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S86 . MR. G.* BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEvE. [Pithecohbimn. 



56 ? P. Pervilleanum, Benth.y sp. n. Tomentellum. Pinnee 2-3-jug9e ; foliola 5-6- 

 juga, petiolulata, oblique ovalia ovali-oblonga v. subrhombea, obtusa, f-lJ-poUicaria, 

 teimiter subcoriacea, glabra v. ad venas tomentella, pennivenia, venulosa. Pedunculi 

 axillares, 2-3ni, l-lJ-poUicares. Elores in capitulo sessiles, appresse pubescentes. 

 Calyx 1 lin., corolla 2^ lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 



Kah. Madagascar, northwest coast, JBermlU, n. 327. 



Until the fruit is known, the place of this species, very unlike any other Old-World one, cannot be 

 determined on ; but it appears to be allied in foliage to the preceding, in flowers to the following species. 



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57. P. ALTissiMUM, Olh. I FL Trop. Afr. ii. 364. Perrugineo-puberulum. Pinnje 

 5-G-jug9e \ foliola 10-25-juga, lineari-oblonga, subfalcata, glabra, 4-6 lin. longa. Pedun- 

 culi axillares. Elores in capitulo sessiles, glabri. Calyx \\ lin., corolla 3 lin. longa. 

 Legumen valde curvum v. 2-3-gyrosum, dum "extensum f-1-pedale, 6-9 lin. latum, 

 crassum, inter semina transverse depressum. 



Nigr 



A 



Rah, West tropical Africa 



from West tropical Africa eathered bv Mann 



be a distinct species allied to the last, with much 



iuffi 



** AmericanKB, 



58. P. MARGINATUM, ^pruce I Benth. in Mart. Fk Bras. Mim, Glabrum. Pinnae 1- 

 jugae ; foliola 3-4-juga, ovato-oblonga v. falcato-obovata, obtusa, coriacea, nitida, venosa, 

 1-2-pollicaria. Pedunculi ad apices ramorum plures. Plores in capitulo plerique longe 

 pedicellati. Calyx 1 lin., corolla 3 lin. longa. Legumen arcuatum, crassiusculum, 4-6- 

 polhcare, 6-7 lin. latum. 



Calliandra marginata, Benth. ! in Spnice PI. Exs. 



Ilah, Tropical America : North Brazil. 



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59 P. PANURENSE, Spruoe ! Benth. in Mart. Fl. Srm. Mim. Glabmm. Pinnje l-iusw ; 

 fohola 4-6-jusa, obUque subrhombea v. oblonga, J-1-pollicaria, v. terminalia obovalk et 

 po Ucaria, mtida, subtus pallida. PeduncuK ad apices ramorum plura. Plores in capi- 

 tulo longiuscule pedicellati. Calyx fere 2 lin., corolk 3^ lin. longa. Legumen 

 Ignotum. o -^ b 



Hab. Tropical America : North Brazil. 

 ..!!!:!!!;^!!:5'^!!^:!?:^^ .^^^T^- . ^-- l^-g- ; ^^nola 3-4^uga, obllq 



rnnpn.- T^""^^"'^^"' obtusissima, j-l-pollicaria, nitida. Pedunculi breves, tenues, in 

 CO nn";l I'T ^^"^7^ P^^"-^^ «^-^-^i- Elores sessiles, glabri. Calyx i lin., 

 rJlm. ^"^'* '""" '''''""' '"*""" ^^^"""^ sub-4.pollicare, ad 6 



Mab^^ Tropica America : savannahs on the Baule river near Guayaquil, Spruce, 



n. 6330. 



amosissmia 



parvis aequentium, inflorescentia ab omnibus diversa 

 pnberuli, cjeterum ex omni parte glabra. Foliorum 



foliorum hinc inde 



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minuta 



