﻿hecohbium.-] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^ 



Hah. New Caledonia, Vieillard, n. 409, 427. 



75 



ennno 



Differt foUolis non vel vix acuminatis, floribus majoribus glaberrimis. 



34. P. BIGEMINUM, Mart. ! Serb. FL Bras. 115. Minute tomentellnm v. glabresccns. 

 Pinnae 1- rarius 2-jug8e ; foliola 2-4-juga, oyata v. oblonga, acuminata, 2-3- rarlus i-pol- 

 licaria. Paniculae laxse. Piores in capitulo pauci, appresse puLcruli. Calj-x f-1 lin., 

 coroUa 2-2^ lin. longa. Legumen ssepe bigyrosum, margine exteriore integro v. rarlii^ 

 leviter sinuate, valvis subplanis coriaceisaveniis demum tortis. Semina comprcssa. 



Mimosa 



Inga bigeminal Willd. Spec. ii. 1007. 



Inga Wightiana, Grab. ! iii Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5281. 



Inga annularis, Grab. ! /. c. u. 5269. 



ITab. Tropical and subtropical Asia : Ceylon, tlie Peninsula, Nepal, and Sikkim. 



Altbougb tbe leaves are rarely, if ever, truly bigeminous, tlus appears to be the plant Linna;u;> ]ia(l 

 in view, and is certainly tbat of Vahl and others. The Ceylon specimens arc mure glabn>ns, witli sh^rti r 

 calyxes; tbe nortbeni ones, on tbe contrary, more tomentose (though very minutely w), with thr cilvx 

 longer in proportion to the corolla. The Archipelago specimens referred Ijcrc b) myself iitu! othws 

 belong probably to P. lobatum. 



15. P. LOBATUM, Benth.! in Hook. Lond. Joiirn. iii. 208. Glabrum. Pinna.' 1 2-ju^^r; 

 foliola 2-3-juga, ovata v. oblonga, acuminata, 3-6-pollicaria. Panicula) plcraiquc in 

 ramis annotinis laterales, laxse. Piores in capitulo pauci (saspius 2-3), glabri v. pube- 

 ruli. Calyx ^-1 lin., corolla ad 2 lin. longa. Legumen bigyrosum t. elongiitum irro- 

 gulariterque tortum, margine exteriore inter semina ad medium v. altius diviso, lobis 

 orbiculatis crassis 1-2 poll, diametro. Semina magna, compressa, orbiculata. 



Inga lobata, WaU. ! Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5280. 



Mimosa Kmringa, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 543. 



Mimosa Jiringa, Jack, in Mai. Misc. i. i. 14. 



Inga Jiringa, Jack, /. c. ii. vu. 78. 



Mimosa scutifi 



iiferum, Benth. ! in Hook. Load. Journ 



ifl 



Hah. TropiJal Asia', Java, Borneo, Beccari, n. 3060; Burmah, Wallich, Philippmn 



Cuming, n. 475, 1603, 1854 



slimen ;hich i^ 'Plant. Junghubnian. ^ I referred to AlU..ia lucidaprohMy bclon. tothi. 

 specimens wui^u m x & „ , . „ •^„. i,r.r1.^ri"n to P bioemtmm. from ucrtber 



species, as 



of which can this species be readily distinguished without the pod. 



Usually 



«rrdi th<*m 



selves are said to be as large as 



■ 



80 (b'ply indented n» to 



lengthened 



leave between the seeds only a narrow rhachk. T e po is ^ ^ ^^^ ^^ .^ 



r coil. Blanco ^^^ '^ \^ , J, ,,,,, .Hh the lobe. ^^ 

 specimen m the Pans HerDari , ^^^ ,necimeat in which 



igul 



twisted 



from Leyden 



Miq. (Fl 



fnduced to believe that all belong to one ^-c^^^ 



i 34) to P. anguhtum, has, according to the «pecimem 

 ' ' .. K.. r^isrinrt from P. lobatim. 



hterifii 



EXJciu d 



^'"^" Pinn« l-jugm ; foliola l-2.jugn 



16. P. MoTTLEYAi^TJM, Benth., sp. n. waoru ^ ^ 



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