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LEGUMINOS^. CCXXIII. Mimosa. 



Many-Jingered Humble-plant. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822 



§ 3. Bipinnatce (from hipinnatus^ bipinnate leaves). Leaves 

 Inpinnatey with the pinnce distant, not approximate at the top of 

 the common petiole^ as in the last division, 



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Plants prickly^ 



many pairs of linear, acutish, glabrous leaflets ; heads of flowers 

 solitary, f? . S. Native of South America, within the tropics. 

 Flowers red. 



Sleepy Mimosa. Shrub. 



* * Plants unarmed^ 



27 M. vi'sciDA (VVilld. enum. p. 1048.) branches and petioles 

 unarmed, but clothed with clammy glands; leaves bipinnate, 



^^ ^^' ''^olV'^'" ^^r^^ ^' ^^T' ^- "'^''" i^"- '"l^^' ^'P' ^ith 4 pairs of pinn^, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear. 



prod. 2. p. 427.) stems diffuse, and are as well as the petioles 

 prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 15-20 pairs of leaflets; heads of flowers axillary, twin. 

 1^. S. Native of North America, on the western coast. Heads 

 of flowers almost like those of M. pudica. Flowers red. Le- 

 gumes unknown. 



T^i/m-headed Mimosa. 



obtuse, glabrous leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, solitary. 

 ^ . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers red. 



Legutne unknown. 



Perhaps belonging to a different section. 



Clammy Mimosa. Clt. 1825. Shrub 2 feet. 



28 M. microce'phala (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 



1039.) branches and petioles unarmed, but clothed with adpres- 



sed pili ; leaves bipinnate, with 12-14 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 



^^ V , • . ,, , , , 1 . . , bearinjT many pairs of oblong-linear, obtuse, ciliated leaflets; 



p.2590branchespncklypuberulous; leaves b.pinnate short, heads of flowers ovate, twin or tern. Tj . S. Native of the 



PI. diffuse. 

 20 M. MONTA'NA(Kunth, mim.p. 31. t. 10. nov. gen. amer. 6. 



unarnied, with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 4-6 pairs ^^^^^ ^f j,^^ ^j^^^ Orinoco. Kunth; mim. p. 23. t. 8. nov. 



of elliptic-oblong, puberulous leaflets, f; . S. Native of Peru, 

 on the Andes, near Caxamarca, at the height of 4310 feet above 

 the level of the sea. Heads of flowers solitary or twin, of a 



very pale rose colour or white. Legume linear, many-jointed, 9 to 4 feet 



gen. amer. 6. p. 257. Flowers red. Legume linear, many- 

 jointed, strigose. 



Small-headed M\mo%^. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shnib 



glabrous. 



Mountain Mimosa. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



margms 



of flowers solitary. ^ . S. 



21 M. Hu^MiLis (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1037.) 

 branches prickly, hispid ; leaves bipinnate, with 3-4 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 6-13 pairs of linear, acutish leaflets, 

 which are puberulous beneath as w^ell as on the 

 prickles straight, subulate, those on the petioles opposite ; heads 



Native of Peru. H. B. etKunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 254. Flowers red. Legume ovate, 2- 

 jointed, beset with bristles. 



Humble Mimosa. Shrub |- foot. 



22 M. hama'ta (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1033.) branches, petioles, 

 and peduncles pubescent and prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with 4 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 7-8 pairs of leaflets ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves. ^2 . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Legume 5-jointed, sinuated, pubescent. 



Hooked Mimosa. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



23 M. soMNiANS (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1036.) 

 branches prickly, rather hispid ; leaves bipinnate, with 4-5 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, glabrous 

 leaflets ; rachis rather prickly ; heads of flowers solitary. Tj . S. 

 Native of New Granada, on the Andes. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 



Sect. II. Habba'sia {Hahbas is the Egyptian name of 3f. 



polyacdntha). D. C, legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 428. Le- 

 gume compressed, very hispid, with straight parallel margins, 

 never contracted at the articulations: joints few, shorter than 

 broad. In all the species the branches and petioles are prickly; 

 the prickles on the petioles usually opposite. Leaves bipinnate. 

 Flowers white. 



29 M. do'rmiens (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. ^ 

 1035.) branches prickly, and densely clothed with white hairs ; 



leaves bipinnate, with 5-7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing - 

 12 pairs of linear, rather falcate, acute leaflets, which are pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces ; prickles opposite, subulate, ^^^^^% * 

 placed between each pinna, and at their base ; heads of floffcrs 

 solitary. T?. S. Native of South America, in sand on tne 

 banks of the river Apures. Flowers white. Legume unknowi. 



Clt. 1818. Sh.procumb. 



gen. amer. 6, p. 256. Kunth, mim. p. 20. t. 7. 

 Legume linear, many-jointed, hispid. 

 Sleeping Mimosa. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



Flowers red. 



Sleeping Mimosa. Fl. June, July. ^.v. . , . - 



30 M. cane'scens (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1038.) leaves bipin- 

 nate, with 8-10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many P^^^^ 



of leaflets, which are covered with hoary stri^ae t ^^"''"rF^^'nea' 

 hooked, those on the petioles remote. I2 • ^- Native ol »"^.^ 

 Flowers white. Branches, petioles, and peduncles beset 

 stiff pubescence. i 1 fi)ot 



Canescent Mimosa. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Shrub IJ^' 



24M.PA'LrnANs(Humb.etBonpl.inWilld.spec.4.p.l036.) 31 M. hispida (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1037.) leaves W^J^^ 



branches prickly, glabrous ; leaves bipinnate, with 5-6 pairs of with 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing "^^"y P^**^^ ^.jp^. 



pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear, glabrous leaflets ; nerved leaflets ; cauline prickles hooked, petiolar ones '^^^^j^ 



rachis setose, and rather prickly ; heads of flowers usually twin. \i . S. Native of Caraccas. Branches, petioles, and peo". . 



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S. Native of South America. Flowers red. Legumes setose. Legume attenuated^at both ends, flat, setose 



of about 



linear, 8-12-jointed, rather setose. Perhaps distinct from M, 15 joints. Flowers white. 



somnians* 



Beating Mimosa. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



25 M. interme'dia (Kunth, mim. p. 1 6. t. 6. H. B. et Kunth, 



Hispid Mimosa. ' Tree 10 to 20 feet, 



with 



nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 255.) branches hispid, and are as well as 



the rachis prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with 4-7 pairs of pinnae, 



each pinna bearing 9-15 pairs of linear, obtuse, glabrous leaflets; 



heads of flowers usually twin. ^y . S. Native of the plains of unknown. 



Caraccas. Flowers red. Legume short, 2-4-jointecI, oblique, 



luspid, with the upper joint broader than the rest. 



Intermediate Mimosa. Shrub procumbent. 



26 M. soMNicuLosA (H. B. etKunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 



257.) branches pilose, and are^ as well as the rachis prickly ; 

 leaves bipinnate, with 10-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 



82 M. ciliaVa (Willd. enum. p. 1048.) leaves bip>n»3J^^^^^ 

 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs ^, -ypf 

 leaflets; prickles straight, opposite, a pair between ^5j^{^.gof 



pinnae, but solitary at the base of the pinnae. ^ -S* 

 Brazil. Branches and petioles hairy. Flowers white. 



M, asjyei'ata. 

 CV7?a/e(/-leafletted Mimosa. Shrub. 



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leaves bipinnate, with 8-12 pairs of pinnae, each P'"" ^n 

 many pairs of leaflets, which are hispid on the "™*''8"]*' ^^ 

 on the under surface ; cauline prickles straight, as v^ell as 

 the base of the pinnae ; peduncles twin, 4 times longer 



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