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MIMOSA NATANS. 



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118. 



MANISURIS GRANULARIS. 



Linn. fit. nov. gram. gen. in Amoenitat. Acad. 10. p. 40 . /. 1 .Jig. 4 



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Swartz Prodr. 2 5 . Gavin, sem. 2. p. 46 8. tab. 17 5. 

 Cenchrus granulans. Linn. Mant. 5 7 5. 



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Culms very ramous, nearly erect, filiform, hairy, from one to two 



feet high. 

 Leaves numerous, very hairy : hairs stiff and sharp. 

 Spikes terminal and axillary, peduncled, several together, small, 



compress'd, from half of an inch to one inch long. 

 Peduncle as in the former. 



Rachis jointed, much waved and excavated, as usual. 

 Flowers from four to ten of each sort, their situations exactly as in 



the former, viz. the hermaphrodite occupy the fore part, while 



the male or neuter are placed on the sides; the former are glo- 



bular, and the latter lanced. 



HERMAPHRODITE FLOWERS. 



Calyx one-flower'd, two-valved : exterior valve round, rigid and 



very rugose ; inner valve oval, less rigid. 

 Corol two-valved, membranous. 

 Stamens three. 

 Styles two. 



MALE OR NEUTER FLOWERS 



Calyx two-valved, one-flower'd. 

 Corol two-valved. 

 Stamens three, or wanting. 



Grows among the bushes. 



Both species are of a very coarse nature ; cattle do not eat them 



Explanation of the Figures. 



a. Front of a part of the rachis. 



b. An hermaphrodite flower. 



c. A male flower. 



d. A neuter flower. 



All are much magnified. 



Filaments ten, distinct. 



Legume oblong, acute, smooth, six to eight-seeded. 



NEUTER FLOWERS beloW. 



Calyx and Corol as in the genus ; but the ten stamens are here ten 



linear-lanced, waved, yellow petals." 



It is annual, and found growing on pools, and lakes of fresh 

 water. Flowering time, the wet and cold seasons. 



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MIMOSA ODORATISSIMA 



Linn, suppl. 437 . Vahl symb. 3. p. 102. 



Shinduga of the Telingas. 



Leaves about the ends of the branchlets, twice-feather'd, about a 



span long. Feathers opposite, two to five pair. Leaflets oppo- 

 site, eight to twelve pair, linear-oblong, a little acute, smooth, 

 about an inch long : the lowermost pair is generally very 



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small and unequal. Glands uncertain, except one near the base 



of the common petiole. 

 Panicle terminal, large, composed of ramifications of pedicel'd pale 



yellow, fragrant, globular heads of corollets. 

 Filaments numerous, united below. 

 Legume leafy. 

 Seeds eight to ten, lodged in the middle. 



This is a large tree, and a native of the mountainous parts of the 

 Coast. Flowering time, the hot season. 



The wood is like that of the Mimosa xylocarpa, and equally 



useful. 



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MIMOSA PROCERA 



Pedda Patseroo of the Telingas. 



119. 



MIMOSA NATANS. 



Vahl symb. 3. p. 102. 



Neptunia oleracea. Loureyro cochinchin. 6 5 4. 

 Niti-todda-vaddy. Rheed. mal. 9. p. 35. t. 20. 

 Neroo-tavalapoo and Nidra-guny of the Telingas 



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radical fibres from the joints ; between the joints spongy bo- 

 dies are formed, which prevent the plant from sinking ; the 

 roots have not any connection with the earth, except when 

 the water leaves it, and then the plant soon perishes. 

 Leaves alternate, two-faced, twice-feather'd. Feathers two or three 



pair, opposite. 



%jtets 



They are in my opinion sensitive, in degree next to that of 



M 



Stipules hearted, falling. 



Peduncle axillary, single, longer than the leaves, supporting an 



oblong head of fertile and neuter flowers. 

 Bractes solitary, lanced, one-flower'd. 



FERTILE FLOWERS above. 



Calyx five-tooth'd. 

 Corol five-petal'd. 



Trunk straight. 



Head very large and dense. 



Leaves alternate, twice-feather'd, twelve to eighteen inches long 



* Description by Dr. Koenig. 



Folia glandulis destituta. 



Pedunculitis axillis foliorum, solitarii, erecti, teretes, glabri: basi incrassati, rubri; superne 

 virides ; foliis longiores. Flores in umbellam oblongo-globosam collecti, subscs- 



siles : inferiores neutri, patentissimi ; intermedii masculi, erectiores ; summi her- 



maphroditic 



FLORES NEUTRI. 



Calyx campanulatus, quinquefidus, tenuis, albicans. 



Petala quinque, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, glabra, virentia, calyce triplo longiora. 



Filamenta petaloidea decern, linearia, plana, citrina, staminibus floris masculi multo lon- 



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lores. 



FLORES MASCULI. 



Calyx paulo major, erectior. 



Corolla ut in neutro. 



Filamenta decern, basi distincta, erecta, glabra, alba, corolla multoties longiora. Anther a 



oblongae, versatiles, citrino-virides. 

 Germen nullum. Stylus erectus, staminibus crassior et multo brevior, glaber, apice clavatus. 



FLORES HERMAPHRODITI 



Calyx ut in mare, parum longior. 

 Corolla et Stamina ut in mare. 



Germen oblique oblongum, compressiusculum. Stylus erectus, apice incurvatus, clavatus, 

 glaber, albus, vix longitudine staminum. Stigma vix crassius, rotundatum, glabrum, 



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