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MIMOSA pudica. 
Humble Plant 
P0LY6AMIA TETRANDRIA. 
Nat. o\rd. Legvmixosje, Tribus VIII. Mimosea Decandolle prodr. 
2.425. 
MIMOSA Adanson. — F/ores polygami. Petala 4-5 in coroUaiu iufmuli- 
buliformem 4-5 fidam c'onnata. Stamina imae coroU-co aut ovarii stipiti 
inserta, numero loborum ocqualia, dupla triplavc iicinpe 4-1.'). Legumen 
compresso planum 1-00 articulatum, articulis monospermis, costis (replo 
R. Br.) persistentibu;;. Stipuhv petiolarcs. Folia corijiigato-diyituta ant 
duplicato-pinnata. Flores rosei aut albi in capitula digesti. Folia saepe 
tactu sensibilia. Decand. 1. c. 
S*sct. ^I. Eumimosa Dec. Legumina compresso-moniliformia, nempe costis 
ad articulationes contractis. — Flores rosei. 
"M.. pudica; caule herbaceo aculeato plus miniis petiolis pedunculisque 
piloso-hispidis, foliis subdigitato-pinnatis, pinnis 4 multijagis, ft^olis 
linearibus. Dec. I. c. p. 426. 
^schynomme spinosa, &c. Comm. hart. 1. 29. 
M. spinosa 3 siliquis parvis echinatis Breyn. cent. 40. t. 18.) 
M. pudica L. sp. pi. 1501. WiUd. sp. pi. 4.1031. Bot. Rep. t. 544. Ait. 
Kew. ed. 2. 5. 455. 
Var. M. tetraiidra. TFt^. sp. p/. 4.1032. sec. Decandolle. 
Our drawing of this plant was made in the Garden of 
the Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from 
seeds received from Henry Willock, Esq. his Brittannie 
Majesty's Envoy to the Court of Persia. It is said to be 
a native of Brazil, but has now been introduced into every 
• part of the world, not only for its beauty, but for the 
singular sensibility of the fohage. 
In this country it may be treated as a tender annual, 
when it speedily arrives at perfection. To maintain a 
high degree of sensibiHty, it is necessary to keep it exposed 
to the influence of much heat, light, and humidity. It 
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