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Pkhecolobium.} MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 571 



Series 2. Carnos^. Legumen crasso-carnosum, compressum v. teres, continuum v. moniliforme, nee 

 articulatum. Pedunculi axillares v. breviter racemosi. Species 63-69. 



Series 3. Coriacea. Legumen planum, coriaceum, continuum. PeduncuU axillares v. breviter race^ 

 raosi. Species 70-76. * , 



Series 4. ParviflorcB. Legumen planum, tenuiter coriaceum, continuum, 

 paniculata. Species 77-81. 



Sect. 5. Ortholobium. Stipulae spinescentes. Pinnae 1- plurijugse. Fc 



Capitula parva, racemoso- 



urijuga. Legu- 



num rectum 



Species 82-86, omnes Amcricanoe. 



Sect. 6. Caulanthon. Inermes. Pinnae 1- rarius plurijugae. Foliola paucijuga, ampla, rarius pluri- 

 juga et minora. Legumen planum, rigide coriaceum, rectum v. arcuatura, Spicae breves v. elongatce, ftd 

 nodes ramorum defoliatorum aggregatse. Species 87-102, omnes Americanse. 



Sect. 7. Chloroleucon. Spinse bine inde axillares solitarise v. geminse. Pinntt 2- plurijugie. Foliola 

 5- multijugaj parvula. Spicae ad axillas pedunculatse. Flores tenues, glabri. Legumen planum, cori» 



subcamosum, rectum v. curvum 



Species 103-108, omnes Amcricanae. 



Sectio 1. TJnguis-cati. 



Stipule spinescentes v. rarius 0. Pinnae l-jugge v. inaequaliter 2-jugae. Toliola 

 paucijuga, cujusve paris gequalia. Glandula inter pinnas. Pedunculi axillares v. supc 



omnes 



racemosi v. paniculati. Flores glabri v. pubescentes. Legumea valde 

 curvatum v. circinatum, interdum 2-3-gyrosum, valvis planis v. convexis, post debis- 

 centiam valde contortis, intus rubentibus (et pulposis ?). Seminum funiculus apice in 

 arillum carnosum coloratum dilatatus (excepto P. paraguensi). 



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S;plG(B ovoidece ohlongcd v. elongate. 



1. P. MACEOSTACHYUM, Beuth. ! in EooJc. Land. Journ, v. 105, non ejmd. I c, m. 198. 

 Pinnae l-jug^; foliola l-juga, oblongo-lanceolata, falcata, f'^'^'^''^'^^^ 

 pedunculique pluripolHcares. Calyx li-2 lin., corolla 4-5 Im.longa. Stammum tuln. 



longissime exsertus. Legumen ignotum. ,. „ nr knsu cahmi 



, Tr Ci f T?oi \\\ q4< t 26 nee M. brachystachya, uti a DC, lapsu calami, 

 Mimosa macrostachya, Vahl! Eel. m. 6^, t. ^o, nee i^. y 



citatur. 



437 



Sab. Tropical America : Cayenne, v, Bohr, 



T f ' TT ..h Tt^rnl Pinute l-iu":ae ; foliola l-juga, obliqi 



ovato-oblonga, obtusa v. «^*--;^™^:' ^''S^^^^ f lin., ^oroUa 2-3 Hn. long 

 Spic^ tenues, 1-3-polHcares. Flores V^^^f\^'^^^^^^^ eoriacco.. 



Staminum tubus exsertus v. subinclusus. J^eg 



Mimosa ligustrim, Jacq. Fragm. 29, 



Willd. Spec. iv. 1007 



Leo-uminis valvse 



',, v»mu. ^t ■ Lond. Journ.ui. iy», ext 



Mimosa 



Mimosa lanceolata, roir. ^^^'" ^ rr Journ. v. lOo. 



Pithecolobium lanceolatum, Benth. ! m Ho^. 1.^0^^^^^ ^^^ Granada, and Central Amenca 

 Rah. Tropical America : Cayenne, Vene 



Vera Cruz 



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