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Pithecohbium,] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. * 585 



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Sectio 4. Samanea, 



Arbores v. frutices inermes v. rarissime spinis axillaribus armati. Pinnae pluri- v- 

 rarius multijugae. Poliola uni- pauci- v. multijuga. Legnmen rectum arcuatum v. cir- 

 cinatum, nunc planum et rigide coriaceum v. carnosum, rarius tenue, nunc crassum 

 V. subteres, indehiscens v. tardius in valvas nee tortas nee elastice dissilientes secedons, 

 interdum monilif orme v. articulatum. Pedunculi axillares v. ad apices ramorum race- 

 mosi V. paniculati, in fasciculo baud unilateraliter suprapositi. Flores in capitulo glo- 

 boso sessiles v. pedicellati. 



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Series 1, Subarticulatse. Legumina nunc crassa inter semlna linea transversa dcpressa 

 notata, nunc tenuia et plana, scepissime demum in articulos monospermos SNlH/uadratos 



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dimsa. Inermes excepto P. umbellato. 



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GerontogecB. 



54. P. TJMBBLLATUM, BentJi. ! in Sook. Lond. Journ. iii. 202. Pubcruhim. Spin:n 

 bine inde axillares validse. Pinnse l-2-jug8e ; foliola 4-iO.juga cum oxtcriore propc 

 basin rbacbeos, oblique oblonga, obtusa,i-|-pollicaria. Pedunculi axillares v. ad uodos 

 fascicUlati, tenues. Plores in capitulo pedicellati, glabriusculi. Calyx 1-1| lin., corolla 

 ^-^ lin. longa. Legumen curvum, crassum, 3-4.pollicare, | poll, latum, inter semuia 

 transverse depressum. 



Mimosa 



WiUd 



Mi 



441 



Mimosa 



red 



A, 



Acacia nitida, WiUd. Spec. iv. 1086. 



%« .Kffl^Ji, W. et Am. Prod. Fl. Penins, 269. 



PithecoloUum nitidum, Benth. ! in Hook. Loud. Joum. in. 202. 



Sab. Tropical Asia : East-Indian peninsula and Ceylon 



The specimen in Herb. Vahl marked Mmosa nUida is there sa.d to be 

 me when I saw it maiiy years ago to belong to this spec.es rather than 

 have had no means of determining it positively. 



55 P MONILLFERUM, Benth. ! in Mook. Lond. Jotim. iu. 211 

 1 2 i'ui foUoST-T- uga, ol,%~e obovata v. ovali-oblonga, obtusa. supra n,t da et 

 1-2-jug^. f°^7 * \J"^;^ 2 %. 1,, cietera minora. Pedunculi axiUaro.. Alore. 



venosa, termmalia l-lj v. fere ^ P°" J ' ^ Calyx 1 \\a., corolla ad 2 lin. lonya 



in eapitulo l-eTlL^ett j^ ;:mt. | A 'atuui, crassu.. fere llgnosum 



Tomcntellura. 1 



Leffumen curvum 



inter semlna transverse depressun. ^^^-^^l' ^^..f^'^ 



Inga r^Uiformis, DC. Prod. ii. «0; Dene. Herb Tun. Descr. 131. 

 4« nMlata, ZoU. in Flora, 1847, 706, non Vahl. 

 Cathonnim moMiferum. Hassk. Hort. Bogor. Descr.^ 2- „. ^ ^ 



lifera, F. MueU. in Trim. Journ 



Benth. Vt. Austral, ii. 421 



Mimosa montana, Hassk. Cat. ^°'^-^f'^^'. """g^ ™ ^a plantam Archipclagi, non Benth 

 PithecoloUum umbellalum, Miq. F . Ind a^ ^ ■ ■ ^^^^^ ^^ Australia- 



Sab. Tropical Asia and Australia : Java, iimor. ^ 



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