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1>0I.YG\AMIA, MONOKCIA. 



Iispbnifl eft» qux Icptafolct arhorca, quibus illi faccharifcros agros pro- 

 cellis magis cxpoluos obvallant, diEto modo dcftrucrc. Ncc cnim ampu* 

 taflc rgffigic trujicum, ubi cx quavis rcliclfc radicis partc nova; rcpcncc plan- 

 lulas cxfurganc. Tntn:us tcrcs, corticc fufco vefUtus, diamctro xquac far- 

 pc novcm polliccs- Folid funt bipinnata; pwtiMxs utrinquc ut pluriinum 

 tribus vcl quatuor, quoruin tcrminantta duo, poftcaquam foliola dimifcrc 

 propria, indrr&w validifliinosinutantur, qui vicinarumarborum ramis fc- 

 fccircumvolvunt, taincjuc adhxrcnt tcnacitcr, utttgrc qucant avclli, iino 

 ut accrcvific non raro vidcantur: propriis litpius utrinqucfcptcin, oblongis, 

 obtufis, cmarginatis. Spic<r pjrtknlarcr dcnfx» bipollicarcs, furfuin vcrftc 

 crcfhcquc onincs, trigima circitcr Iimul in codcm commm pcJur.ado pcdali 

 & horizontalitcr [Kirrcclo locantur. Flom parvi, vircntcsquc in qualihct 

 fpica particulari plus ininus ccmum& quinqua^inta contiuencur* adcoquc 

 in una fpica compofitaquaLcr millc & quingcnti; cui cantc florum niulmu* 

 dini(obflorcs forxc ftcrilcs vcl mafculos imermixtos) vixdcccm fucccdunc 

 Icyumma, quffi ipfa rarilfimc nd maturitatcm pcrvcniunt. 

 Hsbitac in iylvis Martinica^ 



4, MIMOSA (cora^Jfpinisftipularibus connacis; foiusbipinnatis. Unx 

 /p. pl a<5. p. 520- fyjl. />. 1312. 



Acaciacornucaludix Oricntdi*. SA. tbcf* i.j>. 113. f. 70/ 13. 

 Acacin amcricana, grandibus aculcis ad ramulorum cxortum coraua 



hovina rcfcrcntibus, filiqua rollraca. Plnk, *:!m. 5. f. 122./. 1. 

 Acacix fimilis, fpinis cornifbrmibus, mcxicana. Convn. /wrt. t./>.2og. 



f. 107. 



I Ixc crbor duodcnos altitudinc pcdcs raro cxccdit. Ramufculis numc- 

 rolis in pyrainidHctu iwuram cxcrcfcic. Folia habcc bipinnata a;quc cxigua. 

 r/onrj pnrvi, flnvi» atquc inodori s in fpicam aggrcgumur dcnfom cylindra- 

 ccam foquipolhcarcm ac tc liicm. Ugnmina coriacca pulpam contmcnt bu- 

 tyraccam, qua ohvolvuncur/tv/ww ccrccia. E\ his antca mundatis* cxficca- 

 tis, lagjr.ffitjuc incltifis, poll aliquoc mcnfcs fcrc rottdcm prodirc dcrmcftcs 

 itjiiiimis vidi, qui ipfavolumincfcinina ftrme arquabant. Valdc fin^ularcs 

 funt in hac arbufcula/p:^ fubaxilkrcs baliquc connata, qme figura fua ho- 

 vina cornua concinnc cxprimunt. Ha: quidcm fufcar, nitidx, cavx, longt^- 

 tudinc vcriantcs» ita ut lon^ilfunx quinquc polliccs cxccdam, totam obfi- 

 dcnt arbufculam, & pol maturitatcm lcguminum, quando folia dccidcrunt, 

 fj>c£luculum ofTcrunc pnctcrcnnti infolicum. (Aux autcm crofo ad introituin 

 foramincconfpictuntur pcrtufic, harum cavitas formicis innumcris prxbct 

 domicilium: quxad ItTiliimumarborisconculTumcaccrvacim atquc cum iin- 

 pccu fpiniscgrcHx, & ulcro undiquc dilapfa?> formicinaquadam pluviama- 

 ilant proximc adllantctn j proptcrca fanc fonnidabili, quod cutim ilico ador- 



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