LEGUMINOS^. CCXXI. Zollernia. CCXXIL Entada. CCXXIIL Mimosa. 



381 



FIG. 52. 



nately inflexed. — Unarmed trees or shrubs, with simple stipulate 

 leaves, and axillary or terminal, many-flowered racemes, bibrac- 

 teolate pedicels and yellow flowers. 



1 ^Z. sple'ndens (Max. et Nees. 

 1. C. p. ] 5. t, C.) stipulas nearly or- 

 bicular ; leaves ovate-oblong, gla- 

 brous, ^2 . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Flowers large, yellow. 



Splendid Zollernia. Shrub 10 

 to 15 feet. 



2 Z. falca'ta (Max. et Nees. 

 1. c. p. 16. t. D.) stipulas falcate ; 

 leaves oblong, acute at the base, 

 attenuated at the apex and blunt- 

 ish, glabrous. ^2 • S. Native of 

 Brazil, on the banks of the river 

 Paraiba. Krameria glabra, Spreng. 

 neue enttl. 2. p. 157. Flowers 

 yellow, smaller than those of the 

 first species, (f 52.) 



/V(/ca/c-stipuled Zollernia. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. See Sivdrtzia for culture and propagation, p. 380 



6-8 feet long, coriaceous, with the sutures very thick. Seeds 

 nearly orbicular, 2 inches in diameter. The shrub is called Cacoon 

 in the West Indies. 



Giant-podded Entada. Clt. 1819. Shrub cl. 



2 E. PuRS^^THA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 425.) 

 leaves bipinnate, ending in a tendril, with 1-2 pairs of pinnae and 

 2-4 pairs of ovate, emarginate, glabrous leaflets on each pinna ; 

 spikes of flowers axillary; stamens 10. ^ • ^y ^' Native of 

 the Moluccas on the sea-shore, Malabar, and the Mauritius. 

 Rbeed. mal. 8, t. 32, 33,34. — Rumph. amb. 5. t. 4. Pursae'tha, 

 Lin. fl. zeyl. 644. Burm. ind. 222. Mimosa scandens, Roxb- 

 hort. beng. p. 40. M. scandens I'ndica of authors. Legume 

 like that of E. gigalbhhim. 

 emetics in Java. 



This species is classed among the 



Purscetha Entada. Clt. 1780. Shrub cl. 



3 E. monostaVhya (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 425.) 

 leaves bipinnate, terminated by a tendril, having 1 or 2 pairs of pin- 

 nae, and with 4 or 5 pairs of oblong-obovate, emarginate, glabrous 



1? . ^- S. 



E. Rheedii, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 325, 

 Spikes elongated, simple, and axillary, according to Rheede's 



Flowers decandrous. Entada, Rheed. mal. f). t. 77. 



leaflets on each pinna ; spikes of flowers solitary. 

 Native of Malabar. E. Rheedii. Snreno*. svst. 2. 



figure. 



Legume unknown- 



Division IL Recte'meki^ (from rectus, straight, and embryo, 

 an embryo ; in reference to the radicle and cotyledons being 

 straight). Radicle and cotyledons straight, (f. 21. u h. Im.) 



Suborder IIL or Tribe VIIL 



F 



MIMO^SEjE (plants agreeing with Mimosa in important cha- 

 racters). Embryo straight (f. 21. ?w.), sometimes with the ra- ^ 



dicle bending a little to the cotyledons. Flowers regular (f. 53. Parrana, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 325. Legume a foot long, com- 



a.)j usually polygamous (f. 53. 6.), rarely all hermaphrodite pressed, membranous. Seeds oval, 6 lines long. Flowers ape- 



Mimosa Entada, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1041. 



One-spiked Entada. Clt. 1800. Shrub cl. 



4 E. POLYSTA^CHYA (D. C. Icgum. mem. xii. t. 61 and 62. 

 prod. 2. p. 425.) leaves bipinnate, at length ending in a tendril, 

 with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, and with 7 pairs of oval, emarginate, 

 glabrous leaflets on each pinna ; spikes of flowers numerous, in 

 fascicles. Tj . 



S. Native of Guiana, Martinico, and Gua- 



daloupe. Mimosa polystachya, Lin. spec. 520. Jacq. 

 p. 265. t. 183. f. 93. M. bipinnata, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 946. 



amer. 



E. 



(i. 54. 6,). Sepals 4-5, valvate in aestivation, usually connected 

 together at the base, the calyx is therefore 4-5-toothed (f 54. a.). 

 Petals 4-5, equal (f. 53. a.), also valvate in aestivation, usually 

 "ypogynous, rarely inserted in the bottom of the calyx, some- 

 times more or less connected together into a monopetalous co- 

 rolla. - - ^ ^ 



Stamens inserted with the petals, free (f. 53. b, f. 5^.h.\ which are pubescent beneath ; spikes twin, 



talous, ex Jacq. but 5-petalled in the specimen. The plant 

 climbs up trees, and often destroys them. 



Many-spiked Entada. Clt. 1816. Shrub cl. 



5 E. chilia'ntha (D. c. 1. c.) leaves bipinnate, with 3-4 pairs 

 of pinnae, and 7-8 pairs of linear, oblong leaflets on each pinna, 



terminal on the 



or nionadelphous, equal in number to the petals or multiple that branches. ^ . 



number (f. 53. b.). Embryo straight (f. 21. m.\ with a" hardly 

 evident plumule. Umbilical funicle usuallv twisted. Leaves 



^' 



S. Native of Guiana, in humid places. 



_ _. lly twisted. 



abruptly pinnate or abruptly bipinnate. Cotyledons in all, ex- 

 cept Entada, and perhaps some species of tn^ia, foliaceous and 

 exserted. ^ ^ ^ ' 



CCXXIL ENTA^DA (the Malabar name of one of the spe- 

 cies). ' ■ 



Mimosa chiliantha, Meyer, prim, esseq. 163. — Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 12. Flowers decandrous. 



Lip'Jlowered Entada. Shrub cl. 



6 E.? Adenantiie'ra (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with 2 pairs of pinna: ; 



tendrils terminal. Tj . ^. S. 



Adenanthera scandens-. 



leaflets ovate, oblique, glab.^v*^ , 

 Native of the Island of Mallicocco. 



Adans. fam. 2. p. 318. 

 xn. prod, 2. p. 424. 



LiN. 



Rich. herb. D. C. mem. legum. Forst. prod. no. 117. This plant, from its habit, is related to 



SYST. 



Polygamia, Monce^cia. 

 I etals 5, distinct. 



Gigalobium, P. Browne, jam. 3Q^. 



Flowers polygamous. 



the present genus. 



Adenanthera-WVe Entada. 



Shrub cl. 



Stamens 10-25. Anthers glandular at the 



^pex. Legume compressed, evidently articulated ; the valves pagation, p. 387. 



Cult. See shrubby species of Mimosa for culture and pro- 



usually separating into 2 membranes at maturity. Joints of 



1 



Seeds thick. Co- 



r 



CCXXIIL MIMO'SA (from /xt^oc, mimos, a. mimic ; the 



^^Sunie 1 -seeded, with the ribs permanent. 



tyledons fleshy, remaining unchanged and inclosed within the , _ _ . 



spermaderm in germination. — Shrubs with climbing, unarmed mimic animal sensibility). Adans. fam. 2. p. 319. 



leaves of many of the species, particularly in sensitive plants, 



Gaertn. 



stems, bipinnate or conjugately bipinnate leaves, usually with the 

 rachis terminating in a tendril.' Flowers white, innumerable, with 

 niany abortions, disposed in dense spikes. Legume glabrous, 

 unarmed, very large. 



1 E. GIGALOBIUM (D. C. Icgum. mcm. xii. prod. 2. p. 424.) 

 leaves bipinnate, ending in a tendril, with 1-2 pairs of pinnae, 

 and 2-4 pairs of oblong, emarginate, glabrous leaflets ; spikes 

 01 flowers axillary; stamens 20-25. ^. ^. S. Native of the 

 >est Indies, climbing over trees and forming arbours. Mimosa 

 scandens, Swartz, obs. 389. Lun. hort. jam. 1. p. 137. M. 

 *candens Americana, Lin. and most other authors. Legume 



fruct. 2. p. 344. Willd. spec. 4. p. 1028. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 425. — Mimosa species of Lin. 



Lin. syst. Folygamia, Monoecia. Flowers polygamous. 

 Petals 4-5, connected together into a 4-5-cleft, funnel-shaped 

 corolla. Stamens inserted in the base of the corolla, or in the 

 stipe of the ovary, equal in number to the lobes of the corolla, 

 or double or triple that number, particularly from 4 to 15 in 

 number. Legume compressed, flat, 1 or many-jointed ; joints 

 1 -seeded ; ribs permanent. Stipulas peiiolar. Leaves bipinnate, 

 with 1 or more pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2 or many 

 pairs of leaflets. Flowers rose-coloured or white, disposed in 



