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MIMOSEAE.
SFIMOSA.
16. M. URSINA Mart. 1. c. 136. ex Bth. I. c. — nerbacea, decumbens: aculeis infra-stipularib. recurvis geminis ternisve; caule petiolis pedunculisq. longe palentimpilosis; stipulis lanceolato-subulatis; pinnis petiolo sublongiorib., foliolis 4-5-jugis obliquis ovatis oblusiusculis, 2-3-nerviis, supra glabris, subtus longe hir-sutis; pedunculis axillarib., folium subaequanlib.; capitulis parvis globosis; ca-lyce minuto; leguminis articulis 2-4 pubescentib. medio convexis echinaiisve,margine setuloso. — Crescit in Brasilia.
17. M. MODESTA Mart. 1. c. 135. ex Bth. 1. c. — Herbacea, decumbens: aculeisinfrastipularib. subrccurvis geminis, nunc obsoletis; caule petiolis pedunculisq.pubenlib. et hinc inde sericeo-pilosis; stipulis late OYato-lanceolatis; pinnispetiolo breviorib., foliolis 4—5—jugis oblique ovatis obovalisq. obtusis, 3-4-nerviisglaucis, marginatis, setuloso—ciliatis; pedunculis folio longiorib.; capitulis sub-globosis; calyce longe ciliato; leguminis articulis 2-4 tomentosis, medio echinatis,margine inermi. — Crescit in Brasilia.
§. 3. Castae Bth . 7. c.
Frutices suffrulices y. herbae, aculeis sparsis armatae. Pinnae unijugae. Foliolaplurijuga marginata setuloso-ciliata. Pedunculi folio breviores v. racemosi. Legu-minis valvulae articulatae v. indivisae, nudae v. setosae nec tuberculoso-echinatae.Inter Sensitivas et Meticulosas intermediae.
18. *M. CASTA L.
19. M. TRICEPHALA Cham. et Schlchtd. Linnaea V. 591. — Bth. 1. c. 364. — Fruticosa:aculeis rectis; tamis petiolis pedunculisq. pubescenti-scabris; stipulis subulatisparvis; pinnis petiolo pluries longioribus, foliolis 10—15—jugis oblique ovato-ob-longis mucronatis, leviter marginatis, setuloso—ciliatis, supra glabris nitidis, sub-tus strigosis; capitulis globosis; bracteolis corolla breviorib.; calyce longiusculeciliato. — Crescit in Mexico.
20. M. RETRORSA Bth. 1. c. -- Fruticosa, divaricato-ramosa: aculeis uncinatisretrorsis; caule setulis breviorib. retrorsis scaberrimo; stipulis lanceolatis; pinnispetiolo subduplo longiorib., foliolis 12-20-jugis oblongo-linearib. falcatis obtu-siusculis marginatis, setuloso—ciliatis, ulrinq. glabris; bracteolis corollam sub-aequantibus; capitulis globosis; calyce minuto ciliato; leguminis valvulis articu-latis sparsis, margine dense aculealo-setosis. — Crescit in Brasilia.
21. M. DOLENS Vellozo 1. c. XI. t. 34 u ex Bth. 1. c. f — Suffruticosa: aculeis pa-lentib. rectis nunc minimis; caule erecto subramoso petiolisq. glanduloso-hirtisasperis; pinnis petiolo pluries longioribus; foliolis 10-12-jugis, oblique oblongisobtusis mucronatisve coriaceis marginatis setuloso-ciliatis glabris v. subtus infe-riorib. strigosis; capitulis globosis hirtis; bracteolis corollam aequantibus v. su-perantibus; calycib. longiuscule ciliatis; legumine undique dense setoso, valvulisindivisis. — Crescit in Brasilia.
22. M. INSIDIOSA Mart. 1. c. 134. ex Bth. 1. c. 365. — Herbacea v. suffruticosa: acu-leis patentibus rectis raris; caule erecto subsimplici petiolisque slrigoso-hispidiscglandulosis; pinnis longe acutis mucronatis coriaceis marginatis setuloso-ciliat,glabris v. subtus inferioril). strigosis; capitulis globosis hirtis; bracteolis corollamaequantib.; calycib. longiuscule ciliatis; legumine undiq. dense setoso, setis mar-ginalibus validioribus. — Crescit in Minas Geraes.
23. M. OBLONGA Bth. 1. c. f — Fruticosa? ramosa: aculeis tenuibus recurvis raris;caule pedunculisq. patentim seloso-hispidis et pube brevi canescentibus; petiolobrevissimo; foliolis 25—35—jugis linearib. mucronulatis, leviter marginatis ciliatis,utrinque glabris v. subtus pube minuta pallidis; capitulis cylindraceis; bracteiscorolla brevioribus; calycibus minutis ciliatis. — Crescit in Brasilia.
§. 4. Pectinatae Bth. I, c.
Arbores frutices v. herbae, aculeis omnibus vel nonnullis infrastipularibus ar-matae. Pinnae unijugae. Foliola pluri- vel saepius multijugae. Infloresceulia etlegumen Castarum v. Sensitivarum. Inter has et Mediculosas mediae.
24. M. ORTIIACANTHA Bth. 1. c. — Fruticosa, ramosa, glaberrima v. superne mi-