﻿588 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSEiE. [PithecoloUum. 



64. P. PEDicELLARE, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 219. Glabrum v. ferrugineo- 

 tomentellum. Pinnae 6-10-jug8e ; foliola 20-30-juga, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, 3-4 lin. 

 longa, demum coriacea. Pedunculi axillares. Plores in capitulo pedicellati. Calyx vix 

 linea longior, corolla 3-4 lin. longa. Legumen rectum, crassum, 3- (4-?) pollicare, f 

 poll, latum, continuum, indehiscens, inter margines crassos transverse venosum, — Fl: 



t 



Bras. Mim. 



Inga pedicellarisy DC, ! Prod. 441. 



Hab. Tropical America : North Brazil, Cayenne. 



^ 



Mimosa chrysantha^ Vahlj Eel- ii. 38 (Acacia chrysantha^ DC. Prod. ii. 471), from Cayenne, r. Rohr^ 



probably 



When 



fillClfi 



I 



with Vahrs description than the nearly allied Cayenne P. pedicellare. The only objection is VahFs 

 express statement "Petiolus eglandulosus/^ whereas in P, pedicellare there is usually a prominent gland 

 about halfway from the base to the lowest pair of pinnae. De CandoUe has reversed the numbers 



owing 



foliola 



respectively assigned by Vahl to the pinnae ai 



oomraon with many of the older botanists, always given the name of foliola to the primary 



tlie leaf now called pinntB, and that of pennula to the secondary segments now always te 

 or leaflets. 



65. P. FiLiPES, Benth. Glabrum. Pinnae 2-jugge ; foliola 2-4-juga, obovata, ottusis- 

 sima, coriacea, pollicaria v. paullo longiora. PeduncuK axillares, tenues, recurvi, 3-4- 

 poUicares. Plores in capitulo globoso sessiles, tenues. Calyx ad 2 lin, longus. Corolla 

 fere semipoliicaris. Legumen semipedale v. longius, leviter arcuatum, f poll, latum, 

 crassum, leviter torulosum. 



Inga filij)es, Vent. Choix, t. 38. 



r 



Rab. Tropical America : San Bominj^o. 



66. P.? Bertolonii, Benth. Pubescens. Pinnae 2-jug^; foliola 2-juga, elliptica, 

 obtusa, basi oblicjua, pilosa. Spicse capitatse, raceraata), solitarige v. geminate, altera 

 pedicellata altera subsessili. Legumen compressum, torulosum, falcatum, 3-4-spermum, 

 rubens, velutinum. 



Mimosa monilifera, Bertol. Fl. Guatem. 41. 



Hab. Tropical America : Guatemala, Velasquez. 



1 have not seen tliis plant ; but from Bertoloni's very incomplete character, from which I have extracted 

 the essential pomts, it would appear to be nearly allied to the preceding and following species. 



67. p. so^ROROc^nvuM, Benth. !m Benth. et Sooh Gen. Bl i. 598. Ferrugineo-pube- 

 rulum, glabrescens. Pinnae l-S-jug^. Poliola 5-12-juoa, obUque oblonga v. subrhombea, 

 obtusa V. acuta, maxmia 2-pomcaria, minora vix semipollicaria. PeduncuU axiU 



li-2-poUicares, tenues. Mores in capitulo sessiles, glabri. Calyx linea brevior, coroUa 

 2^ lin. longa. Legumen teres, carnosum, inter semina valde contractum, moniUbus (ad 9) 

 ovoideo-globosis subsemipoUicaribus. 



Hab. Tropical America : " New Spain, "Herh. Tavon ; Costa Eica on Mount Pantarmo 



m begovia, and at Candelaria, (Ersted. 



legtxmme, fere Sophora^ Japonic<B, distinctissima, an frutex an arbor hand patet. Eamuli 



evanida. Stipulae parv«, caduc^. Folia valde variant, pinnis folio- 

 parvis, nunc in ramulis laxioribus : ninn* l-o_;„„_ ., .„ . _i„-u.,. 



tenues. teretes 



