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marginibus persistentibus. SewrxA forma etmagnitudinelentis, hine, ubi hilus, acutiuscula, lzvissima, utrinque 
stria elliptica, hilum versus aperta notata, fuscescentia ; hilo parvo, marginali ; funiculo umbilicali capillaceo, 
semine triplo breviore. INrEcuwENTUM simplex, tenue, Exposrmmwruw integumento arcte adharens, tenue, 
gelatinoso- carnosum, exsiccatum corneum, hyalinum, albidum. Ewnnxo inclusus, flavidus, rectus. Coryrz.- 
DONES Orbiculatz, foliacez. RAprcura brevissima, obtusa, recta, hilum spectans. 
8. MIMOSA punica. 
M. caulibus aculeatis, superne pilosis; foliis subdigitato-pinnatis; pinnis quatuor; foliolis 
multijugis , linearibus , acutis , supra glabris subtus margineque adpresso- pilosis ; capitulis soli- 
tariis-ternis ; leguminibus margine hispidissimis. 
Mimosa pudica Linn. Sp. pl. ed. JF. 4. p. 1031. 
Mimosa tetrandra Sp. pl. ed. 7F. 4. p. 1032. 
Crescit in ripa fluminis Magdalene , prope Garapatas. 5 Floret et fructificat Majo. 
us pilosi ; aculeis conicis, com- 
Cavrzs lignosi, procumbentes, teretes, aculeati, lzves, glabri, apicem ver: 
pressis, rectis, flavescentibus, apice nigricantibus, sparsis, geminis majoribus ( 2 lineas longis) ad. basim. 
petioli. Fori alterna, petiolata, subdigitato-paripinnata ; pinnis quatuor. Foliola opposita, multi- (19-28-) 
juga, sessilia, linearia, interdum subensiformia, acuta, basi dimidiato-rotundata, integerrima, supra glabra, 
subtus adpresso-pilosa, 4-5 lineas longa, dimidiam lineam lata; inferiora et superiora parum minora. 
Prrrorx 9- 14 lineas longi, pilosiusculi. Jthaches 1 2-2 $ pollices longa, adpresso-pilosz, supra basim interne 
stipulis duabus lineari-subulatis erectis instructe, apice subulato terminato. SriPvLE gemino ad basim 
petioli, lineares, acuminatz, integerrimz, hispido-pilosc, treslineas longz. Carrrura axillaria, gemina, 
pedunculata, elliptica, 4 lineas longa, pallide rosea. Pzpuxcurni 8-10 lineas longi, filiformes, pilosi, l'nonzs 
sessiles, densissimi, bracteati ; bracteis linearibus, acuto-piliferis, pubescentibus, corollam subcquantibus. 
Carxx minutus. Conorza infundibuliformis, glabra ; limbo quadrifido; laciniis oblongis, acutiusculis, :qua- 
libus. SrAwrwA quatuor, longe exserta. FinawxxTA capillacea, glabra, alba. Awruzmx suborbiculate, dorso 
affixic. Ovanruu oblique oblongum. Sxxtvs capillaceus. LrcvaixA fasciculata, sessilia, lineari-oblonga, com- 
pressa, apice obliquo et subulato, 2- 4-locularia, transverse articulata, glabra, margine pilis rigidis spinz- 
us dense obsita, subsemipollicaria, 12 lineam. lata; loculis monospermis, solubilibus ; marginibus per- 
formib 
sistentibus. SzwrxA prorsus praxcedentis, nisi parum minora. 
Differt a Mimosa pudica (culta) foliolis stipulisque parum angustioribus, subtus adpresso- pilosis. Structura 
floris prorsus ut in M. pudica. 
9. MIMOSA mursrrpura. T 
M. caulibus aculeatis, dense hispido-pilosis; foliis subdigitato-pinnatis; pinnis quatuor ; 
foliolis linearibus, acutis, ciliatis , glabris; capitulis subgemini; leguminibus hispidissimis. 
Crescit in ripa, luminis Orinoci , prope Santa Barbara. . Floret Majo. 
Cavrzs lignosi, teretes, aculeati, dense hispido- pilosi ; aculeis conicis, subuncinatis, sparsis etsubgemini: 
ad basim petiolorum. Foris alterna, petiolata, subdigitato- paripinnata; pinnis quatuor. Foliola opposita, 
multi-(50-51-) juga, sessilia, linearia, acuta, basi dimidiato-rotundata, integerrima, venis nervoque subtus 
prominentibus, membranacea, glabra, margine pilis rigidis incumbentibus ciliata, subtus pallidiora, vix tres 
