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31. I. CAMPANULATA, Beuth. ! in Mart Fl. Bras. Mim. Rufo-viUosula. Foliola 

 2-3-juga, brevissime petiolulata, ovali-elliptica, abrupte acuminata, majora 4!-polHcaria, 

 membranacea. Capitula multiflora, longiuscule pedunculata. Calyx campaniilatus, 5 

 lin. longus. Corolla semipolKcaris, parce pilosa. Stamina sesqnipoUicaria. Legumen 

 ignotum. 



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



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Possibly a variety of/, bullata; but, besides the diflferences in foliage and inflorescence, the flowers are 

 said to be white in /. bullata, yellow in /. campanulata. 



Sectio 3. Bfrgonia. 



Plores parvi, glabri v. parce puberuli, in spicas clongatas cylindraceas r. breves 

 ovoideas v. oblongas dispositi, in rhacbe lineari sessiles v. brevissime pediccllati. Corolla 

 tenuis, infundibularis, calycem sa^pius minimum triple saltern supeians. Foliorura 

 petiolus nudus v. breviter angusteque rarius undique v. late alatus. Gluudulu) so'^'^noR 



V. parum elevatse. 



None of the characters by which the first four or five species are distinguished from each other is con- 



pecimcus 



wide 



« 



SpiccB elongates, axillares, smpius laxifi 



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LAURiNA, mild. Spec. ir. 1018. Glabra. Petiolus nudus v. vix angustissime 



tus- foliola 2.juga, ovata v. ovali-oblonga, obtusa v. obtuse acuminatn, conacon, 



^tidTmai Jra 2-3-pollicaria. Spica3 axillares, elongatLX). Calyx vix lineam, corolla 3 



lin lon-a. Staminum tubus inclusus. Legumen basi valde obliquum, 3-4.p ol 1 1 rare, 



marg 



fere polUcem latum.— 6^m^5. FL Brit. W. Bid. 227 



Mimosa laurina, Swartz ! Fl. Ind. Occid. ii. 978; Sieb. ! Fl. Trin. n. 110. 

 Mimosa fagif alia, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 264, 1. 164, non Lmn. 



GufdaW St. Thon^as. Specimens aUo from Veraguas. See^ann, seem rather to be.o.c 



'V": *:• « ^e% flgu^ea b, .acui. and i^^ecUy W^eU f.n. hi. d^win, ,., 



specimen ha.n, W p„a. ^^^^^^ ^ ^.^ ^^^^^^^_ ^^,.^,^, 



oo T FAGiroLiA, WUld. Uero. jiae ovato-oblonga, obtus.' 



.ginatus anguste alatus v. ^ ^^^ ^^^ longa. Spic'nxilb.. 



obtuse acuminata, coriacea, nitida, majora 3 rariu p - 



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elongatse 

 uscule es 



Mimosa fagifoUa 



juiuiixai-c, ^^- . ' - ^ «„^niln nd 3 Un. Stamiuum tuDu.s j< 



excl. syn 



Mimosa 



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