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LEGUMlNOSiE. CCXXIIL Mimosa- 



CascaheliUo Mimosa. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



47 M. hirsu'ta (Sprang, syst. 2. p, 204.) unarmed; stipulas 

 linear; leaves with one pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 12 

 pairs of oval, marginated, ciliated leaflets ; common petiole hairy. 

 ^ . S. Native of Monte Video. 



Hairy Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



48 M. Sprenge'lii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 430.) prickles scat- 

 tered, horizontal ; branches strigose, adpressed downwards ; 

 leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 6 pairs of ob- 

 liquely ovate-oblong, nerved leaflets, ciliated at the base ; flowers 

 axillary, sessile, pentandrous. ^2 . S. Native of Monte Video. 

 M. ciliata, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 204. but not of VVilld. 



SprengeVs Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



tuse leaflets, destitute of any glands. \ . G. Native of Arabir. 



Flowers pale yellow. 



ye/fow-flowered Mimosa. 



Shrub. 



^ \ Armed shrubs or trees. 

 58 M. Lu^TEA (Mill. diet. no. 17.) prickles very long; leaves 



bipinnate, glabrous ; flowers globose, pedunculate. 

 tive of South America. 



^ . S. Na- 



Yellorv Mimosa. 



Flowers yellow. 

 Tree. 



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Leaves pinnate and bipinnate. 



49 M. cochiioca'rpa (Gomes, obs. pi. bras. p. 30. t. 4. f. 3.) 

 unarmed; leaves doubly and abruptly-pinnate, with 3 pairs of 



59 M. trine'rvis (Desf. cat. hort. par. 180. Pers, ench. 2. p. 

 266.) glabrous ; rameal and petiolar prickles scattered, and rather 

 hooked; leaves bipinnate, with 3-4 pairs of pinnse, each pinna 

 bearing 8-10 pairs of oval-rhomboid, mucronulate, veiny leaflets, 

 which are 3-nerved at the base ; there is a gland at the base of 

 the petiole, and one between each of the two extreme pairs of 



T} . S. Native country unknown, as well as the legumes 



70. 



pinnse 



and flowers. 



Acacia trinervis, Desv. journ. bot- 1814. 1. p 



t'!!!ZLTi\ltT^ Perhaps the figure in Breyn. cent. 1. t. 17. appertains to this 



^^^^^^.^^. o^.... «f,,.^^ .,«„, .^ plant, and therefore it is the same as M. longisiliqua of Lam. 



compressed, spiral. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. 

 Abaremotema, Pis. bras. 77. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3 or 4 

 pairs on each pinna, and 3 pairs of pinnae. Stamens 20, mona- 

 delphous. Bark chinky, and very astringent. 

 Twisted-fruited Mimosa. Shrub 3 to G feet. 



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Leaves bipinnate. 



diet. 1. p. 21. The species appears to be intermediate between 

 the sections Hahbasia and Bataiicaulon of the present genus. 



Three-nerved-\eaQetted Mimosa. Tree ? 



60 M.? angula'ta (Spreng. neue entd. 2. p- 158.) prickks 

 on the angles of the branches scattered, and bent backwards; 

 leaves bipinnate, with 12 pairs of pinnse, each pinna bearing 

 many pairs of linear ciliated leaflets ; petioles unarmed, and are, 

 as well as tbe branches, very villous, and bearing glands between 

 the pairs of pinnse; panicle branched. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Leffume unknown. Said to be allied to M* rubricauhs. 



t Unarmed shrubs or trees* 



50 M. ? coknicula'ta (Lour. cocb. 651.) unarmed ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate; leaflets usually 8 pairs; petiole prickly at the base, 

 and propped by a recurved callous horn ; panicle terminal, sub- 

 corymbose, fj . G. Native of China, in the suburbs of Canton. 



Flowers white, 4-cleft, polyandrous and monadelphous. Per- hooked; leaves bipinnate, with 7-8 pairs of pinnse, each pinna 

 haps a species of Acacia. Loureiro did not see any hermaphro- bearing 13-15 pairs of linear leaflets; there is a sessik glan^a 

 dite flowers. _ . . _ ... ^ 



Legume unknown, 

 ^ng-u/ar-branched Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 

 61 M. rugVta (Lam. diet. 1. p. 20.) prickles scattered, short 



Horned-ipetioled Mimosa. Tree 20 feet. 



the base of the petiole ; legumes complanate, sinuated, plicate, 

 wrinkled, mucronate. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, be- 



51 M. balsa'mica (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 338.) unarmed ; leaves gumes 5 inches long, and one inch broad. Flowers unknown 



bipinnate ; pinnae 6 pairs ; leaflets somewhat denticulated ; 

 flowers octandrous. T2 • S. Native of Chili. 



Balsam Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



52 M. termina'lis (Salisb. prod. 325.) leaves bipinnate; 

 petioles acutely angled above ; leaflets unequal-sided, ovate-lan- 



Wrinkled Mimosa. Tree. 



62 M. latispinosa (Lam. diet. 1. p. 22.) spines pe 



tiolar, 



ceolate, mucronulate, coriaceous. \i . G. Native about Port 1? . S. Native of Madag 



scattered, very broad, compressed, straight ; leaves bipinnate, a 

 length becoming glabrous, glandless, with 1 2-20 pairs of "f^^l"^ 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-15 pairs of elliptic-oblong jea _• 



Petioles, branches, and un 



Jackson, in New South Wales. 



Terminal Mimosa. Tree.' 



53 M. aggrega'ta (Pers. ench. 2. p. 263.) leaves bipinnate; 

 leaflets distant, pilose beneath, as well as the petioles ; peduncles 

 numerous, aggregate in the axils of the leaves. Tj • S. 

 of the East Indies. Perhaps a species o£ Acacia* 



Aggregafe-^eduncied Mimosa. Tree. 



Native 



54 M, RHOMBiFOLiA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 263.) leaves bipinnate ; iMa. 



side of leaves pubescent. Flowers and fruit unknown- 



Broad'Spined Mimosa. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



63 M.? siNUA^TA (Lour. cocb. &53.) shrub climbing '^^^i 

 prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with many pairs of pinnae, as v? 

 leaflets; leaflets small, linear; heads of flowers axillary, soma ;» 

 small, on long peduncles ; legumes compressed, sinuated. n^y 

 G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Perhaps a species oi /^ 



leaflets large, rhomboid ; flowers disposed in spikes, ^i . S. 

 Native of Trinidad. Perhaps a species of Acacia. 

 Rhomb'leajlettcd Mimosa. Tree. 



55 M. ? to'rtilis (Forsk. descrip. p. 176.) leaves bipinnate, 

 with 5 pairs of pinnae, the outer pair furnished with a scale be- 

 tween, each pinna bearing 7-9 pairs of oblong, very short leaf- 

 lets ; legumes twisted, glomerated. Tj . G. Native of Arabia, 

 near Hares. Flowers white, disposed in heads. Perhaps a spe- 

 cies o£ Acacia. 



Trvi^ted'Y^oddcd Mimosa. Tree. 



56 M.? GLOMEUA^TA (Forsk. descrip. 177.) leaves bipinnate ; 

 legumes black, twisted, glomerated. I? . S. Native of Arabia. 



Glo7nerate*iyoMcd Mimosa. Shrub. 



57 M»? fla'va (Forsk. descript. 176.) leaves bipinnate, with 

 S-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 7-10 pairs of linear ob- 



Corolla wanting. 



Sinuated'])odded Mimosa. Shrub cl. 



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antu'ffa (Bruce, trav. ed. gall. 8vo. 



t. 36.) rameal, stipular, and petiolar prickles hooked; jea^ ^ ^^ 

 pinnate, with 7-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing abou -^^^ 

 10 pairs of oblong obtuse leaflets ; spikes of flowers cyhn^ ^,^j^ 

 stamens 10, free. Tj . S. Native of Abyssinia. A very ; ^^^ 

 bush, with sweet-scented flowers. Pterolobium, R- Brown, a . 



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64 M. ? sEMispiNosA (Lin. spec. 1508.) prickles c'-o^^Jj^^^^^ 

 the tops of the internodes ; leaves bipinnate. Ij • ^• 

 of South America. The rest unknown. 



Half-spiny Mimosa. Shrub. 1 .g 



65 M.? Campechia^na (Mill. diet. no. 20.) spinose; lea 

 bipinnate; leaflets narrow ; spines split their whole lengtn. 

 S. Native about Campeachy. The rest unknown. 



Campeachy Mimosa. Tree. 1 10 n f^* 



66 M. Kantuffa rBruce. trav. ed. ffall. 8vo. vol. 13. ?• , ^ 



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