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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE M1M0SE.E. 



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4-juga, ovata, coriacea, supra glabrata, subtu^ velutina, majora 8-9-pollicaria. 



Spicse 



densse, pedunculo semipedali v. longiore. 

 poll, longa. Legumen ignotum. 



Calyx semipollicaris. Corolla villosissima, 



Hab, Tropical America : Eastern Peru, Spruce n. 4935. 



Arbor 35-pedalis^ coma patula. Foliorum jpetiolus crassus, 6-8-pollicaris, undique alatus, alls interduni 

 iitrinque semipoUicetn latis. Foliola venis supra impressis subtus valde elevati§ fere buUata^ ssepe 5 poll, 

 lata. Pedunculi erccti^ rigidij ferrugineo-tomentosi. Stamina 2^-pollicaria^ fiavo-viridiaj tubo iiicluso. 



78. I. Salzmanniana, Benth, ! in Sook. Lond, Journ. iv. 608. Minute puberula. Pe- 

 tiolus anguste alatus ; foliola 4-5-juga, obovali- v. oblongo-elliptica, acuminata, submem- 

 branacea, rnajora4-5-pollicaria. Spicae densae, breviter pedunculatse, ad apices ramorum 



corymbosae. Calyx striatus, puberulus, 3-3 J 



Fl. Bras. Mim. 



lin. longus. 



Corolla sericeo-villosa, 6-7 lin. 



longa. 



Legumen ignotum. 



Ilah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bahia and Para. 



79. I. NUDA, Salzm. ! Benth, in Hook, Lond. Journ. iv. 607. Parce birtella. Petiolu 



breviter et anguste alatus v. nudus ; foliola 3 



-4-juga, elliptico-oblonga v. ovato-lan- 

 ccolata, demum glabrata, majora 5-6-pollicaria. Spicae ovoideae, densse, breviter pediin- 

 culatss, subcorymbosge. Calyx striatus, subglaber, 3-4 lin. longus. Corolla sericeo- 

 villosa, 6-7 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 

 Hab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bahia ; Cayenne. 



Var. ? LONGiFLORAj calyce seinipollicari_, corolla fere pollicari. 



Hab. Cayenne, Boileau {Herb. BeroL). 



(See also 65. /. Thibaudiana, and an occasional specimen of some other Gymnopod(E with the petioles 

 slightly winged.) 



80. ? I. PRUEiENs, Pcepp. et Midi. Nov, Gen. et Sp. iii. 78 



Petioli alae oblongge, apice basique angustse ; foliola 2-3-juga, ampla, elfiptico-obovata 

 obtusa, basi cuneato-rotundata. r 



Piloso-birf a pilis fragilibu 



gidissima, supra glabra, basin 



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) glandula cupuli 

 solitariae. sessiles 



formi instructa, subtus birte pilosa, terminalia 10-pollicaria. 

 Calyx corollaque hirsuta. Legumen ignotum. 

 Hab. Tropical America : Eastern Peru, Bceppig. 



I have seen no specimen answering to the above character ; and Poeppig had it in bud only. It may be 

 therefore doubtful whether it belongs really even to the Order. I have seen no Inga with a gland on the 

 Mirface of the leaflets. 



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Series 4. Leptanthae. Fetiolits inter foUolorum paria latiuscule alatus 

 sslles V. stlpitatcB, Bractempersistentes, cahjcem sceplus cequantes v. snpero 



Calyx striatus, glaber v. appresse p 



GlandidcB 

 ?. Flores 



nceo'villosa. 



81. I. ACUiiiNATA, Benth 



Corolla apice pilosa, v. undiq 



Hook. Lond. Jom 



Foliola 2-3-1 uga 



lanceolata 



V. 



ali-oblon 



majora 1-5-pollicaria. Glandulae subsessiles 



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iv. 600. 

 acuminata 



Bracteae persistentes, calvce bre 



oideo-srlob 



Glabra v. vix pilosula 



laevia, nitida 

 pedunculata? 



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lab 



long 



Co rolla 



sutissima, semipoll 



Calyx glabriusculus, insigniter acuminatus. 4 lin 



Hah. Tropical America : Trinidad 



Legumen ignotum 



species differs from all others known to me in the remarkably acuminate ffower-bud 



