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Mimosa Myrtifolia. Myrtle-Leaved 



Mimosa. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Polyandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char after. 



Flares mere mafculi reliquis interfiti. Cat. 5-dentatus. Cor, 

 5-fida aut o. Stamina 4-locuiaris. Lcgumen. Linn. Syjh 

 Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. 



Specific Char a tier. 



MIMOSA myrtifolia foliis ovato-lanccolatis obliquis undulatis 

 acuminatis marginc cartilagincis : primordial ibtM 

 pinnatis. Smith Tranf. Linn. Soc. v. 1. p. 252. 



The feeds of this fpecies of Mimofa having been fent over 

 in plenty, with fome of the firft vegetable productions of New 

 South-Wales, and growing readily, the plant has been railed 

 by many cultivators in this country; Mr. Hoy, gardener to 

 the Duke of Northumberland, produced a fpecimen of rf 

 in flower at a meeting of the Linnean Society in 1790; it ' s 

 a ftirub of quick growth, and a ready blower : a plant of i l 

 in the ftove of C he lfea- Garden has this year (May 10, 1795) 

 produced ripe pods, and perfect feeds. In the greenhotile, 

 where it flowers from February to April, the blofloms go oft 

 without mewing any tendency to produce fruit. 



It is firft defcribed by Dr. Smith, in the Tranfactions of 

 the Linnean Society ; the leaves in the plants that have fallen 

 under our notice have not accorded exactly with thole he ha s 

 defcribed, having neither been of a glaucous green ' colouTi 

 according to the ufual acceptation of that term, nor very mueh 

 undulated; and though thole of an individual plant may have 

 prefented fuch an appearance, ire are perfuaded they do not do 

 fo generally when growing and in good health. 



The foliage is uiually edged with red, and the flowers ar e 

 fragrant. 



