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BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. [Calliandra. 



centes v. obsolete. Pinnae l-jugae; foliola unijuga, ovali-oblonga, acuminata, parum 

 obliqua, pennivenia, 4-6-pollicaria v. in rarais sterilibus cluplo majora, addito ssepe tortio 

 minore. Pedunculi breves. 'Calyx vix lineam, corolla 4 lin. longa. Stamina albida, 

 tubo vix exserto. Legumen leviter falcatum, 4-6-pollicare, 8-10 lin. latum, valvis inter 

 margines elevates rigide coriaceis transverse reticulatis. 



Inga umbrosa, Wall. ! PI. As. Ear. ii. 23, 1. 124. 

 Alhizzia umbrosa, Benth. in Hook. .Tourn. Bot. iii. 86. 



Sah, Subtropical Asia : Silliet, Wallichj J. D. JSooher. 



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5. C. AMAZONICA, Benth. ! in Sook. Lond. Joiirn. iii. 94. Glabra. Pinnae 1-jugae ; 

 foliola 1-juga, falcato-ovata, obtuse acuminata, 4-7-pollicaria, elevate- 2-3-nervia, addito 

 rarissime tertio minore. Panicula laxissime divaricata, pedunculis ad nodos distantes 

 fasciculatis. Calyx 5-fidus f lin., corolla membranacea 2 J lin. longa. Legumen tenuiter 

 coriaceum, 8-pollicare, 4-5 lin. latum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Inga httuhinieefolia, Poepp. et Endl. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 80, t. 290. 



Sab. Tropical America : Amazonian district of Peru. 



6. C. TEiNERViA, ^^w^7*. .' in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 94. Glabra. Pinnae 1-jugse; 

 foliola 1-juga, falcato-ovata, obtuse acuminata, 3-6-pollicaria, elevato-2-3-nervia, addito 

 saepissime tertio minore. Pedunculi axillares. Calyx breviter dentatus \ lin., corolla 

 3 J lin. longa, striata. Legumen ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Eah. Tropical America : Brazil and Venezuela, along the Eio Negro. 



7. C. BoMBYCiNA, Spruce! sp. n. Glabra. Pinnae 1-jugse; foliola ssepius 2'juga, 

 falcato-ovata, obtuse acuminata, 3-nervia, terminalia sub-4-pollicaria. Pedunculi sub- 

 fasciculati. Calyx IJ lin., corolla ad 6 lin. longa. Legumen coriaceum, 4-5-pollicare, 

 4-5 lin. latum. 



Sah. Tropical America : Eastern Peru on the Huallaga, where the rich-coloured silky 

 flower-heads are much used as ornaments for the hair. Spruce n. 4235, 



Arbor fide Spmcei 18-pedalis, haLitu et foKis fere C. trinervia, floribus dupio majoribus statira dignos- 

 cenda. Foliolorum par infimuni ssepius adest perfectum, exteriore li-2-pomcare, interiore multo minore, 



Stipnlse late ovatse, obtusee, rigida, striata. Pedunculi i-l-pol- 

 ; in ramo brevi aphyllo dissiti, basi bracteis stipulaceis cincti. 



tubo incluso v. vix exserto. Legumen 



trinervia 



licares 



Corollse risridulae. striatse 



rectum v. leviter curvum, loeve, more generis basin versus longe contractum, marginibus valde in- 



crassatis. 



8. C. CARBONARiA, Benth. I in Rook. Lond. Journ. iii. 95. Glabra. Pinnae l-jug£e ; 



foliola 1-juga, falcato-oblonga, obtuse acuminata, elevato- 2-3-nervia, 3-5-pollicaria, 



addito interdum tertio minore. Pedunculi subfasciculati. Calyx 1^ lin., corolla 4-4^ 



lin. longa. Staminum tubus longe exsertus. Legumen poUicare, 7-8 lin.' latum. 



Kah. Tropical America: Andes of Quito, Jameson \ prov. Popayan, Hartweg, n. 964; 

 a,lso apparently the same on Mount Aguacate in Central America, (Ersted. 



9. C. LONGiPEs, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl Bras. 3Iim. Humilis, glabra. Pinnse l-jug£e ; 

 foliola 1-juga, oblique obovato-oblonga, 2-3-pollicaria, coriacea, costa valida, nervis 



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