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tella. Foliola 4-6-juga, oblonga, majora 3-4-pollicaria. Spicae breves, densae v. parum 

 elongat^e. Plores sessHes. Bractese parvse, ovatse. Calyx tnbulosus, tomentellus, ad 5 

 lin. longus. Corolla Yniosa, parum v. vix dimidio longior. Legumen I. verm v. "brevius, 

 margintbus s^epius latioribtis, faciebus angustius apertis.— JBew^A. in Fl. Bras. Mrni. 



Sab, Tropical and subtropical South America : Brazil, prov. Sao Paulo, and perhaps 

 Rio Janeiro, and on the Uruguay. 



Very near /. vera, this appears to be its southern representative, differing slightly in foliage and inflores- 

 cence, in smaller flowers, and perhaps in the pod. 



123. I. XALAPEXsis, Benth. ! in Sooh. Lond. Journ. iv. 616. Ferrugineo-pubescens 

 V. villosa. Poliola ad 5-jnga, obovali- v. elliptico-oblonga, majora 4-pollicaria. Spicae 

 oblongs, laxiusculai v. interrupte pauciflorse. Elores sessiles v. hrevissime pedicellati. 

 Bractege lanceolatse, subpersistentes. Calyx tnbuloso-campanulatus, 4J-5 lin. longus ; 

 corolla villosa, dimidio longior. Legumen ignotum. 



Mah. Tropical America : Mexico, Coulter, Linden n. 671, Jurgensen n. 595. 



/. eriocarpa, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iv. 615, from South Mexico, Coulter, Berlandier {Herb. 

 DC), may be the same species. The pod in these specimens is narrower and longer than in /. vera, 



with the margins more closed over the faces. 



/. fiexuosa, Schlecht, Linnfca, xii. 559 (7. Schiedeana, Steud. Norn. Bot. ed. 2), of which the 

 flowers are not described, may be the same species. 



124. I. SPTJRIA, numb, et Bonpl. in Willd. Spec, iv.* 1011. Perrngineo-pubescens, 

 Poliola 5-6-juga, oblongo-elliptica, acuta, majora 4-5-pollicaria. Spicse laxse. Plores 

 breviter pedicellati. Bractese parvse, ovatae. .' Calyx latinscule tuhnlosns, tomentoso- 

 viUosus, 5-6 lin. longus ; corolla parnm v. vix dimidio longior, Legumen I. v 



Ktmth, Mm. 39. t. 12 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa spuria, Poir. Diet. Suppl. i. 40. 



Scib. Tropical America : Columbia and apparently also in Brazil^ prov. Bahia and Rio 

 Janeiro. 



This differs from /. vera in the flowers stipitate, sometimes almost as much as in /. ingoides : but 



this 



known 



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Besides the specimen figured as L spuria, Kunth^s coUection in the herba- 



same name 



/. spuria. 



125. I. Ij'etjillei, DC. Prod. ii. 433. Pubescens. Eoliola 4-5-juga, ovali-oblonga, 

 utrinque acuta, glabrescentia, majora 4-6-p ollicar ia . Spicse longae, rbacbe demuml^2- 

 poUicari. ¥lores sessiles, subdissiti. Bractese lineares, calyce breviores, subpersistentes. 

 Calyx tubulosus, tomentosus, 4-5 lin. longus. Corolla rufo-sericea, 8-9 lin. longa. 

 Legumen " 1-2-pedale," ex icone planum, marginibus dilatatis. 



Inga reticulata. Sprang. Syst. iii. 130. 



/. Cumingiana, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jonm. iv. 616. 



Hah, Tropical America : Lima in Peru, where it is much planted in gardens, Feuillee ; 

 lima, Gtmiing n. 980 ; temperate valleys of the Andes, Jameson. 



Tliis species, readily known by its inflorescence and bracts, was estabUshed both by De CandoUe and 



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