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LEGUMINOSiE, CCXXIII. Mimosa. CCXXIV. Gagnebina. CCXXV. Inga. 



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whence the legume is probably winged. Perhaps a species of pinnate, with many pairs of linear leaflets, which are equal in 

 Acacia or Gagnebina, size and shape, and having a gland at the base of the petiole, and 



Shrub 6 feet. 



one between each pair of pinnse. Spikes of flowers axillary, 

 cylindrical, yellow. Legumes clothed with white villi when 



67 M. ? agre'stis (Sieb. in Spreng. syst. 2. p. 206.) prickles 



on the branches horizontal and straight ; branches hoary ; leaves young, but glabrous in the adult state, 

 bipinnate, with 6 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 16 1 G. tamari^scina (D, C. prod. 2. p. 432.) leaves with about 



pairs of pubescent leaflets; racemes spicate, exceeding the leaves. 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 30 pairs of leaflets ; 



^ Native of Palestine. Perhaps the same as M. arvensis, spikes of flowers crowded at the tops of the branches, disposed 



J?.G. 



Sieb. ex Steud. nom. 

 Field Mimosa. Shrub. 



68 M. iE^MULA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 206.) prickles much 

 crowded, straight, and rather flexuous ; leaves bipinnate, with 8 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 12 pairs of roundish Tamarix-like Gagncbina. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 feet. 



in a kind of racemose corymb. T^ . S. Native of the Mauritius 

 and Madagascar. D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. 64. f. B. Mimosa 

 tamariscina,Xam. diet. 1. p. 13. Acacia tamariscina, Willd. spec. 

 4. p. 1062.— Pluk. aim. t. 329. f. 3. 



leaflets, which are clothed with stellate pubescence, but tomen- 



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tose beneath ; heads of flowers tomentose, hairy, 

 live of Brazil. 



Rlml Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



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2 G. axilla'ris (D. C. prod. 2. p. 432.) leaves with 24 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 50 pairs of leaflets ; spikes 

 of flowers axillary, lower ones solitary, upper ones rising by twos 

 or threes. ^ . S. Native along with the preceding species. 



69 M. ? abste'rgens (Roxb. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 206.) D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. 64- f. A. M. pterocarpa, Lam. diet. 



prickles on the branches crowded, and a little recurved; branches 

 dotted ; branchlets villous ; leaves bipinnate, with 8 pairs of 



1. p. 13. Vahl. symb. 3. p. 103. 



J^a,7/^ar?/-spiked Gagnebina. Clt. 1824. Shrub 6 feet. 



pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of linear ciliated leaflets ; Cult, See Mimosa for culture and propagation. 



petioles unarmed, pubescent, glandular at the base ; heads of 

 flowers panicled. h ' ~~ - 



Cleansing Mimosa. 



Native of the East Indies. 

 Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



70 M. ? Madagascarie'nsis (Spreng. 1. c.) prickles on the 

 branches scattered, and a little reflexed ; leaves bipinnate, with 

 10 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many pairs of minute 

 bnear leaflets, w^hich are villous, as well as the branchlets ; pe- 

 duncles lateral, usually twin. 



2scar Mimosa. 



CCXXV. I'NGA (the South American name of /. vera^ 

 adopted by Marcgraff*). Plum. gen. 13. t. 25. Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 104. 



Kunth, mim. p. 35. 

 Neck. elem. no. 1298. 



D. C. legum. mem. xii. — Amosa, 



liiN, SYST. Poly gamia^Monce'cia. Flowers polygamous. Calyx 



5-toothed. Petals 5, connected together into a 5-cleft corolla. 



^. G. Native of Madagascar. Stamens numerous, exserted, sometimes joined together a short 



Legume broad. 

 Seeds sometimes imbedded in 



Shrub or tree. 



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way at the base, and sometimes a great way up. 

 linear, compressed, 1 -celled. 



site, erect ; petioles hairy, almost unarmed ; leaves bipinnate, pulp, sometimes in farina, and sometimes, though rarely, en- 



^ith many pairs of pinnae, as well as leaflets ; leaflets linear, im- 

 bricated ; heads of flowers shorter than the leaves. 



tive of Brazil. 

 Brazil Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



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wrapped in a pellicle. — Usually unarmed trees or shrubs, with 

 spikes or heads of red or white flowers. This genus will require 

 to be still further divided into separate genera, when the charac- 

 ters of the species are better known. The legumes being in some 



/^ M. FERRUGi NEA (Rottl. in Sprcug. 1. c.) prickles both of thickened at the margins, in others flat, straight, or twisted. The 



le branches and petioles recurved ; petioles and branchlets pu- seeds in some are imbedded in pulp, in others enveloped in a 



escent; leaves bipinnate, with many pairs of pinnae, as well as dry pellicle at maturity. The stamens in some are monadel- 



anets ; leaflets linear, dimidiate, imbricated, glabrous ; gland phous only at the base, while in others they are connected into 



oblong, situated at the base of the petiole ; heads of flowers 

 pa icled, terminal. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 msty Mimosa. Clt. 1818. Shrub. 

 * M. Barclay a'na (Hort.) There is nothing further known 

 - diis plant than that it is a native of Madagascar. 



flm r r''^^''* Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 

 ^' ^«". The leaves of most of the species of this genus are 



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a long exserted column, and the pollen in the anthers in some is 

 powder}'-, but in others it is in a few granular masses, as in Ascle^ 

 piddece, 



§ 1. Vngce verce(t.r\xe species of Tnga), Leaves simply pin* 

 natCM Leajlets large^from 2 to d pairsy the extreme ones ahvays 

 the largest* The sj)ecies contained in this division are all natives 



^nsitivP tn LT I A \: t ^ u V 1 > • J of South America; they are unarmed trees, hearing spikes of 

 .,S:T ^ i¥ t«"<^^' and are therefore all worth cultivating for /,„,,,, ■,. ^ . ,, ,^r.L... n«J f,..«;.h.rl\„;th JnJ. «« fh. 



curlositu TV, ^v •' 11 • • ,. , 1 ° 1 flowers, with a ferv exceptions, and furnished with elands on the 



.llTh. They thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, and ^^,. , ; .' . , ^J^^ . / . ./ ^ 



young cuttings will root if planted in a pot of sand, with a bell- 

 ?'ass placed over them in heat. Some of the kinds ripen seeds 



!? ''^^""dance, by which they are easily incr( 

 ne annual kinds require to be sown in pots, 



petioles between the pairs of leajlets. 



* Pterbpodce (from Trrepovy pteron^ a wing, and ttovq ttoJoc, 

 increased. The seeds of pons podos, a foot ; in reference to the footstalks of the leaves 



and the pots placed being winged). Common petiole evidently winged. 



]n\ x^^^' and when the plants rise to the height of 2 or 3 1 I. sa'pida (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. G. p. 286.) 



shift fl f should be potted off separately into small pots, and 

 1 ted from size to size of pots as they grow, giving the plants 



plenty of heat and moisture. 



(meaning 



no i2g^-T^-r'^;"^''^"^^'<^^meaning unknown;, i^cci 



T ^°- "•^- legum. mem. xii. no. 3. prod. 2. p. 431. 

 ^ jin. syst. D/././;«.7^.'„ Ti/T ' •_ t?i i.«,^o«i 



Calyx 5:;o";;hrd:"-""' ^"''^^' 



Flowers hermaphrodite. 



leaves with 2 pairs of oblong acuminated leaflets, which are 

 membranous, quite smooth, shining above, and attenuated at the 

 base. ^ . S. Native of the banks of the river Magdalena. 

 Legumes 5-6 inches long, and a little arched, containing pulp 

 which is sweet and sapid. Flowers unknown. 



Sapid Inga. Tree 50 feet. 



2 I. QUASsiiEFOLiA (Willd. spcc. 4. p. 1013.) leaves with 2 



c^V"*^ "^"^^otned. Petals 5, oblong-linear, distinct. Stamens 10. pairs of ovate-oblong acuminated leaflets, which are shining on 

 yie long, filifoj-nf^^ ^^^.j^y^yg^ Legume complanate, dry, indehis- both surfaces; spikes of flowers ovate, pedunculate; corolla 



I inside; cells 1-seeded. 



Mauritius and Madagas 



, transve 

 unarmed, glabi 



Leaves 



villous. ^ . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Superior leaflets 3 

 inches long. Branches glabrous. Legume unknown. 

 Quassia-leaved Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 

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