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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [Calliandra. 



distinguislied 



tree central enlarged flowers alone that are 

 The central flowers are similarly enlarged in 



sometimes 



forms 



head 



54. C. viEGATA, Benth. ! in MooJc. Jmrn. Bot. ii. 140, Lond. Joum. iii. 105. Glabra 

 V. vix puberula. Pinnge l-jugse ; foliola 20-30-juga, lanceolata, subfalcata, rigida, 4-8 

 lin. longa. Pedunculi rigidi, longiusculi. Calyx 1 lin., corolla 3J lin. longa, glabra, 

 leviter striata. Staminum tubus longe exsertus. Legumen sublignosum, glabrum, 



M 



2-pollicare, valvis inter margines latos crassis. — Fl. Bras. Mim, , 



B^ab. Tropical America: Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes, Pernambuco, and Goyaz. 



Mimosa staminea, Thunb. Diss, ex Flora, 1821, 332, from Minas Geraes, is probably this species rather 

 than the C brevipes. 



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55. C. H^MATOCEPHALA, SossTc. ! Retzia, 216. Glabra. Pinnae 1-jugae ; foliola 7-10- 

 juga, oblique oblongo-lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, |-lJ-pollicaria, coriacea, nitida. 

 Pedunculi rigidi. Plores glabri. Calyx 1 lin., coroUa fere 6 lin. longa, striata, Sta- 

 minum tubus inclusus. Legumen glabrum, nitidum, 4-pollicare, ad 6 lin. latum, valvis 

 inter margines valde incrassatos tenuiter coriaceis. 



Hah, Raised in the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, from seeds of unrecorded orio-in. 



This species appears to be allied to the American C. virgata, but with fewer, much larger leaflets, 

 bringing it near to the plurifoliolate Macrophylla. The corolla is also considerably longer than in C. vir- 



very 



to me. 



It has no affinity with any of the few Old- World species known 



ft GerontogecBj petiolo communi glandulifero. 



56. C. ALTERNANS, Benth, Hamuli rufo-pubescentes v. glabri. Stipule obsolete 

 Pinnae 1-jugae ; foliola 4-10-juga, inferiora ssepe alterna, late oblonga, obliqua, obtusis 



sima, nitida, pennivema, 3-4 rarius 6 lin. longa. Pedunculi miformes. Spicse oblon^ 



Corolla calyce striato 3-4plo longior. Legumen 6-8-poUicare, ad 4 lin. latum, valvis 

 inter margines incrassatos tenuiter coriaceis reticulatis demum glabris. 



Mimosa altemans, Valil ! in Herb. Mus. Par. 



Sab. Madagascar, Commerson, JPerville, Gerard. 



■am 



Foliorum petiolus communis i-2 lin. longus, pinnarum 



;ares, tenues, puberali. Foliola subtus pallida, costa subcentrali. 



vetustos 



iasciculat, t soutan,, cum spieae rhaehe pollicares y. vU longiores. Flores sessiles, nunc apicem versus 

 pauc nunc fere ad medmm pedunculi e^tensi. Calyx vh J lin. longus, obtuse dentatus. Corolla 2 lin. 



profUnde 



,tniii 



4-5 lin. longa, basi brevissime connata in tubum 



57. C. ? J^^^ATA, _ Benth Eamuli puberuli. Stipule pkra^que spinescentes. Pinn* 

 1-ju^. FoLola 2-5.juga, obovato-oUonga. yalde obUqua, glabra, &-9 lin. longa, addito 



exteriore mmore ad basm rhacheos. Pedunculi fPTinoo n -^ i i i -n ^ 



^ ,, , 1 X . 1 1 . T «^"^t.uu lenues. Capitula glabra, pauciflora. 



Corolla calyce subtriplo longior. Legumen ignotum. * 



Wight et Arn. ! Prod. Fl 



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