﻿Calliandra.-] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 5i9 



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Pithecolobium geminatum, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 202. 

 Inga fiexuosa, Grah, ! in Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5286. 



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Hab. Ceylon, Mackenzie, Gardner, Thwaites, n. 1531. 



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The fruit of this plant not having been yet observed, its affinities cannot be determined with certainty. 

 I had placed it in Pithecolobium, notwithstanding considerable discrepancy in the foliage ; for I had then 

 thought that Calliandra was confined to America ; but we have now three other undoubted Old- World 

 species of Calliandra ; and the present species has so much in common with the C. alternans, that there 

 remains very little doubt that it will prove to be a congener. 



** Paucijugse. Jinnee plerceque hi- v. paucijugce. Corolla glabra v. parce pilosulce {In 

 G. Gardneri canescentes) . Legumen glahriim minute tomentellmn v. parce villostdum. 



58. C. EXPANSA, Benth., sp. n. Glabra v. rarissime pilosula. Polia parva. Piiin;v 

 2- rarius l-jugse ; foliola 10-15-juga, falcato-lineariaj nitida, 1-lJ lin. longa. Pedunculi 

 tenues. Calyx \ lin. longus, vix striatus. Corolla 2 lin. longa. Lcgumcn suljlignosunij 

 glabrum, 1^-pollicare, 2-3 lin. latum. 



Mimosa expansa, Herb. Pav. 



Sab. Tropical America : Peru near Huanuco, etc., Buiz and Favon, Lobb. 



Rami crassiusculi, rigidi, albi, ut videtur divaricati v. forte in rupcs prostrati. Stipulae parvse, ovalo- 

 lanceolatje. Foliorum petiolus communis vix lineam longus ; pinnae rlgidulse, 4-6 lin. longse. Foliola 

 obtusa V. acutiuscula, glabra v. subtus pilosula. Pedunculi 3-4 lin. longi. Corollae lirabus late cam- 

 panulatus, hand striatus. Legumen more generis basin versus longe contractum. 



59. C. SQrAREOSA, Benth. I in Sook. Journ. BoU iii. 104. Glabra v. parce sericco- 

 pilosa. Pinnse sub-2-jugge ; foliola 20-30-juga, linearia, conferfca, nitida, \\ lin. longu. 

 Pedunculi 6-9 lin. longi. Plores glabri, striati. Calyx 1 lin., corolla 2J lin. longa. 

 Staminum tubus subinclusus. Legumen glabrum v. vHlosulum, 2i.pollicare, 4-5 lin. 

 latum, marginibus latis crassisque.— i^^. Brm. Mim. 



Acacia squarrosa, Mart. Herb. 



Bab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. BaMa. 



60. C. LINEARIS, Benth. in SooTc. Lond. Journ. v. 103. Humilis, glabra. Pinn* 

 2-iug« • foliola 8-12-juga, anguste linearia, nitidula, 4-6 lin. longa. Pedunculi poUi- 

 cares, crassiusculi. Plores glabri. Calyx | lin., corolla 3-34 Hn- longa, laevis. Stnmi- 

 num tubus inclusus. Legumen ignotum.-i^. Bras. ^!f ' ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ 



Hab Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes, Biedel ^n Herb. Petrop. 

 • 61. C. HIGIDA, Benth.! in Book. Lond. Journ. v. 103. Eami virgati, rigidi, rulb- 

 viUosi. Stipule ovat^. Pinn. sub.2-jus^ ; foliola 25-40-juga, anguste Imearia, ngida, 

 4-6 lin. longa. Pedunculi polHcares, rigidi. Plores pihs paucis conspcrsi. Calyx l-"- 

 lin., coroUa 3-3* lin. longa. Legumen sublignosum, mmute puberulum, 4.5.polhca 



6-8 lin. latum 



Hookeriana 



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3ab. Tropical America : British Guiaaa, Caramany VaUey. 



62. C. CA.TCIKA, Bentk. '. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Glabra v. leviter pdoMUa^ Stl 



pulee anguste v. obsolete. Tmn^ 2-juga. v. foliorum mfenorum 1-jug. fohola 20-^0. 



La" IguBte linearia, rigida. nitida, 3-4 lin. longa. Peduncuh ngid., 1-1 i-polheares 



