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iMliMOSA PUBESCENS. HaIRY-STEMMED 



Mimosa. 



Oafs and Order. 



POLYGAMIA MoNCECIA. 



Generic Character. 



Hermaph. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam.fr vel plura. 

 rV* u Legumen. Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam. 

 5— 10-plura. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



MIMOSA pubefcens s ramis hirfutis, petiolis eglandulofis, 

 folns abrupte bipinnatis fubo&ojugis : pinnis fub- 

 quindecem-jugis : foliolis obtulis, racemis axil* 



^ laribus folitariis, capitulis globofis pedicellatis. 



MIMOSA pubefcens j fubhirfuta, petiolo eglandulofo, pinnis 

 foliolifque 10 — 12-jugis, racemis axillaribus foli- 

 tariis, foliis brevioribus. Vent. Hort. Malm. 21. 



MIMOSA fuaveokns. Donn Hort. Cantab, p. 222 ? 



nY u SCR " Stem arborefcent : branches drooping, very hairy, 



'ckly clothed with leaves, which are alternate, abruptly 



°ubly pinnate, the pinna moftly about eight pair ; the lower 



, nes fhorteft, and the one or two lowermoft reflected round 



e branch, fo as to appear like ftipules ; leaflets about fixteen 



P^ lr > oblong, obtufe, fmooth ; common fooijia'k hairy, without 



onl f that of the P innae marginate, nearly naked, or having 



. 7 a few fcattered hairs. Flowers grow in racemes fingly 



° m tlle axils of the leaves, on long, flightly hairy peduncles : 



feftl alterna te, the length of the capitula, which are per- 



in th ^^ ular * th - e * lze or a P ea > extremely fragrant, efpecially 



mead evenin §» finelling like Tonquin bean or frefh-made 



,L a ?°l v na y. Bracles minute, fcariofe, foon falling, a pair X' 



^bafe of each pedicle. 



JUSSIEU 



