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604 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 



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Arbor IS-pedalis^ ramosa, pluribus notis /. ftagelUformi afl5nis, sed stipulis parvis, foliis non nitidis 

 et pedicellis brevibus facile distincta. Glandulse parvse, Pedunculi 3-5-pollicares. Staraiuum tubus 

 vix corollam excedens. 



15. I. Selloana, Benth. I in Hook. Lond. Joiirn. iy. 583. Glabra. Petiolus nudus 

 V. anguste alatus. I'oliala 2-3-juga, ovali-oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 nitida, majora 2-3|-pollicaria. Umbellse longiuscule pedunculatse. Pedicelli 1-1^ lin., 

 calyx vix \ lin., corolla 2i-3 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. — Fl. Bms. Mim. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro and Sao Paulo. 



Staminum tubus variare videtur corolla brevior v. longior, 



16. I. COEDISTIPULA, Mart. ! Kerb. Fl. Bras. 111. Glabra. Stipulge foliace^e, late, 

 subsemipollicares. Petiolus nudus v. anguste alatus; foliola 1-3-juga, oblonga v. sub- 

 lanceolata, nitida, majora 2-4-pollicaria. Umbellse longiuscule pedunculatse. Pedicelli 

 1-3 lin., calyx amplus, 3-4 lin. longus. Corolla calyce paullo longior. Lei>umen sessile 

 8-10-pollicare, poUicem latum.— 5ew^A. in Fl. Bras. 3Iim. 



Mimosa plana. Veil. Yl. Flum. Ic. xi. t. 10. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil prov. Bio Janeiro. 



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full 



are sometimes 



and in 



the section Dladema tlie pedicels are , sometimes very shortly developed in some of the glabrous 



species.) 



Sectio 2. DiADEMA. Flores glabri v. parce puberuli, ssepius parvuli v. tenues, in recep- 

 taculo minimo v. subgloboso capitati, sessiles v. rarius breviter pedicellati. Eoliorum 

 petiolus nudus v. rarius angustissime marginatus. Glandular parvae v. obsolete. 

 Pedunculi ssBpius longi, axillares. 





Fetlolus supra canaliculatus , inter jug a marginatus v. angustissime alatus. Foliola 



sesszha. Species Brasilienses. 

 17. I. LENTisciFOLiA, Benth.! in Hook. Lond. Journ.' iv. 592 Glabra Petiolus 

 margmatus ; foliola 2-3.juga, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusa v. emarginata, coriacea, nitida, 

 l-li-polhcaria. Pedunculi erecti. Calyx li lin., corolla 3^ lin. longa. Staminum tubus 

 inclusus. Legumen ignotum. — M. £rcis. Mm. 



Hab. Tropical or subtropical South America : South Brazil, Sella. ' 

 18 I. Di^EMA, Marl. JTerb. M. Bras. 114. Petiolus 'nudus y. anguste .....= 

 I-ohola 4-5-juga, eUiptico-oblonga, utrinque angustata. PeduucuU longissimi, tenues, 

 penduli. ° ' ' 



Mimosa diadema, Veil. Fl. Flum. Ic. xi. t. 45. 



Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro. 



This is only known from Vellozo's rude figure, from which it wmilr? .^ . ^. 



/. n.ans but ..th Ws a. least twice as larg! and the peduncle ^; o: ^ir^^^^^^ TL^^^^of" 

 IS figured as a mass of filaments without distinction of calyx, corolla, and stamens 



alatus 



arc 



very 



wide 



^ _, ^^ .ivjiiage auu peauncies, 



The pod is shortly stipitate, 8 in. long and 



