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M I M O S A. 



POLYGAMIA mo*«:cia. /,/**. 



Oroo katuhalis, LEGUMIiS'OS^. Jvss. 



CHARACTER GENERICUS. 



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SPECIES. 



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MIMOSA LACIiSTRIS. 



GhJc &ilu)o*o, foliU ]>ipmn*lU, ]i:rn^ Irijugi* : *[ttcwh ovj(a. tongc p^limnihu 



Mania lierliarca , in lamlm* unions : caule liori/oniali , passim 

 ;«<I mutos radiratite ; radu/ibui fairicutalii » rapillaribu* * criniii*. 

 Folia bipinnata, pi tint* Irijugiv; foliulb oblongi*, inultijugis : ju- 

 nior* tnia explkationem bnctdi *cx oralis, caduci*, involute. 

 Pcdttmrnli axiltare*, xolitarii , folii* longiorcs, bi- ami iri*miauto*i , 

 vpuumli* divtautibus ; apicc in simutam sunpltccm desi nemos f 

 cujm *uperiorcs liennaphrodito , infcriorc* ab ortii parti urn urn- 

 Itl Calix, in lKTina|i|irr>t(iti* , quiumie-denUilus ; petals rminquc $ 

 Mamma decern. Ovarium ova him , cotnpre&Mini ; stylus lateralis; 

 stigma simplex. Ixgumen vix pollicare. subaniuinum, comprawum, 

 bivalve. <|uinc|iic ad o«*io-»peniiiiiii. Sctnina (nn, cnmpre*«a , 

 lunieulala. Calix in neiitri*, hermaphrodite similii. Corolla nulla. 

 Stamina decern, pcialoiuVa, ctltraia, apice. Uava, Ovarium vix 

 ullutu , pcdicellalum, abort ictu. 



Habitat in a/|ui* stagnantibtu America; n 

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idionalts, propc Monpox. 



