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Flthecohbium.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^ 



587 



V. obsoleta ; pinnanim rhaches 1-2-pomcares. Foliola tenuiter coriacea, pennivenia et basi 3-4-nervia, 

 venulosa. Racemi ad apices ramorum plurimi, erecti, 3-4-pollicares, densiflori ; pedunculi secus rharhiii 

 fasciculati, 2-4 lin. longi. Capitula parva. Legumen ut in P. marglnato crassiuscnle coriaceum, inter 

 semina lineis transversis insigniter depressis notatum, et ut videtur ibidem tardius in articulos monospcnuDS 

 secedens v. omnino indehiscens. 



61. P. COBYMBOSUM, BentJi, ! in SooJc. Lond. Journ. iii. 221. Glabrum v. tomeutellum. 

 PinnsB 2-5-jugae ; foliola 8-12-juga, oblique subrbombeo-olDlonga, obtusissima, vonosa, 

 ^-| poll, longa V. terminalia fere pollicaria. Pedunculi axillares et ad apices ramorum 

 corymbosi. Plores in capitulo pedicellati, puberuli. Calyx l-ljlin., corolla infimdibu- 

 liformis 2-2-| lin. longa. Legumen planum, coriaceum, liaud crassum, 2-4-pollicarc, 1-5 

 lin. latum, inter semina transverse lineatumet demum saepius divisum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa corymbosa^ Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1792, 113 ex diagnosi brcvi. 

 Inffa frapeziformis^ Steud. ! in Flora, 1843, 759- 



Kah. Tropical America : North Brazil, Surinam, Cayenne, and Britlsli Guiana. 



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62. P. BLANC HETI, J5e/^M. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Vix pubcrulum. Folia ctinflores- 



centia P. corymbosi. Calyx | lin. Corolla IJ lin. longa, fere ad basin 5-fida. Legumf^n 



ignotum. 



Enterolobium Blancheti. Bentb. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ 



Mab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Babia. 



Series 2. Carnos^e. Legumen crasso-carnosum, compressum v. teres 

 forme nee articulatum, indehiscens v. tardius bivalve, inerme. 



Bedunculi 



4 



63. P. Samak, Benth. in Hooh Lond. Journ. iii. 216. Pubescens. Pinnae 2-i-jug;T. ; 

 foliola 2-8-juo'a oblique ovato-oblonga v. suborbiculata, majora sesquipoUicaria, vix 

 coriacea, subtus pubescentia. Pedunculi 4-5.pollicares. Plores in capitulo brevit.T 



pediceDati. Calyx 3 lin. longus, pubescens. Corolla 5 lin. longa, sericeo-villosa Lo 



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men sessile, rectum, crassum, eoriaceo-camosum, indehiscens, C-8-pollicarc, J-1 poll 

 latum, compressum v. subteres.— -Pi. Sras. Mim. 



Mimosa 



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n. Brit. W 



! Nov. Gen 



. ! in Willd. 



Journ 



Mimosa pubift 



Journ 



Sab 



J amaica 



CS America North BrazU, Eastern Peru, Columbia Central Ameru., 



Tropical Am ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^,g,„^U^ p,^„t„,. 



,a ; but in the lattey^at^"^' ^^ P P ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ .^ ^, .^^ „,,, ., , 



race's specimens from i!.astem reru accordinK to Spn.rr 



Caracas 



ripe, becomes quite terete, or, accon 



f J\.\f^h T have seen the fruit, it is broad 



thicker than broad. In the L^acas ^P-^---^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ i„ the specimens, which nlso 

 very thick, but remains fi^^^'^/^' ^^ . _.f ^ , , . ^„d of LysUoma Guachnpek, with which th.y arc- 



resemble at first 



sometimes confou»ded when in flower only. 



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