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PithecoloUum.] MR. Gf. BENTHAM ON THE M1M0SE.E. 597 



Sectio 7. Chloeoleucon. 



Spinse hinc inde axillares, solitariae v. geminse. Pinnae 2- v. plurijugse. Foliola 5- v 

 multijuga, parvula. Capitula axillariaj pedunculata. Flores sessiles, tennes, glabri 

 Legumen planum, coriaceum v. subcarnosum, rectum v. curvum, vix dehiscens. 



103. P. TORTUM, Mart. ! Herb. Fl. Bras. 114. Glabrum v. pubescens. PinnsB 2-5 



e; foliola 6-9-juga, oblique oblonga, 3-5 lin. longa. Calyx vix lineam long 

 corolla 2i-3 lin. longa. Legumen arcuatum v. fere circinatum, seraipedale, 6-8 ] 



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latum. — Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Pithecolobium tortum et P. Vincentis, Benth. ! in Hook. Lend. Journ. iii. 222. 



Acacia Vincentis, Griseb! ! Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 222. 



Acacia lentiscifolia , A. Rich. ! Fl. Cub. 469; Griseb. ! Cat. PI. Cub. 82, foliolis rigldioribus. 



Var. undique pubescens. 



Pithecolobium tenuiflorum, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 222. 



Sab. Tropical America : BrazQ, prov. Rio Janeiro, Minas Geraes, Bahia, Para, etc. 

 Guiana, Columbia, and West Indies, and a variety with rather fewer and longer b^aficts 

 in Bolivia, D' Orbigny. 



104. P. DTJMOSUM, Benth. I in Hook. Lond. Journ. iii. 223. Perruginco-pubescens v. 

 tomentosum. Pinn^ 3-4.jug^; foliola 9-16.juga, oblique oblonga, 2-4 Un. longa. 

 Calyx vix lineam longus. Corolla 2^-3 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum.— F/. Bras. 



Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bahia. 



Very closely alUed to the pubescent variety of P. tortum. 



105 P Mathewsi, Benth. ! in Sook. Lond. Journ. iii. 222. Pubescens. Pinnae 5-8- 

 iu-^ • foliola 15-20-juga, oblique oblonga, 2-3 lin. longa. Calyx 1-1 J lin., corolla 3-3^} 

 lin. longa. Legumen rectum v. arcuatum, semipedale v. longius, demum crassum, sub- 



parnosum, 3-4 lin. latum. 



Hob. Tropical America: Eastern Peru, Mozabamba, Mathew,; Tarapoto, Upruce 



n. 4185. 



1 06 P GlAZiovi, Senth. ! in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mim. Puberulum. Pinna- -Mi-juga! ; 

 JS aolst^ga, o'bMue l-aria. 3-4 lin. longa. Calyx 1 lin.. corolla S-3i hn. longa. 



Legumen ignotum. _. ^ . 



TTab Tropical America : Brazd, prov. Eio Janeiro. 



T^fspeciZ^ are entirely without spines, but the inflorescence and flowers ent.cly thee of the 



section and the spines may very probably be formed in other specimens. 



107 P PAKViroLiUM, Benth. ! in EooL Lond. Jmmu iii. 223 Puberulum. Pmn:. 

 •uJ. Mola 10-30-juga, linearia, 1-2 lin. longa. Calyx fere 1 -^ -oUa ^^ 

 •^ ° Le^-umen falcatum, crassum, durum, pluripoUicare, 5-6 Im. latum. 



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lineis longior. x-eg 

 Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa mangensis, Jacq. ! Stirp 

 Mimosa parvifolia, Sw. ! Fl. Ind 



ifoli 



Mimosa 



