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554i MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [CalUandr'^. 



■A. 



brescentia, ad 3 lin. longa. Capitula subsessilia. Plores hirsuti. Calyx IJ lin., corolli 

 3 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 



Hab. Tropical America : Trinidad, Qrueger. 



This species appears to diflfer from C. Tweedii chiefly in its sessile flower-heads ; the specimens I liavb 

 seen, however, are very imperfect. 



85. C. HiRSUTA, Benth, Subsericeo-villosa. Pinnae 3-5-jug8e; foliola 15-20-jnga, 

 oblongo-linearia, subfalcata, subtus sericeo-villosa, 2-3 lin. longa. Pedunculi 1^2-polli- 

 cares. Mores sericei, brevijter pedicellati. Calyx 4-4J lin. longa. L(^gumen Junius V 

 densissime villosum. 



Inga hirsuta, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 393. 



Hah. Tropical or subtropical North America : " JS^ew Spain," He7^h. Favon (now in 



Herb. Oxon.) ; raised also in the Cambridge (United States) Botanic Garden from New 

 Mexican seeds. 



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Species C. Tweedii quam maxime affinis. Stipulse breves, lanceolatse, muticse, sablanato-villosEe. 

 Hamuli pctioli et foliolorum pagina inferior in speciminibus typicis dense subappresse villosi v. fere lanati ; 

 in specimine culto villi minus densi. Foliorum petiolus communis i-1-pollicaris, pinnae 1-2-pollicares. 

 Foliola rigida, supra demum glabrata nitidaque. Pedicelli ut in C. Tweedii \-\ lin. longi. Calyx 



sericeus, breviter dentatus. Corollse limbus anguste 

 vidi ; Junius omnino C. Tweedii. 



Legumen perfectum non 



Were it not for the widely dissevered geographical station, I should have been disposed to consider this 



marked 



86. C. GLOMERULATA, Karst Fl. Colomb. ii. 5, t. 108. Subferrugineo-pubescens v. 

 villosa. Pinnae 4r-12-jug8e. Poliola 20-40-juga, oblonga v. oblongo-linearia, obtusiuscula^ 

 1-3 lin. longa, utrinciue villosa. Pedunculi breves nunc brevissimi. Mores villosi' 

 Calyx 1 lin., corolla ad 3 lin. longa. Legumen crassum, sublignosum, dense villosissimum 

 2-21-pollicare, 7-8 lin. latum. 



Eab, Tropical America : New Granada, Linden n. 696, Tnana ; Caracas, Mrschel - 

 Venezuela, Fendler n. 2256. 



« Arbor 25-30-pedalis.- Ramuli et petioli pube brevi ferruginea viUis longioribus intermixtis vestiti 

 Stipule breves, ad nodos floriferos more generis imbricatae. Foliorum petiolus commuuis li-3 pollicaris' 

 pmn.e 1-2-pollicares Foliora latiora obtusiora et minus rigida quam in C. Tweedii, supra demum 

 ,™.„..„ „..„„.„^, pdosav. demum scabro-pubescentia, subtus pallida, densius villosa, costa sub- 

 ^ ondita; Pedunculi crassi, ferrugineo-villosi, nunc brevissimi v. vix ulli nunc fere 



semipolhcares. Calyx striatus, viUosulus, breviter dentatus. Corolla limbus campanulatus alte 5 fidus 

 ...,. ..... ........ stamina hand numerosa, 1 1 -pollicaria, basi breviter monadelpha. Legumen villis 



gncantia 

 centrali 



senceus 



subferrugini 



csetenim 



•"" Microphylte. Fi,M ,. mnlUjug^, rarins Una inde 2-Z.jug^. Foliola muUijuga, 



parca, Imearm. Mores glahn v . leviter pilosuli . 



87. C PEOSiRATA, Benth., sp. n. Parce pilosa, prostrata, ramosissima. Folia narva con 

 ferta; pmn» a-ljju,. ; foHola 8-12.jusa, vix lineam longa, angu.ste lineal Tapi I 

 breviter pedunculata. pauciflora. Calyx | lin., corolla vix 2 lin. longa. Le.'umen i^o urn 



Sab. Tropical America : Peru, M'Lean in Serb. Soolc ^^o^^^n iguotum. 



Ramuli cra.i, rigidi, tortaosi, novelli pilosuli, demum glabrati, albidi. Foliorum petiolus commuuis 



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