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Plants with narrczv Acacia leaves^ armed "Jsith firong 



fpines. .... 



g. Mimosa {Viva) inermis, foliis conjugatis pinnatis, 



partialibus quadrijugis fubrotundis, caule inermi her- 



baceo. Lin. Sp. 1500. Sejifilive Plant ivith a creeping, 

 ^herbaceoiis^ unarmed ft alk^ conjugated zvinged leaves^ and 

 " gkhtdar flcwers proceeding from the ^Lz;ings oftheftalks. 



Mimofa herbacea, nompinofii, minima, repens. Sloan. 



Hift. Jam. 2. p. 58. The leaft creeping herbaceous Sen- 

 fjtive Plants having no fpines. 



10. Mimosa {Nilotica) fpinis ftipularibus patentibus, 

 foliis bipinnatis, partialibus extimis glandula inter- 

 ftinftis, fpicis globofis pedunculatis. Haffelq. It. 475. 

 Acacia ix)ith double winged leaves ^ and globular fpikes of 



fcvi-ers having foot-ftalks. Acacia ^gyptica. Hern. 

 Mcx, 866. True Egyptian Acacia. - 



11. Mimosa [Farnefmna) fpinis ftipularibus diftinftis, 

 foliis bipinnatis, partialibus oclojugis, fpicis globofis 

 fcffilibus. Hort. Upfal 146. Acacia Indica foliis, 

 fcorpioidis leguminofae, filiquis fufcis teretibus re- 

 finofis. H. L. Indian Acacia with taper refmous 



pods. 



12. Mimosa (CornJgera) fpinis ftipularibus 

 connatis, foliis bipinnatis. Hort. Cliff. 208. Acacia 

 with two fpines joined at their bafe^ and doubly winged 

 leaves. Acacia fimilis Mexiocana, fpinis cornu ftmi- 



- libus. The great horned Acacia. 



13. Mimosa {Unguis cati) fpincfa, 

 tufis. Hon. Cliff. 207. Prickly Acacia with four cb- 

 iufeieavesV ^ Acacia quodammodo accedens, five Ce- 

 ratia & Acacia media Jamaiccnfis fpinofi, bigemi- 



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20. Mimosa {Campeachiana) fpinofa, foliis bipinri^s 

 pinnis anguftis, fpinis fingulis cornu bovirium peMon' 

 gitudinem fiffum referentibus. Acacia with dcuiht 

 winged leaves having narrow pinud-^ ^^'d fmgle fplna '/^/ 

 ex's horns fplit their length. Acacia Ipinofa tenuifolia' 

 fpinis fingulis cornu bovinumper longicudinem fiiTum 

 referentibus. Houft. Cat. Acacia with finHe thcr- 

 ftjaped like thcfe cf an ox's horn, and fcem as if%lu thr* 

 their length. Jr ■ j 



. Mimosa (GV^.t^^) fpinis folitariis, foliis bipinnatis 

 floribus fpicatis. Flor. Zeyl. 215. Acacia wiih fmoJe 

 fpines •y doubly winged leaves y and fpiked flowers A 

 cia fpinofa tenuifolia, filiquis latis, fpinis minimis re" 

 cufvis' folitariis. Houft. Cat. Prickly narrow -levied 



Acacia with broad pods^' and fmall recurved Jpines, which 

 come out Jingle. 



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22. Mimosa {Latifolia) mermis, foliis conjuo-atis' pin- 

 nis terminalibus ' oppofitis, Tateralibus akeaiis'Tm 

 Sp. 1499 

 gated leav 

 ones are alieritate. 



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geminis 



foliis bigcminis ob- 



Brcad'leaved Acacia %vithoui thorm' confv^ 

 vhofe upper pinn^ are oppoftte, hut 'the fde 



Acacia non fpinofa, juglandis fo- 



ho, flore purpurafcente. Plum. Sp. y. Mciawiti^ 



out thorns^ Walnut-tree leaves^ and a purple fioii-e'/. 



v)fngi__ 



which are equals and prickly ftlpuU. ' Acacia foliis ; 



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plioribus, filiquis cifcinatis. PlumrSp, ijf Acad 



with broad leaves and tiviftedpods. ' --'■"■ 



natis foliis, flofculis ftamineis, atronitente fruftu, fi- 

 liquis intortis. Pluk. Phyt. Acacia with branching \ 



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. leaves and twifted pods. 

 14; Mimosa {Arbor ea) inermis, foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 

 .. dimidiatisacutis, caule arboreo. Lin. Sp. 1503. Tree ^ 

 . '- Acacia without _ ^hornsy doubly winged leaves, whofe pin- ^ 

 ?. V 7/^ are acuter^ Acd.c\z arborea maxima non fpinofo, 

 |)innis m.ajoribus flore albo, filiqua contorta coccinea 

 .. '■ veftrco{a elegantilfima. '^Sloan. Jam. 157- ' 

 '15: Mimosa (P/^r/».«r^^) inermis, foliis conjugatis nin-'^ 

 /.iinatis, foliis intimis minoribus. Lin. Sp. 1500- ptir- 

 -^ ^k Acacia without fpines-, conjugated winged leaves which \ 

 ' are fmalleft below. Acacia Americana frutefcens 'non 

 aculeata, flora purpurafcente'. ' Plum. Cat. Shri^bby 

 ^'American Acacia with thorns^ and a purplifh flower. ". 

 16. Mimosa {Hotiftoniana) inermis, lolus bipinnatis gla- 

 bris, pinnis tenuifTimis, filiquis latis villofis. Fig^ PL 

 ■ 5.' Acacia without thoirns, doubly winged fmootb leaves^ 

 whofe pinncc are very narrow^ and broad hairy ^pods. 

 . Acacia Americana, non fpinofa, flore purpureo, fi-a- 

 mjnibus longifTimis, filiquis planis villofis, pinnis fo- 

 liorum tenuiffimis. Houft. MSS. American Acacia 

 .Without thorns^ having purple flowers, with very long 

 fildmnts, flat hairy pods, and very narrow leaves.^. ^ ■_ 

 17. 'Mimosa (Lutea) aculeata, foliis bipinnatis glabris, 

 floribus globofis pedunculatis,^ -aculeis longiffimis. 

 > Prickly Acacia with fmooth doubly winged haves, globular 

 Sowers having foot'ftalks, a'^d^j'ery long fpines. Acacia 



ribus 



24. Mimosa {Fagifolia) inermis, foliis^'pTnnatrs bijuais 

 petiolo marginatp. Lin. Sp. 1498. Broad-leaved jla- 

 cia without fpines, "^h of e wifigs have four lobes ^ ajtd run- 

 ning foot flalks. Arbor filiquofa, famnis fo!"' 

 ncana, floribus^coftiofis. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 



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jjpinofa, foliorum pinnis tenuiflln^is glabri?, 

 .-- globofis lutea, fpinis longifllmb.,^ Houft. M$S. Prickly 

 Acacia with very narrow fmooth leaves, round yellow 

 ' flowers, and very long thorns." ■r^.- , ^ /: ^^ '^,,^-T?/'''- 



18. Mimosa {Glauca) inermis, tolns bipinnatis, parti- 

 .. '.alibus fejugis, pinnis plurimis, glandula inter infima. 

 •c 'Lin. Sp. Plant. 1502. Acacia without thorks, doubly 

 v.; winged leaves, whofe wings are feparated, and have fmall 

 I: glands between them. Acacia non fpinofa, flore albo, 

 .\ foliorum pinnis latiufculis glabris, filiquTs'lofigis 



..planis. Houft. MSS. White flowering Acacia with- 

 ■^-cut thorns, having broad fenooth leaves, and long flat 



-'pods,' ,^. - :;; . , -. ■ .• 



19. Mimosa {Anguftiflima) 

 ■pinnis ^:anguftiffimis glabris. 



iis, Amc- 



141- fol. 2. 

 -The firft fort grqmnaturally m'moftof theiflandsin. 

 * . the Weft-Indies, ancj. it has. been found growing in' 

 fome warm moifl fpots,' as far.north as Virginia. This 

 rifes with upright branching ftalks fix or kv^n feet 

 high, :^hxch become ligneous' toward the root, but 

 1 . are not perennial (at leaft they are not fo here in any 

 ; fituation, the plant:s always decaying in winter ;) tfielc' 

 are fmooth, andgarnifiied with double winged leaves, 

 ; : compofed of four br five pair of long winge4 lobes, 

 ■ ' vvhi'ch'have about twerity pair of fmall leaves ranged 

 .. al^ng J^he midrib ; they are fmooth and7ounded ac 

 ,. their points, of a full green on their ypperTide, but 

 "''e on "their under.\ Thefe fmall leaves tonfracb 

 themfelves together on their being touched, but ;he 

 fodt-ftalks' do not decline at the lame time, as thofe 

 \dp which are titled Humble Plants, fo this is called 

 _ the Senfitiye Plant by way of diftinftiori.' The flowers 

 arejDrocTuced upon long foot-ftalks, which come put 

 from the win^s of the leaves, and are dilpofed^ in 

 globular heads which nod downward ; they are yel- 

 low, and all thofe which have petals fiave ten ftamina 

 .in each, but thofe fituated round the border have 

 . . neither petsils or ftamina ; thofe on the upper part of 

 _.r. the Ipike are Tucceeded by pods an inch and- a half 

 long, and a quarter of an inch broad, which change 

 -, to a dark brown when.npe, inclofing three or four 

 comprcfiTed, fliinins:,' black feeds.T ',.,'.. 



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inermis, foliis bipinnatis, 

 leguminibus tumidis. 

 NarroW'Jeaved unarmed Acacia, with doubly winged 

 ffhooth leaves, and jointed pods. Acacia non fpinofa, 

 flioribus globofis albis foliorum pinnis tenuifllmis gla- 

 bris,, filiquis ad fingula grana tumidis. Houft. MSS. 

 Acacia without thorns,^ having round white flowerS, with 

 very narrow fmooth lecives^^ and jointed pods.. 



. The fecond fort was Jjfcdvefed by the lateDr.JHou- 

 , ,ftoun at La Vera Cruz, 'growing in ftagnant waters,. 

 ^. ."where the ftalks were very broad and flat, and floated 

 ^ ohlKeTurface^ in the fame way as the pond weeds 

 do ; biit 'in tKofe places where the water was dried up' 

 the ftalks grew upright and were f-ouiid^^ which is,al- 

 . wajs the cafq when the plants are cultivated in gar- ' 



dens,"fo that they might eafily p^fs for different 

 , plants, to thofe who never faw them growin_ 

 fituations. ^ When this fort is cultivated in gardens, 

 it has great refemblance'to'the firft, but the ftalks of 

 this nevQr.^growffo eredt, the wings of the le§X^^ >¥^ 

 longer, and liand more horizontal ; the heads of 

 flowers are^.much larger, the ftamina are longer, ana 

 the' flowers bri'ttie under fide of the fpike which h^ivc 

 no ftamina are double : the pods of this fort are 

 fiiortef,* and aiuch broader tKan thofe of tl^e ^rftlort. 

 This is alfo an annual plant in this 'country. This 



fort was fince difcovered by a friend of mine, growing 



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