﻿574 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEtE, [Fithecohbmm. 



Inga Candida, H. B. et K. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 399. 

 Pithecolohium candidum, Benth. in Hook. Lond. JoTirn. iii. 201. 



Sab. Tropical America ; Guayaquil, and on the river Magdalena. 



11. P. DIVEESIFOLITTM, Benth. in SooJc, Lond. Journ. iii. 201. Pubescens. Pinnse 

 1-2-jugse ; foliola pinnarum terminalium 2-3-juga, obovata v. oblongaj -l-l-pollicaria v. 

 foliorum ramealium minima, obtusissima, valde obliqua. Pedunculi axillares v. ad apices 

 ramorum conferti. Plores cano-pubescentes. Calyx fere 1 lin., corolla 3J-4 lin. longa. 



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TiCguminis valvse ad 4 lin. latae, minute tomentellae, demum valde contortse. — M. Bras. 

 Mim. 



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Sah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov, Piauhy, Bahia, and Minas Geraes. 



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it_^ 



Species anomala, inermis. JLeguminis valvce hand contortos. Seminum funiculus 



' haud dilatatus. 



12. P. PARAGUENSE, Bcnth., sp. n. Glabra. Pinnse l-jugse ; foliola 1-juga, obovato 

 oblonga, |-l-pollicaria. Mores ignoti. Spicse fructiferse rhacHs ^1-poUicaris. Le 

 men l^-pollicare v. abortu brevius, 4-5 lin. latum, valvis coriaceis convexis. 



Kah. Subtropical South America : Paraguay, Monte Claro, Gihert. 



Kami teretes, rigidi, cortice albido, in speciminibus nostris omnino inermes. Foliorum petiolus com- 

 munis i-^-pollicaris. Glandula inter pinnas parva. Foliola rigidula, obtusiuscula, basi valde obliqua, 

 pallida vu-entia, pennivenia, venis venulisque utrinque conspicuis. Spicarum rhaches seu pedunculi ad 

 nodos annotinos rigidi. Leguminis valvse extus fuscse, intus rubentes pulposEe. 

 subquadrata, funiculo filiformi flexuoso. 



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Semina alba^ crassa, 



Sectio 2. Cltpearia. 



Inermes. Stipulae inconspicuae. Pinnse uni- v. paucijug^ foliolis uni- v. paucijugis 

 amplis,. V. plurijugse foliolis plurijugis minoribus. Capitula parva, ssepius paniculata, 

 ramis panicul^ pedunculisque ssepius superposite fasciculatis. Legumen valde curvatum 

 V. circinatum, interdum 2-3-gyrosum, valvis coriaceis post dehiscentiam varie tortis. 

 Seminum funiculus apice haud dilatatus. Species omnes Asiaticse v. Australasic^. 



urn, parum curvatum 



Series 1. Sessiliflorae. Mores in capitula sessiles, pauci v. rarius mmerosi. 

 cepto P. subcoriaceo) 1-2- rarius ^-jug^B ; foliolis amplis paucijugis, vix oUiq 



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foliagi 



as 



stant in eacb species. 



very 

 geographical 



9tud,ed on the livmg trees, constant characters in the proportions of the flowers, the glands, &c. may be 

 discovered which have hitherto escaped us. r= > j 



_ 13. P PouRNiERi. rmi. ! {mb Albizzia) , ^ . n. Glabra. Pinna, i.j„g^ ; foHok 2-3- 



juga oblonso-elliptica t. obovato-oblonga, obtusa, majora 2-3.pomcaria, basi contracta, 

 brenter petiobdata. Panicute laxae. Flores in capitulo 10-15, glabri. Calyx 1 lin,, 



corolla 4 liu. longa. Legumen valde eurrum v. cochleatum 



demum tortis 



valvis subpl 



