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19. I. NUTANS, Mart. ! Herh. Fl. Bras, lU, Glabra. Petiolus anguste mar- 



nudus ; foliola 4-7-juga, ovali-oblonga, obtusa v. mucronulata, nitidiila, majora 1-lf pol- 



Pedunculi longi, tenues, penduli. Plores in capitulo pauci, brevissime pedicellat 



licai 



Calyx vix i lin., corolla 3 lin. longa. Staminum tubus exsertus. Legumen longe stipi- 

 tatum, semipedale v. longius, f poll. \n.ivim,—BentJi. in M. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa 

 Mimosa 



Mart 



20. I. SCHINIPOLIA, Benth. in Hook. Bond. Journ. iv. 584. Glabra. Petiolus angus- 

 tissime marginatus y. nudus ; foliola 8-12-juga, oblongo-rbombca, subfalcata, pleraque 

 vix semipollicem excedentia, nitida. Pedunculi tenues, penduli. Flores in capitulo 

 sessiles, ultra 20. Calyx \ lin., corolla 4 lin. longa. Staminum tubus inclusus. 



Legumen ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim 



Hah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Eio Janeiro 



** Betiolus tereSf nudus. Foliola arete sessilia. Species Ceniro-Americance 



V. Columbiana. 



21. I. TUBULIFERA, Benth. ! in Eook. Bond, Journ. iv. 584. Ferrugineo-pubesccns. 

 Foliola 6-8-juga, oblique oblonga v. lanceolato-ovata, majora 2-2i-pollicaria. Capitula 

 densa, longe pedunculata. Calyx pubescens, ^ lin. longus. Corolla glabra, 4 lin. longa, 



tenuis. Legumen ignotum. 



Hah. Tropical America : West coast of Columbia, J5arc% ; Panama, Cuming, n. 1282, 



Veraguas, Seemann. 



22. I. UUFESCENS, Benth.! in Book. Bond. Journ. iv. 585. Perrugineo-villosa. 

 Foliola 4-5-juga, obovaH-oblonga, basi oblique subcordata, majora 2-3-poUicaria, mem- 

 branacea. Capitula densa, longe pedunculata. Flores in speciminibus nondura pcrforf 



evoluti. Legumen ignotum. 



Sab Tropical America : West coast of Columbia, Veraguas, Kinds. 



This is evidently near /. tuhulifera, but more villous, the leaflets fewer and larger, the^yeins more con 

 spicuous on the upper surface, the peduncles more slender, the bracts more prominent, 

 however require confirmation from specimens with the flowers further advanced. 



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23 I GMBTOiFERA, Smth. ! in Soak. Zand. Journ. iv. 585. Ferraginco-tomenteUa. 



Poliola 'sub-4.iuga, obovali- v. oMongo-effiptica, basi breviter cuneata, 2--4-po hcana, 

 membranacea. Capitula densa, longe pedunculata. Calyx puberulus, vix 1, Im. longus. 



Corolla glabra, 3J lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. „ , t, c, „ 



Hab. Tropical America : Western Columbia, Veraguas, Barcla, ; Panama, SuUou 



Hayes, Seemann. 



94 T Btllbeegiana, Benth. ! in Soot Zand. Journ- ir- 585. Ferrugineo-pubosceu< ; 



foul afuroX^tica. basi breviter ouneata, 3-4-pollicaria. Capitula densa, longe 



pitclr Bores subglobosi, iis /. .loMifer. similes, sed m spec.mm.bus suppeten- 



tibus nondum bene evoluti. Legumen ignotum. 



Sai. Tropical America : Porto BeUo, BUlberg {Bvrb. Be, ol.) 



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