﻿Calliandra.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEJ!. 551 



4-6 lin. longa. Pedunculi rigidi, 3-4-pollicares. Plores glabri v. tomentelli. Calyx 

 2 lin., corolla semipoUicem longa. Legumen minute puberulum, 4-5-pollicare, 7-8 lin. 

 latum, valvis inter margines incrassatos tenuibus reticulatis. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 

 Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Goyaz. 



69. C. LAXA, Benth. Pilosula v. glabra. Pinnse 2-5-jug9e ; foliola 12-30-juga, oblique 

 ovalia v. falcato-oblonga, obtusa v- acutiuscula, 3-6 lin. longa, supra nitida subtus pal- 

 lida. Pedunculi i-1-pollicares. Flores glabriusculi. Calyx IJ, corolla ad 3 llu. loni;a. 

 Legumen sublignosum, glabrum v. Junius tomentellum, 3-4-pollicarc, ad 6 lin. latum, 

 marginibus latis crassisque. 



wnid 



Mim 



Calliandra xalapensis, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 106. 



Mart, et Gal. ! in Bull. Acad. Bnix 



Var.? PARViFOLiUM, foliolis vix 2 lin. longis petiolis tenuibus; legumen paullo nunus, rufo-ton. 



on- 



tellum. 



Sab. Tropical America : Mexico, Central America, Columbia, British Guiaua; th< 

 parvifolmm, Venezuela, Fendler, n. 2255. 



be a distinct <<pecie8 



,f 



but the specimen is scarcely sufficient to aetenuine its affinities. 



70. C. STIPULACBA, Benth. I in Root. Journ. Bot. ii. 137 : XoncJ. Mirn. iii. lOt 



Glabra v. vix puberula. Stipula, lanceolate, 3-4 lin. long«3. Pmna, ^-^-jugte ; f l,o a 

 8-10-juga, obUiue oblonga v. obovata, coriacea, glabra, 6-8 lin. longa^ ^f "°'='^' :J 

 apices ramorum conferti, rigidi. Flores glabri. Calyx li Im., corolla fere 4 hn. longn. 



Legumen isnotum 



m1 1Z;2 Anxerica : British Guiana on the Eio Quitaro, ScUmUr^k. 



71. 0. COHOSH, BentU. ! in Moo,. Lon,. Jo.rn r. 1^- ^ubglabra^ ^^^ 

 foliola 9-lO.juga, ovalia. obtusissima, basi ^f ™*^;„t?s fuit^^ if ra'L plufe. 



cantia. Capitula ^^^^-' :^:':::i:^:^t:iX 5un.en glabmi i. 

 poUicares ad apices ramorum contertim corym 



maturum jam 3-pollicare. 



Mimosa 



Inga comosa, Willd. Spec. PI. iv- W^«>- ^^ ^^^^^^ ^. ^gi. 



Pithecolobium comosum, Bentb. in Hook. Lon ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^f ^j^c nortb Coast, wbcre it d^ 



Hab. Tropical America : Jamaica, rocKy ^^^^^^^ ^^^ inflorescence 



not appear to have been gathered siuce the day 



yery peculiar 



-Pj' 7 9, V multijuga oUongo-Unearla. Flares ph 

 *** Subserice^. Pim^ 2-6->^^. ^ ^'[Z^ ^';.^,,cem. Species MexkancB v. Ceah 



72 



rula. 



ouosenceu=. . .-.-•"- - . - ^ gUhre^cem. o^;. 



Ame.-^una>, inter Faucm'^s et Sencp ^^^ ^,„,v.«r«. ui. IOC. Pube- 



C. C™i>-an, Bentlu On Soot^f'!^'^ ^l -^go-Unmia, falcata, coriacea, niUda 



PinniB 2-6-juga; ; foliola 10-2o-ju„a, 4 ^ 



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