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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.^. [PlthecoJobhrn 



ovali-elliptica, acuminata, subcoriacea, nitidula, li-2-poUicaria. Panicula ampla, laxi 



flora. Plores in capitulo 1-3, appresse puberuli. Calyx | lin., corolla 3 lin. long 

 Leo-nmen coclileato-contortum, marline exterior e leviter sinuato, valvis extus fuscis ad 



6 lin. latis. 



Sab. Tropical Asia : Borneo, Mottley. 



Pluribus notis P. laoeifloro accedit. Folia in spe 



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et forte in ramulis majoribus majora. Petiolns 



ramnlum lateralem pertinere videntur 

 ollicaris, pinnarum rhaches plerseque 

 iciehus finitimis non observavi. Glan- 



dula petiolaris oblonga. Panicula rami tenues. Pednnculi nltimi filiformes, 2-3 lin. longi^ apice 



rarius 



laanji 



similes sed pubescentes nee glabri. 



17. P. LAXiFLORUM, Bentli. in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 212. Glabrum. Pinnae unijugae ; 

 foliola 2-3-juga, ovali-oblonga, obtuse acuminata, ad 3 poll, longa, petiolo rbacbibusque 

 tenuibus. Paniculae laxte. Plores in capitulo 2-5, glabri. Calyx vix 1 lin., corolla ad 

 2 lin. longa. Legumen (an ejusdem speciei ?) subcontortum, 6 lin. latum, margine ex- 

 teriore leviter sinuato, valvis in sicco rufescentibus. 



Acacia laxiflora, DC. ! Trod. ii. 455; Dene. Herb. Tim. Descr. 132. 



Hah. Tropical Asia : Timor and perhaps Amboina. 



The Timor specimens described by De CandoUe and Decaisne are in flower only ; and in that state it 

 is impossible to determine how far they are distinct from C. lohatum, from which they differ in the neat 

 slender petioles and slightly in general aspect. A specimen from Amboina, in Herb. Mns. Par., gathered 

 by Labillardiere, appeared to me to be the same species; and if so, the pod is much nearer that of P. 

 higeminum ; but probably this specimen may be referrible to P. Mottley anum. 



18._P. BTJBALiNUM, Benth. Inflorescentia rufo-tomentella. Eolia glabrata. Pinnae 

 l-jugae ; foliola 1-2-juga, ovata v, ovali-oblonga, acuminata, 3- rarius 4-pollicaria, nitidula. 

 Paniculse axillares v. terminales, folio ssepius breviores, floribundge. Plores tomentelli, 

 in capitulis numerosis breviter pedunculatis pauci. Calyx ad | lin., corolla 2^ lin. longa. 

 Legumen sessile, curvum, tomentellum, 2-8-pollicare, l-lj poll, latum, valvis crasso- 

 coriaceis valde convexis vix tortis. Semina crassissima, conferta, mutua compressione 

 truncata, J— | poll, diametro. 



Mai. Misc 



Hab. Tropical Asia : Malacca, Griffith, Maingay ; Penang, Wallich 



and 



distinsruished 



19. P. MiCROCARPUM, Benth., sp. n. Inflorescentia rufo-tomentella. Folia glabrata 

 Pinnae l-jugse ; foliola 2-4- juga, ovata v. ovali-oblonga, acuminata, 3-4-pollicaria, nitidula 

 Panicula? axillares, laxiusculge, floribundae, foliis saepius breviores. Plores tomentelli, ir 

 capitulis pauci. Calyx ad \ lin., corolla 2 lin. longa. Legumen glabrum, siccitate nigrum 

 flexuoso-contortissimum, valvis convexis, 3-4 lin. latis. Semina distantia, subglobosa 

 3-4 lin. diametro. 



Hah. Tropical Asia : Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



any other species of the section. 



difficult to distinguish from P. bubalimm, the pod very 



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