﻿Pithecolohium.'] MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 589 



subsemipedalibusj foliolls paucis, 1-2-pollIcaribus. Glandula inter pinnas parvse, nunc minutse. Foliola 

 rigide membranacea v. tenniter coriacea, ssepe subfalcata, acuminata v. obtusa, supra nitidula. Florcs 

 tubulosi* Stamina numerosa, corolla duplo saltern longiora, tubo corolla incluso- 



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• ^ - - I 



68. P. MICRANTHTJM, BentJi., sp. n. Glaberrimum. Pinnge 1-jugge ; foliola 8-12-juga, 

 oblique oblonga, obtusissima, coriacea, nitida, 2J-4i lin. longa. Pedunculi axillarcs, J-J- 

 poUicares. Elores in capitulo sessiles, glabri. Calyx vix J lin., corolla 1 lin. longa. 

 Legumen curvum, carnosulum, subteres, inter seminaMnc inde contractiTm, IJ-pollicnre, 



3 lin. latum. 



• Hob. Tropical America : San Domingo, Schombiirgk, no. 149 {Eerb. Jlerol.) 



verniculosi 



timn 



longo. Pinnae 1 i-2-pollicares. 



parvse Inter foliola panim '^iipcriorum 



lOngO. irinnse ij—^-^uu.n:ii,iva. vjriaiiu.u.icc o\^ui'V.Jxti..iA. iii^v.^ ^,.^.^.vw, ^w ^ — ,^ — j[ - i - 



Foliola obliqua at vix falcata, costa centrali supra in statu sicco nigra, subtus fusc'spentla. Pedunculi 

 in axiUis ssepius gemini. Corolla tubulosa, apice 5-dentata. Stamina numerosa, corolla dluudio lotigiora, 



I. 



• basi in tubum brevem valde in^qualiter monadelpha. Legumen ei P. filicifom 



69. P. MLiciFOLiUM, Benth. tin Hooh Lond. Journ. iii. 205. Pcrruginco-tomcut^'Uuni. 

 Pinnse 8-12.jugge ; foliola 20-30-juga, oblique falcato- oblonga, obtusiuscula, 3^ 

 longa, glabrescentia. Pedunculi axiUares v. supra-axillares, 2-3-poUicarcs. Florcs in 

 capitulo globoso sessiles, apice ssepius pubescentes. Calyx 1 lin., corolla 3 lin. longa. 

 Legumen Junius tomentellum, mox glabratum, teretiusculum, carnosulum, inter semma 

 contractnm, arcuatum V. contortum, 2-3-pollicare, 4-6 lin. latum, demum ^ 



Griseh. FL Brit W. Ind. 226. 



Mimosa filicifolia, Lam. Diet. i. 13? 



M. 



waid. Spec. iv. 1 064, pro parte ; Macfad 



Hab. Tropical America : W. Indies, Southern Mexico and Central America, Jama 

 San Domingo, Cuba, Xalapa, Galeotti ; Nicaragua, (ErHed. , , „ ^,. ., ,. , . 



Thave now' o^e doubts wh'her I wa, cornet in referring thi» to I^-"- ' ^f ^"{f- »'"' 



but imperfectly 



cific name arboreum as Linnean. 



r 



time there are objections to the substituting for it the ^ 



to one onlv 



out of near,, one hundred ^^^feent' spe.. c. *.. .e„^^^ 



vaffuc 



botanists 



Linnaeus 



deftcript 



in his herbarium ; and Miller and others of Lmn«u« s content 



applied the name arborea to the Albizza Mihrissin^ 



course api^^ar; 



filicifi 



Series 3. Coeiace^ 



Lean^e. fanurn, Ho^e cori.ee.. i,^^^^^^^^ 



,„. Pe— « -•«- - — *'--'^'- ™— • ^""" """'''• """"■ 



70. P. siHABi.o.im ^i'7^ ;ff ; J/:;' Jissima, coriacea. nitida, majora H- 



;£i"'".is^^^^^^^^^^ ---- ^-'- "-''''- 



^^!"op^l America: Venezuela, near the Brazilian borders.on the Hver Paci^oni 



Spruce. 



