﻿630 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. {.Inga. 



Plores sessiles, angusti. Calyx puberulus, 3-3J lin. longus. Corolla sericeo-villosa, 

 6-8 lin. Tonga. Legumen (perfectum ?) semipedale, J poll, latum, marginibus quam in 

 J. vera minus dilatatis, faciebus late apertis. — Fl. Bras. Mim. 



/. uncinata, Spruce^ PL Exs. 



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Sab. Tropical America : North Brazil^ Guiana, and Columbia. 



With the narrow floT^ers nearly of /. edulis^ this has a pod nearer to that of 7. vera, to which latter 

 species it appears to Lave been referred in some herbaria. 



130. I. EDULis, Mart.! Herb. Fl. Bras. 113. Perrugineo-tomentosa. Glandulse 

 magnse, saepe compressse transversseque. Poliola 4-6-juga, ovali- v. oblongo-elliptica, 

 acuminata, submembranacea, majora 6-8-pollicaria. Spicse breviter pedunculatae, sub- 

 corynibosae. Plores sessiles, angusti. Calyx molliter tomentosus, 2-|-4 lin. longus. 

 Corolla sericeo-villosa, 7-9 lin. longa. Legumen ultrapedale, subteres, marginibus valde 

 dilatatis plurisulcatis supra facies clausis. — Benth. in Fl. Bras. Mim. 



I. vera, H., B. et K. ! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 289, non Willd. 

 Mimosa Ynga, Veil. Fl. Mum. Ic. xl. t. 3. 



, ILab. Tropical America : North Brazil, Guiana, Columbia, Peru and Central America'; 

 sent also from Minas Geraes and Eio Janeiro, but perbaps not indigenous, as it is fre- 

 quently cultivated. 



With the fruit of /. ingoides, this has the very different inflorescence and flowers of /. scabriuscula, and 

 the foliage rather distinct from both. 



131. I. FASCICULATA, Bcepp. et Fndl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 79. Perrugineo-velutina. 

 Poliola 4-juga, ovali- v. elliptico-oblonga, quam in I. eduli magis coriacea. Inflo- 

 rescentia I. edulis, flores minores, corolla ad 5 lin. longa. Legumen 6-8 poll, lono-um, 

 1 poll, latum, Junius tenuiter villosum, demum glabrum. 



Bah. Tropical America : Eastern Peru near Cuchero, Bceppig. 



I have not now seen this species, which requires further comparison with some others of the section. 



132. I. (Erstediana, Benth. ! in Seem. Bot. Rer. 117. Dense rubiginoso-pubescens. 



Glandule parvae v. obsoletae; foliola 4-juga, oblongo- y. ovali-elliptica, obtusiuscul 



majora 6-8-pollicaria. Spicse oblongae, breviter pedunculate, superiores corymb 

 Plores sessiles, angusti. Calyx velutinus, 3 lin. longus. Corolla rufo-viUosissima, 6-7 

 Im. longa. Legumen I. edulis, elongatum, subteres, sulcatum. 



/. clavigera, Moritz, in Herb. Sond. 



Sab. Tropical America : Costa Pica, (Ersted ; Panama, Seemahn ; Columbia, Moritz. 



133. I. CONFEETA, Beuth. I in SooJc. Bond. Journ. iv. 620. Tenuiter puberull Glan- 

 dulaa magnse; foHola 5-6-juga, ovali-elliptica y. oblonga, acuminata, pleraque semi- 

 pedaha. Spice oblongae, pedunculate, fasciculatae, superiores numeros* denseque corym- 

 bose. Plores sessiles. Calyx tomentosus, 3 lin. longus. Corolla 

 Im. longa. Legumen icjnotum 



gus. i^oroila sericeo-villosa, 6-7 



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Hah. Tropical America : Eastern Peru, Tarapoto, Mathews n. 1595. 



Jhli^TT^""^^^^^ Eufo-tomentosa. Glandule parvule. Poliola 



sub-4-juga, ovata y. elliptica, obtusa, supra nitida, subtus pubescentia, 4-6-pollicaria 

 Spic. dens^, numeros., in corymbum densissime conferte Plores essnef S 

 ^bigmoso-tomentosus, 3 Hn., corolla rufo- sericea, 6-7 lin. Wa. .i::!^!.?^! 



ga. Legumen oblongum 



