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-~Mrimosa Stricta. Twin-FLowerRED 
MIMOSA. 
JHE HEHE HSHnneiiite 
Clafs and Order. 
PortycamiA Monaccia. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Hermaru. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. g-fida. Stam. §. f. plura, 
Pif. 1. Legumen. 
Masc. Ca/. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam. 5—10, plura. 
Specific Charader and Synonyms. : 
MIMOSA fifa ; foliis fimplicibus cuneato-linearibus, pe- 
dunculis geminatis axillaribus patentiflimis, capi- 
tulis globofis, ie 
MIMOSA frida. Bot, Repo/. 53. Recenf. 126. Dryander, 
: in Ann. Bot. v. 2. p» 530+ 
ACACIA frrifa. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. Pp» 1052. 
pete 
Descr. An upright fhrub: branches few, twiggy, angular, 
from a projeéting cuplike ftipule, which receives the footftalk 
of the leaf and is decurrent down the ftem. Leaves long, 
tongue-fhaped, narrowing towards the bafe, marginated, glaucous, 
oblique, ere&, veined. Footfialk hardly any, inferted by a 
joint into the cuplike ftipule above mentioned. Flowers. in 
globular heads, the fize of a large pea. Peduncles axillary, 
growing two together, oppofite and ftanding at right angles 
with the ftem. Calyx minute, chaffy. Corolla fmall, 5-petaled. 
Stamens very many, much longer than the corolla. 
The Mimosa fria, a hardy greenhoufe fhrub, isa native 
of New-Holland, and being propagated by cuttings, as well as 
by feeds, which long preferve their vegetating ftate, is fre- 
quently met with in the colle€tions about the metropolis, Has | 
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