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large black fpocs fcattcrcd over them; their furface 



and they are of a darker gree|\ than chofe 



is rougher. 



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come out 



of the iirft. The upper leaves are long and I'pear- 

 ihaped *, the foot-fialks of the flowers branch out wi- 

 der, and the fpikes of flowers ar€ fliorter tlian thole 

 of the firft. 



The third fort was difcovered at Campeachy by the 



late Dr. Houftoun ; this is alfo an annual plant, which 



fifes with an herbaceous fl:alk upward of two h^t 



high, branching out at a fmall diftance from the root 



into three or four flender flialks, which are naked al- 



i mofl to the top, where they have two oval fpear- 



fhaped leaves placed oppofite, which are about two 



~ inches long, and three quarters of an inch broad near 



their bafe, ending in points ; they are hairy, and ftand 



upon naked foot-flalks near an inch long, and are 



roueh, having three longitudinal veins, and are flight- 



Iv indented on their ed^es. The flov/ers 



at the foot-ftalks of the leaves, in fmall cluflers : the 



. , common empalement is cotnpofed oi three orbicular 



'Meaves, which are comprefled together ; iii each of 



." thefe are fituated two hermaphrodite _ florets, Which 



'are barren, and oiie female half floret, which is fruit- 



.ful, being fucceeded by a roundiai angular fted, in- 



. -^ clofed in the empalement. This flowers andpcirfefts 



■ 'feeds about the fame time with the formeK-,,*At?_ I 



' The fourth fore was difcovered by the Jate Mr; Ro- 



\ bert Millar, at Campeachy * this is an annual plant, 



■■ ' Which rifes with an upright fl:alk three or four feet 



. high, garni(hed the wnbk length with oval fpear|- 



' • . ihaped leaves near four inches long, and 4lmoft two 



: broad near' their bafe ; they have three loneitudinal 



•; veins, and toward the top there are two more which - 



\ r^'.diverge frorri'^tKe midrib, but join again at the 'point. 



'/ The upper fidq of the leaves are of a dark o:reeii and 



; ■ •' fmoothj their under .fides are of a pale green, and in- 



^.!; ^eritcd^^ on their edges. ' The flowers grow from the 



■; wings of the' leaves in fm^ll clufters, having three 



/■■^Jiermaphrodite and one female flower in each, ftand- 



^^ mg upon fliort foot-ftalks i thefe have empalements 



..-'like the former, but they are much rmaller*.,^p^his 



'/ .flowers and feeds later in the year than either of the 



V^'r former, fo that unlefs the plants are brought for- 



' iti^Avard in the ipring, they will not ripen their feeds in 



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The Characters are. 



The empalement cf the flower- is fmall, cf hie ' leaf, in^ 

 dented in five parts at the top : the flower has one funnel- 

 fhapedpetaU which bath five points. It hath many M^ 

 hairy Jtamina, terminated hy proftrate fummitSy and an 



. oblong germen fuppor ting a fi:ort flender Jlyk, crowned hy 

 a truncated fligrna. The germen afterivard turns to a 



, long jointed pod with fever altranfverfe partitions^ ihch- 



fing comprefled feeds of various forms, and there are many 



'male, female^ and hermaphrodite flowers mixed in feme 



.. of the fpecies. 



This genus of plants Dr. Linnaeus has joined to the 



Acacia of Tournefort, and thelnga of Plumicr, and 



places it in the firfl: fedtion of his twenty-third clafs, 



■which includes thofe plants which have male, female; 



. and hermaphrodite flowers on the fame plant, which 



have many flaminaand bne ftyle. 



' , The Species are, 



t. Mimosa {PunSata) inermis,. foliis bipinnatis, fpicSs 

 decandris, inferioribus cafl:ratis coroUatis caule eredo 

 tereti. Lin. Sp. 1502. Senfitive Plant without fpines, 

 double winged leaves, fpikes having ten ftamina, and the 

 lower without ft amina, and an ere£i taper ft alk. Mimofa 



. . Jamaicenfis. Zan. Hilt. 144, Senfitive Plant of Jd- 



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, tnaica. 



a{ Mimosa {Plena) inermis, foliis bipinnatis, fpicis pen- 

 :^:tandris, inferioribus plenis. Hort. Upfal, 145. Smooth 

 J, Senfitive Plant with double winged lenves, the fpikes with 

 -five ftamida, and the under one double. Mimofa non 

 ;'.jpindfa, paluftris & .herbacea, procumbens, flore lu- 

 ■:teo pleno. Houft.' MSS. Herbaceous, mdrflo, trailinz 

 ;; Senfitive Plant without fpines^ and a double yellow flower. 

 3. Mimosa {Pernainbuc'ahaY inermis^ decumbens, foliis 

 , bipinnatis, fpicis cernuis, pentandris, inferioribus 



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;/The feeds of thefe plants fhould be fown early Ih the f - . and jointed pods. 



. caftratis. Hort. Upfal, 145. Smooth Senfitive Plant with 

 inclining ftalks, double winded leaves, nodding fpikes of 

 flowers having five ftdmina, but the under ones without 

 any, Miniofa fpuria de Pernambuque, dida mimoCi 

 Italica. Zan. Hifl:. ,151. Spurions Senfitive Plant of 

 Pernambuque, called halian Senfitive Plant. ^ 



4. Mimosa (Pudica) aculcata, foliis pinnatis. Prickly 

 Senfitive Plant with winged leaves, Mimofa herbacca 

 procumbens, &■ fpinola, caule tereti & villcfo, fili- 

 quis articulatis. Houfl:. MSS. Trailing herbaceous Sen- 



. Jitive Plant having fpines^ with a taper and hairy ftalk^ 



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fprine;,""bh a moderate hot-bed ; and when the plants 

 _. are come up about two inches hieh, they fliould be 



5^ Mimosa {Pudica) foliis fubdigitatis pinnatis^caule 

 ,:^^acuTcata,^ hifpido. Lin. Sp. 1501. Senfitive Plant with 



.. each tranfplanted into a feparate pot filled with light I . wtn^ed-handed leaves^ a prickly declining ft alk, and fmali 

 -V. tjch earth, and plunged into a moderate hot-bed of 



y^^bds gromngthlcluftersy wi prickly cdveringskvMx- 

 v'', .tanners bark, being Careful, to fhlde therp from the I .t^njo^ J^^^^^M^^^ frut^fcens^Si: fpinofa, filiqujs, cgngloba- 

 *-;f fun until they have taken root, asalfo to water them | ^^ttsflPlum. Cat. iow fhrubby and prickly Senfitive , 



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frequendy. After the plants are rooted, they A commtfnly called the Humb 



{;- Kave'a large Ihare of free air admitted to them, by \'%.Pl^nt^,[^^ 

 raifing of the'^glafles of tlie hot- bed every day when 





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v^ithe weather is warm, and in hot weather mufl; bedu- 



-,. ly watered, for they are very thirlty plants/fij'With 



-"^ this rnanagemeiit, the plants will, in a month after 



.; tranfplahtingV "rife to a confiderable height \ tTiefefore 



,-!they.fhould be Ihiftgd into larger pots, ^apd placed 



.'.; intheftove, pluns-iner them into the bark-bed, where 



tney may have room to grow, eipecially the nrit and 



fecond forts/ which ufuallygVoW high and branCh out 



^^ where they are' well managedr But, the other forts 



. feldom rife above three or four feet high, and do hot 



al- 

 ,„ lowed left room:y'::^tx.;i^ ryv-:_f^_:^ . 



^afe.^hc rticldle of July thefe plants'will bi?gin tb'Sdw- 

 .cr, and th^ feeds ""^ill be'' ripe about a ^iripntl> pr fix 

 t weeks after 1 therefore they muft be gathered "when 



; tney begmto change of a dark brown colour, otner- 



^■'^^S- ^h^y will foon fall off, efpecially thofe of the two 

 large kinds, which will drop on the leaft touch when 

 they arc ripe. Thefe plants wijl continue flowering 

 ,till Michaelmas, or later, if the feafon proves favour- 

 able; but VI hjn the cold of the autumn comes on, 



, '.they will, foon decay: V'.7- ■:■ '■ : ' ,:...' 



MIMOSA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 605. tab. 375. Lin. 



..„ it^%f,i^'^ '^•il-jtrrrfoo ni'^ti^f 



6. MjMosA i^adrivjMs) j^c^^^ foljis bipipnatis^ 



^, caule quadrangulojj ^ aculeis recurvis, leguminibus 



;qua^rivalvibus. Lin." Sp. Plant, xc^o^. Prickly Senji- 



iive Plant with double winged leaves^' a four-cdrnered 



ft alk, recurved fpines^ \A^d pods bav^^g four *j^(^ves.- 



Mimofa herbacea procumbens, &ipinofa, caule quad- 



V rangulo, filiquis quadrivalvibus. Houft, MSSJl.jTrail'^ 



-.jng and prickly herbaceous Senfitive Plant, with a ^uad-^- 



frahgular ftalk, and pods having four valves: -• 



7* Mimosa {SePtfltiva) foliis conjugatis pinnatis, partf-* 



?Slibus bijugis^ intimis minimis, caule aculeato. Lir>, 



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, , Gen. Plant. 597. The Senfuive Plant. .-;,- .".,v;i>: I ,^reyn. Cent ; T< 43 • : 2^^ fi»rth prickly Sc 



[;^Sp, Plailt. is^'^* Senfitive Plant with conjugated wing- 



"■ed leaves^ ivhoje^ wings ba^e two'pair of Ippes, the inner 



■;i€/: '^bicb are the leaft, and a prickly ftalh Mimofa 



'^ipopi prima, five Brafiliana latifolia,- filiquis, ra- " 



/•-tafttis. Breyn. Cent.' i. ^i, The' firft prickly, or broad- 



leaved Senfitive Plant of the Brazils, with rtdiatedpdds. 



S.' Mimosa {Afperatdy\z\x\Q fruticofoj foliis bipinna- 



_tis, aculeatis, aculeis geminis, filiquis radiatis hlr- 



futis. Fig. Plant, tab. 183. fol.'J. Senfitive Plant 



With afhrubbyftalk, double winged prickly leaves, whcfe 



fpines grow in pairs, and hairy radiated pods, JEkhy^^ 



jnbmene fpinofa ^quarta, five foliolis Acacias angufti- 



• oribus, ' frondibus validifiimas fpinas habentiSus. 



Senfitive 

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