﻿^^^ MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^E. [Species dubite. 



I am unable to suggest the affinities of this species ; possibly an Acacia allied to A. Rcemeriana, or a Pithe- 



•.olobium {Oriholobiim) , or Calliandra allied to C. chilemis. 

 Mimosa strigosa, Vers. Syn. ii. S63, non Willd 



137 non Link; 



A.strigulosa, Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2). Pinn^ unijugse. Poliola bijuga, obliqua, siibtus pilosa. Mores 



capitati* Legumen compressum, strigosum. 



Hah. Peru, ^eri 



Mimosa of the Sensitive s 



Mimosa arcuata, Mart. 

 2-3-jugae. Poliola 10-15 

 Legumen arcuatumj linea: 



//iai. Mexico, calcarnm 



be 



Lix. X. ii. 308. Glabra. Spicse geminae^ validae. Pinnje 

 Pedunculi axi Hares, folio longiores. Capitula globosa. 



1 



The stamens are not described; the flowers in the Latin character are' said to be white. In the Fi^ench 



notes yellow, 

 have seen. 



match 



Mimosa geminata, DC. Prod. ii. 427. Caules diffusi petiolique aculeati. Pinn^ 2-jug^ (jugis di- 



tautibus). Foliola 15-20-juga. 

 Hub. Mexico, Mocino 



M. 



very rude drawing of Mo9ino and Sesse^s ; the fruit unknown 



mentioned. Being placed in the division "pinnis distantibus. 



}y 



M 



M. fragrm\ 



mmo^amonaMpka Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 544. Pinu. subbijuga,. Foliola subbijuga, oblique oblonga, 

 glabra. Pamcula tormmahs. Staaniua numerosa, in tubum l„„gissimum eonnata. LeguLu stipita: 



tuiDj 1-2-spermum. 

 Hub 



l«m»MC„mj„^ Blanco Fl. Filip. 734, ed. 2. 507, from the Philippine Idands, may possibly be 



scribed. 

 Mimosa 



Nemu) 



rude 



Piptadenia, although I cannot 



Hab 



Acacia nutans strong. ^ystiilUl. L^ermis, glabra. Petiolus eglandulosus. Pinn^ 12 iu^^ 

 hoi a muU,uga, hnearia, obtusiuscula. Capitula racemosa, nutantia. Legumen lineare ' ' 



Fo- 



Hab. New Granada, on the Majjdalena. Bertero 



M 



Mim 



Acacia pubescens 

 basi suboonuati. 



The specimen named by him 

 3ct Spikes. 



Pubescens. Aculei stipulares gemini, recti v. curvuli. 



oasi «uDoonnati. Pmn^ 4-5-jug8e. Foliola 12-14.juga, anguste ellinti^n 9 r '^r T ^ '' '"''""^ 



uniglandulosus. Legmen ultra 4 noil !....„. ^_ j -J^_^"S^^*^«^^%tica, 2 hneis breviora. Petiolus 



semina hinc inde contractura. Semina septis nullis distincta. 



1 should have considered this plant an Acacxa closely allied to if not i^.„t;„ i ... . 

 for the earpologieal character, which points rather to some Al^;:^! "*' ^^ '"*""' ''"' 



ifiora, A. Rich. FI. Cub. i. 461 (Calliandra paucifi 



pubesce,.,. Aeulei gemini. stipulares, recurvi, breves. F^l a l^ma Pin \ ''"'• ''''■ ''"'"' 

 ...a, oblonga, obtus.si„,a, coriacea, ciliata, pilosiuscula. CaZ: ^'l^^J'^ -^^- 



axillaria, pedunculata, 



