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552 - MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. {CalUandra. 



2-3- rarius 4 lin. longa. Pedunculi tenues l-lJ-poUicares. Flores pilis longis conspersi. 



Calyx vix i lin., corolla fere 4 lin. longa. Legumen sublignosum . 



Inga sjjeciosa, Mart, et Gal. ! in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. ii. 320. 



Hah. Tropical America : Panama, Cuming ; Oaxaca, Galeotti ; Cliachapoyas in Peru, 

 Matfhetcs. 



The specimens Ihave seen are none of them very satisfactory; but I believe they all belong to one 

 species. 



73. C. HTTMiLis, £enth. ! in Hook. Lond. Jotirn. v. 103. Humilis, pilosa v. rarius gla- 

 briuscula. Pinnae 3-6-jug^ ; foliola 8-25-juga, oblongo-Unearia, obtusa, 1-2 lin. longa. 

 Pedunculi pollicares v. breviores. Calyx 1-lJ lin., corolla ad 3 lin. longa. Legumen 

 2-3-pollicare, 3 lin. latum, Junius birsutum demum subglabrum, valvis inter margines 

 latos crassosque membranaceo-coriaceis. 



Acacia humilis, Schleclit. in Linnaea, xii. 567, ex char. 

 C. herbacea, Engelm. ! in A. Gray, PI. Eendl. 39. 



Hab. Subtropical North America : Central and Northern Mexico. 



74. C. ERioPHYLLA, Bcnth. ! in Hooh. Lond. Journ. iii. 105. Humilis, tomentoso- 

 villosa. Pinnae 2-7-jug8e ; foliola 10-20-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusiuscula, 1-2^ lin. 

 longa, subtus sericeo-villosa. Pedunculi tenues, l-lj-pollicares. Plores pilosi. Calyx 



lin., corolla vix 3 lin. longa. Legumen sericeo-hirsutum, 2-4-pollicare, valvis inter 



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latosq 



in A. Grav, PL Fendl. 39, Pi. Wri 



Hab. Tropical and extratropical North America : Mexico and West Texas. 



75. C. CALiFORNicA, Benth. ! JBot. Sulph. 14, t. 11, 'et in Hooh, Lond. Journ. iii. 105. 



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E/igida, appresse pilosa. Pinnae 2-4-jug9e ; foliola 8-15-juga, oblonga, obtusiuscula, 

 pilosula, nitida, 2-3 lin. longa. Pedunculi tenues. Plores pubescentes. Calyx vix J 

 lin., corolla fere 4 lin. longa. Legumen ignotuin. 



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Hab. Extratropical North America : Bay of Magdalena, Lower California. 



This may possibly prove to be a variety of C. Cumingii. 



**** Sericiflorse. Tinnm {excepta C. abbreviata) 4- v.phmjtigce. Foliola muUijuga, ob- 

 longa V. linearia. Flores sericeO'villosi v. Jiirsutissimi. Legumen crassum dense 

 villosum. 



76. C. DTSANTHA, Benth. ! in Hooh. Journ. Bot. ii. 138, Lond. Journ. iii. 109. Pu- 

 bescens. Pinnae 4-6-jugge ; foliola 20-50-juga, falcato-oblonga, rigidula, 4-8 lin. longa, 

 subtus saepius pilosa. Capitula sessilia, ad apices ramorum conferta. Plores sericeo- 

 villosissimi. Calyx 2 lin., corolla 5-7 lin. longa. Legumen crassum, sublignosum, 

 4~5-pollicare, villosissimum. — M. Bras. Mim. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Sao Paulo, Minas Geraes, and Goyaz. 



77. C. TURBINATA, Benth.! in Hooh. Lond. Journ. iii. 109. Pubescens. Pinnae 

 8-12-jugae ; foliola 20-40-juga, falcato-oblonga, rigidula, semipollicaria, ciliata. Capitula 

 ad apices ramorum breviter pedunculata. Plores villosissimi. Calyx 3 lin., corolla 4-4i 

 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. — Fl. BtYis. Mim. 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Matto 



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