coriaceis intra margines incrassatos transverse rcticulatis. 



Hah. Tropical Asia : East-Indian peninsula, mountains of Tiuuivclly and Travancore, 



JBeddome. 



,2. C. HTMEN^oiDES, Benth. Glabra. Stipulse parvae, innocua. Eoliola lalcato- 

 ovata, obtuse acuminata, li-2|-pollicaria, nitida, 2-3-ncrvia. Pedunculi tcnucs. Calyx 

 1 lin., corolla ad 4 lin. longa. Legumen lignosum, 2-3-pollicare. 4-5 lin. latum, ralvis 

 inter margines latos elevates venosis. 



Inga hymencBoides , Desv.! Journ. Bot. 1814, i. 70; DC. ! Prod. ii. 136. 



Mimosa 



Rah. Tropical America : Cayenne. 



In this species tbe leaf appeared to be reduced to a single pinna, tlie 

 short common petiole, the other pinna deficient. In C. cynomeiroides 



of the petiole. 



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** TJnijugs. Foliola in utraquepimia l-juf/a, addito 8ap>n.f<,Vu)lo Irrtio Inforiore 



mmore. 



3 Q Qj^^^^vimi, Baker fi^Hooh Ft. Ind.n.ined. Glabra, foliosa. Pinna, l-jup.^ 



• foliola 1-juga, lanceolata v. oblongo-lanccolata, acut^' acummata, 



nitida li-2i-pollicaria, addito sxpius tertio minore. Pedunculi 



filiformes, l-U-poUicarcs. Mores sessiles, tenues, glabn. Calyx 1 hn., corolb 1-5 Im. 



petiolo br 

 tenuiter coriacea, 



longa. Legumen ignotum 



Sab. Subtropical Asia : Khasia, Griffith. ^ 



4. C. UMBKOSA, Benth. I in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Tl I 597. Glabra. Pt.pul 



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