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PUheeolobtum.] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.^. 573' 



Capitula longiuscule et^ tenuiter pedunculata, superiora paniculata. Flores glabri v. vix 

 puberuli. Calyx f-1 lin., corolla ad 3 lin. longa. Legumen subtorulosum, glabnim, 

 valvis 3-6 lin. latis, deuium valde tortis. 



Mimosa unguis-cati, Linn. Spec. 1499^ 

 Inya ilnguis-cati, Willd. Spec. iv. 1006. 

 Mimosa rosea, Vahl, Eel. iii. 33. t. 25. 



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Ingaforfex^ Kunth ! Mim. 52^ t, 16^ foliolis saepius ] 

 Pithecolobium forfeXy Bentli. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ 

 luffa guadalupensis, Desv. ! Journ. Bot. 1814^ i. 70. 

 Mimosa auadalumnsis . Pers. Svn. ii. 262.. 



Willd 



Mimosa 



Pithecolobium microphylhm^ Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 200. 



Sah. Tropical America ; West Indies, Venezuela, and New Gran 



tliree 



leaflets, and forfex with narrower large leaflets, which I had maintained as distinct, prove to be connected 

 by so many intermediates, that I have felt obliged to revert to the Liunean species, which iucludcd 



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all tliree. 



8. P. HYSTEix, Benth,! in Hooh Ic. Tl t. 1168. Glabra, rolia minima; piuua- 

 l-jugae ; foliola 1-juga, obovata, coriacea, 1-2 lin. longa. Pedunciili axillarcs. Florcs 

 labri. Calyx vix 1 lin., corolla 3-3i lin. longa. Legumen annulare, vah-is demiun 



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tortis tenuiter coriaceis 4 lin. latis. 



Inga hystricc, A. Rich ! Fl. Cub. i. 471. 

 Calliandra hystrix, Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 83. 

 Pithecolobium calliandrifolium, Griseb. \ I. c. 



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Hah. Tropical America : Cuba. 



9. P. CIROINALE, Benth. ! in Eoolc. Und. Jou,-n. iii. 201 Glabrum - P'^-u'- 

 Pinna. 1- rarius 2.jus. ; foliola pinnarum terminalium ^-S-JUga la « ov.ta . obo 



oumsa, saBpius lon^iuoou * I/w,,iaien ^iibnnnu 



Flores minute tomentelU. Calyx j lin., corolla feie 3 hm lon.a. J^. 



lare, valvis demum tortis 4-5 lin. latis. „ „ . , ^, ,, , «- 



Mimosa 



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spinifolia 



sv. ! in Journ. J^oi. xoi^, x. *-> -- ^^_ 



'-'- "tiVliriir Cu"'^W.H. n, 35.0 ; St. Bon. 



Sab. Tropical America : 



Sertero.Ehrenberg, Hitter -.^tih^r^^iCatesby). 



.TT 1. m -Rra, 115 Glabra v. tenuiter cancsccn ». Finn.. 



10. P. EXOELSUM, Mart. ! Serb. FL Btm.^y ■ ^^^^^ ^ ^Hipti^^ „^. 



1- rarius 2-juga, ; ^1-1^ P^""'^^;^'" *'''"'"'^EuM'eduneulata, paniculata. Plum, vix 

 tusa, Tis mucronulata, H poU- lo^ga. ^ I '^^^ ^^,3^ arcuatum v. annular.-, 



puberuli. Calyx i-i l-- -"-"f .t^ ti^TL--^ valde tortis 

 puberulum v. glabrum, ralvis 5-6 Im. latis, 



Imm exceha. Kunth ! Mim. 57, *■ I*- 



