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in which state it is rarely gathered by collectors. The determmatious, therefore, of the foilowmg species 



must be received with more than usual caution. 



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Petiolus nudus. 



119. I. viSMLEFOLiA, roepp., Endl. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 79. Villoso-hirta. Foliola 3- 

 juga, late ovata, obtusa, supra glabra, subtus villosa, -i-l-pedalia. Spicre mnfrnic, 



globosse, longe pedunculatae, ad apices ramorum longc racemosaB. Calyx 5 liii., corolla 

 7-S lin. longa. Stamina numerosissima, tube vix exserto. Lesrumcn isrnotum. 



O""'^" *o 



Sab. Tropical America : Eastern Peru, prov. Maynas, Foeppig. 



120. I. KTJBiGiNOSA, DC! Tvod. ii. 434. Perrugineo-velutina. Foliola 4~5-jnga, 

 ovata V. elliptico-oblonga, acuminata, nitida, subtus velutina, majora 6-8-pollicarin, 

 Spicse^breviter pedunculatge, interrupte pauciflorae. Flores sessiles. Calyx caiupaimlaf lu», 

 rufo-velutinus, 3 lin. longus. Corolla pilis crispis villosissima, subpolHcaris. Lcgumcn 

 ignotum. 



Mimosa rubiginosa, Rich. ! in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 1792, 113. 



Hah. Tropical America : Cayenne, Martin ; Demerara, Tarher. 



** Fetiolus alatus. 



121. I. VERA, Willd. spec. iv. 1010. Eerrugineo-tomentella v. pubcacens. loliola 4 



J^g 



^ I, obovali- V. elliptico-oblonga, majora 4-5-pollicaria. Spicge pauciflorai v. dcmum 

 interrupts. Elores sessiles v. brevissime pedicellati. Bractcoe paiTSe, orata;. Calyx 

 tubulosus, tomentellus, 6-7 Hn. longus. Corolla villosa, yix dimidio longior. Lcgumen 

 subsemipedale (v. longius ?), ad f poll, latum, marginibus valde dilatatis plurisulcis et 

 undulatis, faciebus tamen apertis.— ^^^//^. in Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa 



Mem. Leff. 438 ; Prod. ii. 434 



iflora, Walp. et Duchass. in 



Mociniana 



Hah. Tropical America : West Indies, Central America, Columbia, and perhaps 



Guiana, but often planted 



appears 



Santa Marta. The Central- American and South-Mexican specimens, including 



irttcd 



» vnunvu.» u. Walpers and Don, appear, in the proportions of the flo«r,, to p«, .nto /. raiap^u <^ 

 I sJria whilst the Columbian ones often approaeh those of /. affin,, and I. ur,uj....^ u «■! 

 I. Z2\ Ind perfect frnits are altogether .anting ; so that the limits of the .pec.es eannot at pre«n. .„■ 



determined on, •„, fr„m Surinam /bc/t«, from the character giien, can «arr^l,- dilTcr 



JmTeT:t;" ■• r.i::«:^ Me- ~ inn.a; .i. .53 fro. Surmam. .... . .0. of 



trom tne true i . i^era , nrnhablv likewise to be included amongst the rane- 



which the fruit is also unknown, is most probably iiKewisc 



ties of /. vera. Domingo U.S. Commission of Ii.quinr, may be ibo a 



/. la,.pro,nylla. C- ^"=* ^ "f l^' 1^'^^^^^^^^^^^^ flowers appro.chi..g tho. 



of /. spuria, 



122. I 



:;K^a™s, Eoolc. ei Ar.. / i. UooU. Bot. Mim. iii. 202. rcrrusi.co.to.en. 



