﻿1 MR 



ON THE MIMOSE^. goi 



margin ibus 



^«i. Tropical America : Columbia, valley of Macarao, Fendler n. 2259. 



• 135. I. LusCHNATHiANA, Seuth. / in Booh Land. Journ. h. 618. Ferru^ineo-tomen 

 osa V. pubcscens. Poliola *-5,-„ga, ovali-oWonga, obtusa .. acuminata. '^^TZ 



polhcana. Spic* longee. breviter pedunculata,, axillares. Hores subsessiles 



latmsculus, li-2 Im. longus. Corolla sericeo-yillosa, 7-8 liu. longa. _ „„..„ ,., ,.„, 

 rite relatum) crassum. latiusculum, tomentosum, marginibus plurisuleatis latissimis 

 tacies ommno obtegentibus.— J?i. Bras. Mm 



Cal 



• 



Lesrumen 



/. eriantha, Benth. ! in Hook. Lend. Journ. iv. 614. 



Sab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Rio. Janeiro and Minas Gcraes. 



I am not confident of having correctly matched the fruiting specimens ^nth the flowering one., which 

 are distinguished from /. affinis and its allies chiefly by the proportions of the flowers. 



136. I. SUBNUDA, Salzm. ! Benih. ! in Sook Lond. Journ. iv. 613. Fcrrugineo- 

 pubescens. Petiolus breviter et anguste alatus. Foliola 2-3-juga, ovali- v. oblongo- 

 elliptica, acuminata, majora semipedalia. Spicae breviter pedimculatse, suporior*^ bn>- 

 viter subpaniculatae. Mores pedicellati. Calyx campanulatus, velutinus, fere 3 lin. 

 longus. Corolla dense villosa, 7-8 lin. longa. Lesrumen ignotum.— i^/. Bras, 2Ilm. 



g«,. ^V^QWXliV^XX Xij 



"I 



Mab. Tropical America : Brazil, prov. Bahia. 



The flowers are nearly those of/, Luschnathiana^ but pedicellate; and tlie foliage is very diflerent. 



137. T. liAXiFLORA, Benth. ! in Hooh Lond. Journ. iv. 617. E/ufo-velutina. Foliolr 

 5-juga, oblongo-elliptica, acuminata, hirtella, demum nitida, majora 5-pollicaria. Pe- 

 dunculi elongati, interrupte floriferi. Flores pedicellati. Calyx latiusculus, velutinus 

 4 lin. longus. Corolla villosissima, ad 9 lin. longa. Legumen ignotum. 



ILah. Tropical America : Peru, Sesuya, Mathetcs n. 3274. 



The long loose inflorescence readily distinguishes this from /. ingoides. 



138. I. INGOIDES, Willd. Spec. iv. 1012. Perrugineo-tomentella. Foliola 4-5-juga, 

 ovali- V. oblongo-elliptica, mucronata v. acuminata ; majora 4-6-pollicaria. Spicae brevca, 

 laxee, superiores subcorymbosae. Plores pedicellati. Calyx latiusculus, tomentosus, 

 3-31 lin. lonffus. Corolla sericeo-villosa, 6-7 lin. longa. Legumen uni- v. pluripedaUs, 



2 ""^- -^"^O 



subteres mar^'inibus valde dilatatis plurisulcatis supra facies clausis. — Benth. in Fl 

 Bras. Mim. 



Mimosa ingoides, Rich, in Act. Soc. Nat. Par. 1792, 113. 

 Inga ornata, Kmith ! Mim. 46, 1. 14. 



Meriance 



Walp 



Hah. Tropical America : Guiana, West Indies, and Columbia, and probably also Xorth 



Brazil 



# 



the leguml well figured by Meriana. is that of /. eduUs. Without the pod it is readily confounded with 



^ ' ^ / . ., . e ^A v.Tr Tnnna tn M. ornata. there are some with 



larger flowers, or a 



but 



, sible 



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