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590 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. tPithccolohium 



71. P. LiNDSEiFOLJUM, Spruce ! Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras, Mim. Alte scandcns, 

 glabrumv. leviter tomentellum. Pinnae 3-4-j ug£e ; foliola 8-14-juga, falcato-rhombea, 

 obtusa, coriacea, nitida, |-l-pollicaria. Elores tomentelli. Calyx 3-4 lin., corolla \~\\ 

 poll, longa. Staminum tubus exsertus. Legumen ignotum. 



Sah. Tropical America : North Brazil. 



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72. P. Spruceanxjm, Benth.I in Mart. M.Br as. Mim. Alte scandens, glabrum v. minute 

 tomentellum. Pinnae 6-9-jug8e ; foliola 12-18-juga, falcato-rhombea, incurvo-acuta ; 

 coriacea, nitida, 6-9 lin. longa. Plores tomentelli. Calyx subpoUicaris, corolla 2 poll, 

 longa. Staminum tubus longe exsertus. Legumen ignotum. ■ 



ILah, Tropical America : North Brazil. 



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73. P. LONGiFLORUM, Beuth. ! in Sooh. Bond. Journ. v. 107. Alte scandens, ferru- 

 gineo-tomentellum. Pinnae 4-8-j ugse ; foliola 12-2 0-juga. oblongo-falcata, obtusiuscula, 



coriacea, nitida, 6-10 lin. longa. Plores minute tomentelli. Calyx ad 3 Hn. longa 

 corolla ^poUicaris. Staminum tubus longe exsertus. Legumen mnoiMm.—Fl. Bras 



Mim . 



j^v^ vy^vovyii;iA£3, JUICgUOXlCU ig 



Hab. Tropical America : North Brazil 



The tliree preceding species are aU evidently allied to P. adiantifolmm , but are all described as tal 

 ^oody climbers, ^'hilst P. adiantifolium is said to be a loosely brancbed shrub or smaU tree ; and besides 

 iinor differences, they have the staminal tube much longer. 



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74. p. ADIANTIFOLIUM, Benth. I in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 218. Frutescens v. arto 



eum, glabrum y. vix puberulum. Pinnae 2-8-jug=e ; foliola sa^pius 10-12-juga, obliq 



S oblonga y. linearia, coriacea. rutida, suhpollicaria. Flores tomentelli. CalyxVs lin 



, ^ J longus. Corolla pollicaz-is. Staminum tubus corollam breyiter supcrans. Legumen rectum 



V. valde curium, sem.pedale, 1 poU. latum, yix minute tomenteUum.-P/.Vo,. Mm. 



adiantifoUa, Kunth, Mim 



Humb 



Mimosa 



Mab. Tropical America : North BrazU, Guiana, and Venezuela. 



Pithecolobium Miquelianum , Meissn. in Liuna^a tt^ 9^(\ f.^^, c ■ r^ . 



m hi. d...r,-.f,- J.. ^^ o J.. n -Linnaea, XXI. 2o0, from Surinam, Kegel, n. 1162, would appear 



mann's specimens 



75. P. Kegelii, Meissn. in Linncea, xxi. 249 ^ ParoPTiilnciL.w, r.- a n - 



fnli'nTo iA_iQ-„ 1,1 i , ^i- ^jj» . -Tdrcc puosulum. PmusB 4-6-iug3e; 



pit Int^' P. 1 r ,f"' '^''"'''''' -l-P°lli-ria. membranacea, glabra, 



S In Tonlu:, C T T, • "• "' ' ^" ^°''^- ^'"'^ --les. Calyx tubulosus. 

 ttL\Vrr:us.'^rur Srtnm. ^^"' '''^-' — -P^^-n Z Staminum 



P. stipellatum, Bernh. PI. Kappl. exs. 



Sab. Tropical America : Surinam, Kegel, n. 1173, Kappler, n. 1341 



It h s I ipd'eZr 'T:f' ^'"'^' r; "' ''^*^'^^^' ^^^-^ «» -'«> ^--^^ character. 

 staminal tube much shorter. ^' ^^^ preceding species ; and the 



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P. iNCuuiALE, Benth. in Hook. Land. Journ. iii. 218. Perru^ineo-viUosum 



gmeo-viUosum. Pinnae 



