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MR. G* BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. 629 



same figure for his Mimosa 

 Cayenne plant he had mist 



stnemariensis 



plant he had mistaken for Fenillee's. G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 388, under the 

 seems to have mixed up with the Peruvian plant the /. laurina, Sw. Mimosa 

 Pacat, " Fres, in Vitm/' inserted in Steud. Norn. Bot. ed. %, is probably founded also on Feuillee's plant. 



' 126. I. iNSiGNis, Kunth! Mim. d3, t. 13. Ferrugineo-liirta v. tomentosa. Foliola 

 4-5-juga, ovali- y. oblongo-elliptica, acuminata, coriacea, liirta v. glabrata. Spices 

 ovoideo-oblongge, densae, peduiiculatse. Elores sessiles. Bracte-ae oblongaj v. lanceolat??, 

 caducissimse. Calyx tubulosus, pilis crispis viUosus, ad 5 lin. longus. Corolla villosis- 

 sima, poUice brevier. Legumen crassum, durum, marginibus latis subscqualitcr tctra- 

 gonum, semipedale, pollicem latum et crassum. — Benth, Fl. Bras. Mim. 



I. pachycarpay Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. iv. 617. 



JSah. Tropical America : common in tbe Andes of Quito, Jlimholdt and Boiq^landt 

 Sarticeg n. 966, Spruce n. 5096 ; and apparently the same species, but not in fruit, 

 Brazil, proy. Minas Geraes, BurcJiell n. 5835. 



127. I. APFiNis, DC. Brod. ii. 433. Eufo-velutina v. pubescens. Toliola 'ir-6-juga, 

 ovali- V. oblongo-eUiptica, acuminata v. obtusa, majora 3-6-pollicaria. Spicic breves t. 

 demum longiuscul^. Elores sessiles. Bracteai parvse, ovatae. Calyx tomontosus, 

 latiusculus, 3-4 lin. longus. Corolla sericeo-villosa, 7-8 lin. longa. Lc^gmnen tomcn- 

 sosum, fere J. verw. marginibus latis sulcatis, faclebus apertis.-i?e.^M. tn Fl. Bras. J/7... 



Mimosa 



Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. 113, non WiUd 



Nom 



amtifoUa, Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ 



different from I. «#«». ^^^^ ^^^^^ Uoffraan^egg. only known in leaf, without 



Inga rhoi/oha, Willd. Enum. Hort. B.roi , 



flowed or fmit, resembles in that state ra^cr ^-J^^; «- ^L, Mart. Fl. Bras. 114 (non eiuM. ibid. 

 ■ Mimosa umbeUata,yd\. Fl. ^^'^■J-^y,'^^ ' " „f i, affinis, although the braoU are rc,.re«=.,...l 



as linear. 



''"'""■• ,. , cr V, <J.„.;« 2 BubiKiioso-toracntosa. Poli.ila 4-6-jnCT, 



oblongo-elliptica v. suHauceolata ^'^^^^^'"'^^^ ,,M^. 1-2-pollicures. Tloro, 



.ubsLlles, .ua. in p^ce«us te— ^ ^^ 



Corolla sericeo-Tillosa, ad 9 ^- ^^^f ' 2- Cayenne, Sagoi n. 026. 



if«5. Tropical America : Sui-mam, ^0 , . ^^ Tenuiter fcrruginco 



129. I. sc.BBX.se..., Benin. / in ^^^'J^^^^^ ^^^ acuminata vix ooria^,. 



puberula. PoHola ^^g^ ^t ^l— !la.i-«l. su^Hores suW™ W 



majora 5-pollicaria. bpicse oreviL y; 



