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Fnierolohmmri MR. G. SENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^ 



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Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Rio Janeiro ? Known to me only thr 



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5. E. SCHOMBTJRGKII, dentil, in Mart. Fl. Bras. Mlm. Ferrugineo-pubescens. Pinna* 

 10-20-jug9e; foliola 50-60-juga, lineari-falcata, 1-2 lin. longa. Legumen opacum, ad 2 

 poll, diametro. 



Pithecolobium Schomhurgkii, Benth. ! in Hook. Loud. Journ. iii. 219. 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bio Janeiro, North Brazil, Cayenne, Central 



America. 



XXVI. Serianthes, Benth. 



Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL i. 599. 



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1. S. GRANDIELORA, Benth. ! in Hook. Bond. Journ. iii. 225, p'o parte. Pinnae 4-8 

 jugse ; foliola 8-15-juga, falcato-oblonga, obtusa, basi sursum dilatata, |-l-pollicaria 

 tenuia, supra nitentia, subtus pallida, glabra, venis tenuibus. Spica^ intcrruptue, d-O 

 florae. Plores breviter pedicellati, dense tomentoso-villosi. Calyx semipollicaris. Co 

 rolla pollicaris v. paullo longior. Legumen lignosum, semipedale, 2 poll, latum, ertbrc 

 et obscure transverse venosum. 



Inga grancUflora, Wall. ! Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5285. 



Hah. Tropical Asia : Malacca, Griffith, Maiiigay ; Philippine islands, Oimvnyy n. 159 



2. S. viTiENSis, A. Gray I Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 485. Pinna? 6-8-jugaB; foliohi 

 10-16-juga, obliq[ue oblonga, obtusissima v. retusa, basi sursum dilatata, subsemipolli- 

 caria, supra nitida, subtus pallida, costa parum prominula. Flores ignoti. Legumen 

 semipedale, 2 poll, latum, venis paucis valde elevatis a margine superiore subtransyersis 



ramosis. 



Hab. Feejee islands. 



3. S. MTEIADENA, Planch. ! in HooJc. Bond. Journ. v. 108. Pinnae 6-8-jugaB ; foliola 

 10-20-juga, oblique oblonga, obtusa, 4-9 lin. longa, supra nigricantia, subtus pallida, 

 puberula v. glabrata, costa prominula. Flores ad apicem pedunculi semipollicaris 2-4, 



Calyx 3-4 Hn., corolla 9-12 lin. longa. Legumen 4-6-pollicare, 2 poll 

 ufo-velutinum, demum glabratum, crebre et obscure transverse venosum.- J. Gray ! 

 Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. i. 485. 



Acacia myriadena, Gnillem. ! Zeph. Tait. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 2, vii. 359. 



Hab Islands of the Pacific from New Caledonia to Otaheiti. 



4 S TENrirLOUA, Benth., sp. n. Pinn^ 10-12.juga^; foliola 15-20-juga, oblique v. 

 subfalcato-oblonga, obtusa, subsemipoUicaria, opaca, subtus pallida utxmque nppre^.. 

 puberula. Flores ad apicem peduncuU i-j-pollicans breviter pedicellati, su^>d.. . 

 Calyx li lin., corolla 9-10 lin. longa, quam in ceteris speciebus tenuior. T^gim^en 



Pacific isknds, Cunningham " in Herb. Hooker. I do not know the histor 



gnotum 

 Hab 



of this specimen. Allan Cunningham never visited the Pacific island. ^ 



.-„i:. /^.....^.«. ..-d .inn^ nnmerosioies. Inflorescenha et flores valde diversi. Pedunculi 4-b 



.vriadena 



communis 3-4-pollicaris coiyra 



peduDCulo 



cellis crassiuscnlis 1 Hn. longis fulti, tomento brevi canescentes. 



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