﻿542 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEyE. [Callimidra. 



Series 2. L^tevirentes. 



Pinnse 2- v. pluri-jugae. Poliola pluri- v. multijuga, parva v. rarius subpoUicaria, mem- 

 "branacea, Isetevirentia. Pedunculi ad axillas v. ad nodos vetustos solitarii fasciculati 

 V. breviter racemosi. Floras sessiles. Calyx ad medium v. profunde 5-fidus. Corolla 

 membranacea. Pilamenta alba v. rosea, rarius intensius colorata. 



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22. C. CAPiLLATA, BentJi. ! in HooJc. Lond, Journ. iii. 98. Glabra. Pinnae 2-3-jug0e; 

 foliola 3-4-juga, valde obliqua, obovato-eUiptica, terminalia ssepe poUicem excedentia. 



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Pedunculi tenues. Calyx 1 lin., corolla 2\ lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 

 Hah. Tropical America : Mexico, foot of Mount San Pelipe, Andrieux^ n. 404. 



^23. C. roRMOSA, Benth. ! in Sook. Lond. Journ. iii. 98. Glabra. Pinnae 2-3-jug8e ; 

 foliola 4-8-juga, obovali-elliptica, valde obKqua, 6-9 lin. longa. Pedunculi tenues. 



Calyx 1 lin., corolla 2 lin. longa. Legumen C. portoricensis, 2-3-pollicare, 3-4 lin. 

 latum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Acacia formosa, Kunth ! Mim. 102. t. 32. 

 Calliandra viridi flora, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 98. 

 Acacia gracilis, Mart, et Gal. ! in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. ii. 311. 

 Calliandra gracilis, Griseb. ! in Mem. Amer. Acad. viii. 180, pro parte. 

 C. marginata, Griseb. ! in Herb. Hook. 



Sab. Tropical America : Cuba, Mexico, and, apparently the same species, Bolivia, 

 Bridges; Mattogrosso and Paraguay, JFeddell; Sant' lago del Estero, Tweedie. 



The species is closely allied to 0. portoricensis , distinguished chiefly by the fewer, larger, broader 



leaflets. 



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21. C. GRACILIS, Klotzsch ! Herb. ; Baker ! in Saund. Befug. Bot. t. 294. Pubescens 



foliola 4-6-juga, obovata v. late oblonga, valde obliqua, terminalia ad 



Pinn^ 2-3 



poll, longa, subtus molliter pubescentia. Peduncali tenues. Calyx f lin., corolla 

 \\ lin. longa. Stamina alba. Legumen C. portoricensis, 2-3-pollicare, 3-4 lin. latum. 



Hah. Tropical America : Venezuela, near La Guayra, Fendler, n. 358, Otto, n. 404, 

 3Ioritz, n. 887. . 



Differs from C. formosa chiefly in the pubescence. 



■, 25. C. scuiELLiFEBA, Benth. ! in Hook. Jmrn. Bot. ii. 139 ; Lond. Journ. iii. 98. 



Glabra y. leviter puberula. Pinnee 2-3-jug8e ; glandula soutellata ad basin petioli, parrs- 



que inter pinnas ; foliola 6-9-juga, oboyato-obloiiga, terminalia 6-8 Kn. longa. Corolla 



IJ hn. longa. Stamina rubra, basi alba. Legumen C. portorieenm, 3-4-pollicare.-J'i. 

 Bras. Mim. 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio :N^egro and Goyaz. 



Distinguished 



26. G^FiLiPBS, Benth. ! in Sook. Journ. Bot. ii. 139 ; Lond. Journ. iii. 99. Puberula. 

 T! 3-4-jugae ; glandute in petiolo et inter pinnas parvaa ; foliola 10-16.juga, di- 

 midiato-oblonga, 4-6 Im. longa. PeduncuU tenues. CoroUa 2 lin. longa. Legumen 



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ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes or Goyas 



Closely allied to C. portoricensis, but more slender, and the glands appear 



