﻿550 MR.G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. iCalliand 



Capitula glabra, pauciflora. Calyx 2 lin., corolla 4 lin. longa. Staminum tubus breviter 



exsertus. Legumen ignotum.— i^/. Bras, Mim 

 Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



63 C BRACTEOSA, Benth, ! in ITook, Lond. Journ. v. 104. Glabra v. vix pilosula. 

 Stipulse lanceolate. Pinn* 2- rarius 3-juge ; foliola 20-30-juga, linearia, nitida 3-5 

 lin. longa. Pedunculi rigidi, li-pollicares. Bractese exteriores amplse, foliaceae. Calyx 

 corolla 4-lineari parum brevior. Legumen ignotum.— i^. Bras, Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes. 



64 C MERTENSioiDES, Benth. ! in Sook. Bond. Journ. iii. 106. Hirtella. Stipulse 



Pinnee 2-3-jugge ; foliola 12-20-juga, oblonga, obt 



nitida, maj 



parvse. „ _ 



3-4 lin. longa. Pedunculi ad apices ramorum conferti, rigidi, 1-2-pollicares. Calyx 



1 lin., corolla fere 4 lin. longa. Staminum tubus inclusus. Legumen rigidum, IJ-pol- 



r 



licare, glabrum v. tomentellum.— i"/. Bras, Mim, 



Acacia asplenioides , ISIees in Flora, 1821, 303. 



Tnga mertensioides , Nees et Mart, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xii. 35, t. 5. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



65. 0. TASCicuLATA, Benth,! in Hooh. Journ. Bot. ii. 140; Bond. Journ. iii. 108 

 Glabra v. minute tomentella. Stipulse parvse-. Pinnae 2-4-jugse; foliola 20-30-juga 



falcato-linearia, obtusiuscula, coriacea, nitida, 3-4 lin. longa. Pedunculi j-l|-polli 



cares, rigidi. Capitula glabra. Calyx ^1 lin., corolla 2^-4 lin. longa. Legumen sub- 

 lif^nosum, glabrum v. Junius villosulum, lJ-3-pollicare, 3-4 lin. latum, marginibus latis 



crassisque. — FL Bras. Mini. 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Minas Geraes and Bahia. 



Tt la not Improbable tliat fiirther observation may induce the reunion of this somewhat variable species 



may 



developed bracts and calyces. 



66. C. HiRTiFLOKA, Benth. ! in Mart. Fl, Bras. Mim. Patentim pilosa, demum gla- 

 brescens. Pinnae 3-5-jugse ; foliola 20-30-juga, falcato-linearia, nitida, 4-5 lin. longa. 

 Pedunculi 2-3-pollicares, ad apices ramorum conferti, floresque piloso-hispidi. Calyx 

 2 lin., corolla fere 6 lin. longa. Legumen lignosum, glabrescens, 2-3-pollicare, 3-4 lin. 

 latum. 



Mab, Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



Although nearly allied to the preceding species, the few specimens I have seen show too many points of 

 distinction to admit of their being united with it without further observation. 



67. C. EETICTJLATA, A. Gray! Bl. Wright, ii. 53. Humilis, pilosa, mox glabrata. 

 Pinnae l-3-jug8e ; foliola 4-11-juga, ovalia, obtusa, 2-5-nervia, reticulata, 3-5 lin. longa. 

 Pedunculi breves. Calyx hirsutus, IJ lin., corolla glabriuscula, 3 lin. longa. Legumen 

 glabellum, IJ-pollicare, fere 3 lin. latum, yalvis inter margines crassos submem- 

 branaceis. 



Rah. Extratropical Nortb America : New Mexico, Wright, Emori/s expedition. 

 68. C. Gard^eri, Benth. ! in JECook. Bond. Journ. iii. 108. Humilis, glabra. Pinn® 

 2-3- rarius plurijug^ ; foliola 15-20-juga, oblonga, obtusa, obliqua, coriacea, venosa. 



