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LEGUMINOSiE. CCXXIII. Mimosa. 



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Native of South America, near Porto-Rico. Plum, ed Burm. 17. t. 8. Acacia Ceratonia, Willd. 



heads of the flowers, ^ . S. 



Curaana, and on the banks of the river Magdalena near Nares. 



Legumes rather incurved, 



Stamens 10-12 in the 



Branches and petioles hispid. 



and hispid, composed of 21-23 joints. 



specimens collected about Cumana, but only 8 in those collected 



near Nares, ex Kunth, mim. 27. t. 9. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 



spec. 4. p. 1091. 



Ceratonia-Wke Mimosa. 



A rambling shrub. 



Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6. p. 258. 

 Clad Mimosa. 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



34 M. polyaca'ntha (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1034.) leaves bipin- 



nate, with 8-11 pairs of pinnae, and each pinna bearing many few. 



39 M. oltgaca'ntha (D. C. prod. 2. p. 429.) cauline prickles 

 hooked, one under each leaf; leaves bipinnate, unarmed, and 

 are, as well as the branches, glabrous ; pinnae 3-4 pairs, and each 

 pinna bearing 3-4 pairs of obovate leaflets ; legumes evidently 

 articulated, and hardly aculeated on the ribs. ^2 • S. Native of 

 St. Martha. Prickles of legume straight, subulate, and very 



pairs of leaflets ; prickles on the stem, as w^ell as those between 

 the pinnae, hooked, those at the base of the pinnae straight, and 



Few-spined Mimosa. Shrub 3 to feet. 



40 M. CASTA (Lin. spec. 1500.) branch and petiolar prickles 



subulate; peduncles 4 times the length of the heads of flowers. scattered and hooked; leaves bipinnate, with only one pair ot 



^.S. Native of Guinea, Abyssinia, and Upper Egypt. Bruce, 

 trav, 5. t. 7. M. Habbas, Delile, ill. fl. segypt. p. 31. but not 

 of Link. Peduncles and petioles beset with stiff adpressed villi. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from A^ asperata. * 



Many-spined Mimosa. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



35 M. ASPERATA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1035.) leaves bipinnate, 

 l^ith 8-12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of 

 leaflets, which are clothed with adpressed bristles beneath, as 

 well as on the margins 



pinnae, situated at the top of the petiole, each pinna bearing 4 

 pairs of obliquely-ovate acute leaflets, which are rough from ad- 

 pressed strigse, and ciliated; legumes oval-oblong, with the 

 disks glabrous, but with the sutures very spiny. \ . S. Native 

 of South America. Comm. hort. 1. t. 28. The lower flowers 

 of the spikes are barren, but the upper ones are fertile. 

 Chaste Mimosa. Fl. July. Clt. 1741. Shrub. 



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.... «. .„a..u.. , prickles on the stem, and between the branches very few and straightish ; leaves unarmed, bipmnate, 



pinnae rather hooked, but those at the base of the pinnae are and are, as well as the branches, glabrous, with 12 pa^ 



straight ; 



flowers. 



Dem 



peduncles usually twin, 



S. Native of Jamaica, Vera Cruz, 



length 



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of the heads of each pinna bearing many pairs of linear leaflets ; legumes un- 



and about 



erara. D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. 63. Calyx unequally 

 many-toothed. Leaves falling on the slightest touch. 



Var. a, hirsutior (D. C. 1. c.) M. asper^ta, Lin. spec. 1507. 

 Mill. fig. t. 182. f. 3. Breyn. cent. t. 19. 



^ar. /3, IceVior (D. C. 1. c.) M. pigra, Lin. amoen. 4. p. 274. 



Breyn. cent. t. 20. 



Roughened Mimosa, 

 to 6 feet. 



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armed, glabrous, evidently articulated, disposed in racemes. T? . 

 S. Native of St. Martha. Acacia niitans, Spreng. in herb. 



Balb. 



Perhaps belonging to a different division of the genus. 



Shrub. 



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Fl. June, July. Clt. 1733. Shrub 3 



form of 



of the genus ; they are therefc 



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Leaves simple. 



M. SicA^RiA (HofFm. verz. pfl. 1824. p. 221.) leaves bi- 

 pinnate, with usually 5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many 

 pairs of linear, rather ciliated leaflets ; prickles straight, subu- 

 late, those on the stems scattered, between the pinnae opposite, 

 and solitary between the pairs. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Per- 

 haps sufficiently distinct from M. asperata. 

 S'lcaria Mimosa. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



42 M. Bauhinifolia (Salisb. prod. p. 324.) leaves simple, 2- 

 lobed, pubescent.— Native country, flowers, and fruit unknown. 

 Perhaps a species of Bauhinia or HymerKS'a. 



Bauhinia-leaved Mimosa. Shrub. 



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Leaves simply pinnate 



Sect. III. Bat 



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43 M.? piLosA (Lour. coch. 650.) unarmed; leaves pinnate, 

 with many pairs of very pilose leaflets ; leaflets ovate, obtuse ; 



^ ......... ....»wu.f.c....,..*.^5,abramble, and mv- heads of flowers terminal ; legume straight, slender. J2 . G. 



^c,to?o*, a stem; stems prickly). D.C. prod. 2. p. 429. Legumes Native of Cochin-china, m woods. M. crimta, Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 compressed, flat, quite glabrous or hardly pubescent, with parallel 261 . Flowers whke^ disposed m large heads, polyandrous. Per- 

 ries, never contracted at the articulations, unarmed or bearing a 

 single row of spines. The leaves of all are bipinnate, and the 



flowers either white or pale yellow. x. . .-«.-■ ui 



37 M. uubricau'lis (Lam. diet. 1. p. 20.) branch and petiolar ed ; leaves impan-pmnate ; leaflets 5 pairs, oblong-ovate, emar- 



Pnckles scattered and hooked ; leaves bipinnate, and are, as well ginate ; spikes of flowers lateral ; corolla 5- cleft, decandrous ; 



as the branchlets, clothed with adpressed pubescence, having 4-5 legumes curved, flat, many-seeded, fi ■ S. Native ot Cochin- 



haps a species oi Tnga. 



Pilose Mimosa. Shrub 4 feet. 



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pairs of pinnae, and each pinna bearing 10-12 pairs of oblong- 

 "near leaflets ; glands oblong, one situated between each pair of 

 pinnae wlien young. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. M. 

 octandra, Roxb. cor. 2. t. 200. M. Rottleri, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 P- 206. Heads of flowers yellowish, 3 or 4 rising together from 

 ^«e axils of the upper leaves, which are abortive. Legume com- 

 P^^^^^^j curved, glabrous, obscurely articulated, and furnished 

 ^ith hooked prickles on both sutures, very rarely unarmed. 

 R^d^stemmed Mimos^i. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1799. Shrub 



rambling. ^ 



china and China, where it is planted for hedges, which are 

 impenetrable to animals. From the branched spines we should 

 judge this tree to be a species of Glcditschta. 

 Fierce Mimosa. Tree 50 feet. 



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Leaves with one pair oj'plnnce. 



iWckles scattered and hooked , leaVes bipinnate, and arenas well 46 M. Cascabeu'llo (Coll. hort ripnl. 91-) "n-med ; eaj. 



». *' i-ncWs, glabrous, with usually I pairs of pinnae, each --^.r X''f.l ^^f tf .I^rr„\d=f J'i'^TLfw: fe 



45 M. sTAMiNEA (Billb. pi. bras, in flora. 1821. p. 332.) un- 

 armed ; leaves with one pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 

 25 pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, axillary, peduncu- 

 late ; stamens very long. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. 



Jjong' stamened Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



46 M. Cascabel/llo (Coll. hort. ripul. 91.) unarmed ; leaves 



sin ^^ , ^^^""g niany pairs of obovate leaflets ; legumes quite 

 ^'>th, obscurely articulated, and bearing hooked prickles on 

 '«e ribs on both sides, h - ~ ^ . 



VOL. 11. 



S. Native of St. Domingo and 



acutish, glabrous leaflets, with an adpressed gland between the 

 outer pair of leaflets. Tj . S. Native country unknown, as well 

 as the flowers and fruit. Said to be allied to M. pistaacefoha. 

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