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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [FithecoloUum. 



reticulata, glabra v. subtus puberula, |-l-pollicaria. Elores in capitulo ovoideo-globoso 

 subsessiles, ferrugineo-tomentelli. Calyx 4 lin., corolla ^ lin. longa. Legumen villo- 

 sum arcuatum v. circinatum, valvis 6-8 lin. latis contortis. 

 Hah. Tropical America : British Guiana, SchomhurgJi;. 



49. P. HHOMBEUM, Benth. ! in HooTc. Lond. Journ. iii. 217. Ferrugineo-tomentellum. 

 Pinnae 6-8-jug8e; foliola 8-12-juga, oblique rhombea, vix coriacea, subglabra, majora 

 8-9 lin. lono-a. Elores in capitulo globoso sessiles, ferrugineo-puberuli. Calyx 1 lin., 



corolla 3 lin. longa. Legumen curvum, coriaceum, venosum, ad 5-pollicare, 8-9 lin. 



latum, planum. — FL Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical or subtropical South America : South Brazil. 



It does not appear whether the valves of the pod, after separating^ become twisted or not; and the 

 place of the species, whether in Abaremotemo or in Samanea is nncertain* It appears to be nearly 

 allied to some of the foregoing; but the foliage is more like that of theWestJndian P. micradenium^ 

 with pale-coloured rather thin leaflets. 



***** PinncB pluri' (3-8-};z/^<e. Foliola multi- (10-30-};*w^6«, rarius d-S-juffa, in sp. 2 



prioribus memhranacea ad 6 lin. longa^ in 2 sequentibus dimidio minora. 



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50. P. FLORIBUNDUM, Spruce I Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Eerrugineo-tomen- 

 tellum. Pinnse 4-6-jug9e ; foliola 12-20-juga, oblique oblonga, obtusa, semipoUicaria, 

 membranacea, subglabra. Plores in capitulo globoso brevissime pedicellati, minute 

 pubescentes. Calyx fere 2 lin. longus, corolla duplo longior. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil, Spruce. 



51. P. MiCRADENiUM, Benth. ! in Eooh. Lond. Journ. iii. 217. Eerrugineo-tomentellum. 

 PinnDD 3-8-jug3e ; foliola 6-12-juga, oblique rhombeo-obovata v. oblonga, 6-9 lin. longa, 

 membranacea, subtus puberula. Flores in capitulo subgloboso v. elono*ato breviter 



pedicellati. Calyx 1-1 J lin., corolla 2 J lin. longa. Legumen glabrum, curvum v. fere 

 circinatum, margine exteriore sinuato. — Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 226. 



P. Brongniariiii Duchass. et Walp. ! in Flora, 1853, 232. 



Hah. Tropical America : West Indies, Jamaica, Dominica, Guadeloupe. 



52. P. AURicuLATUM, Benth. I in SooL Lond. Journ. iii. 217. Eerrugineo-tomentellum. 

 Pinnae 5-7-jugae ; foliola 6-12-juga, oblique rbombea, obtusa, hinc obtuse auriculata, 

 3-4 lin. longa, supra nitida, subtus pallide rufescentia. Elores in capitulo globoso 



sessiles. Calyx j lin., corolla 2 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum.— i^^. B^xw. Mim. 

 Sab. Tropical America : Nortli Brazil. 



53. P. Langsdorfii, Benth. ! in HooTc. Lond. Journ. iii. 205. Eerruo-ineo-tomentel 

 lum. Pinnae 5-7-jug9e; foHola 15-25-juga, oblonga, obtusa v. acutius^'cula, ad 3 lin 

 longa, supra nitida, subtus albida. Elores in capitulo globoso rarius oblongo sessiles y 

 breviter pedicellati. Calyx 1-lJ lin., corolla 2-2^ lin. louffa. Lesumen arcuaturo 



b 



kbrum, 4 lin. latum. — Fl. Bras. Mim 



Wab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Sao Paulo, Rio Janeiro, and Minas Geraes 



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