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MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE.^. 



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lata). Calyx liirsutus, 3^ lin., corolla villosa, 6-9 Un. lon-a. Le^umen sessile. 3-4 



o"* -"^b 



pollicarc, ad 9 lin. latum, undique rufo-villosissimum, marginibus parum elevatis.— JP/. 

 Bras. Mim. ' 



JSah. Tropical America : Brazil, proy. Rio Janeiro and Sao Paulo. 



Very near /. barbata, but with a shorter more dense indumentum, small stipules, less stipitate 

 glands, &c. 



113. I. VULPINA, Mart. ! Serb. Fl. Bras. n. 1097. Eufo-villosissima. Foliola 2-5- 

 juga, ovata v. oblonga, acute acuminata, majora 3-4-pollicaria. Spicae ovoideae, longe 

 pedunculatse. Calyx pilosus, ad 4 lin. longus. Corolla dense villosa, calyce pauUo t. 

 vix dimidio longior. Legumen setoso-hirsutissimum, |-1 poll, latum, margiiiibus parum 

 elevatis. — Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. 



I. ferruginea, Planch, in Fl. des Serres, t. 773. 

 /. superbiens, Lem. Jard. Tleur. t. 299, 300. 



Hab. Tropical America : Erazil, pro v. Minas Geraes. 



Differs from /. barbata in the small stipules, less buUate leaflets, and short corollas. 



** Fetiolus nudus. 



114. I. VESTITA, Benth. ! in Eooh. Lond. Journ. iv. 604. Dense rufo-villosa. Poliola 

 3-4-juga, elliptico-oblonga, acuta, majora 2-2i-pollicaria. Spicoe ovoidea?, pedunculatai. 

 Calyx strigosus, ad 2 lin. longus. Corolla sericeo-villosa, 5-6 lin. longa. Staminum 

 tubus breviter exsertus. Legumen densissime velutino-villosum, pollicem latum, margi- 



nibus parum elevatis.— i^^. Bras. Mim. 



Sab. Tropical America : South Brazil, Sello {Serb, Beroh). 



115 I. HispiDA, Schott ! ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. Rubiginoso-hispida. Foliola 3-4- 

 juga, elliptico-oblonga, 4-6-pollicaria. Spicae breves, densse, longe pedunculatae. Calyx 

 latiusculus, dense strigosus, 3 lin. longus. Corolla dense sericeo-villosa, 7-9 Im. longa. 

 Staminum tubus inclusus. Legumen ignotum. 



Sah. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Rio Janeiro, Schott {Serb. Vindoh.). 



116. L rEEETJGiNEO-HinTA, Mart. ! Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. Ferrugineo-hirta. 

 Foliola 3-iuga, elliptico-oblonga, rigide coriacea, nitida, ^'^':'''^^':^^ ^Tl ^V ^^^^^^ 



caria 



Spies densa=, pedunculate. Calyx tubulosus, ferrugmco-putecens, 4. li 



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Corolla dense rufo 

 ignotum 



7-8 lin. longa. Staminum tubus inclusus. Legumen 



"Tropical America : Bra.il. prov. Balua or Kio Janeiro, LuscHnatH iHerB. 



«««.T,QM9nTi showed too much difference in the pro- 



^ 7 •. * 4'^T.^ -PniTif^ Fetiolus alatus. Olandul(B seasiles. 

 Series 8. Dysanto- B^^brtu. etf^^ J^J' iV;,^^ Mo»usUni. Legumen u6i 

 :i^a:lax^. Broctea cadnc<B. Corolla et oaiyxj £ . .. 



:..!.... L tKe Wts of all the species of «»,. and fseu^^a .. .n„,„, the two 



other 



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