Mimosa. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 543 
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MIMOSA. Schreb. gen. n. 1595. 
Gen. Cuar. Aggregate. Calyx five-toothed. Corollets 
one, diadelphous legume. TI call them corollets hecause 
_ inclined to consider the whole as one aggregate flower. 
SECT. I. unarmed Spikes globular. 
_ 1. M. Keringa. R. 
Leaves conjugate-pinnate; /eaflets three pair, short, 
petiolate, lanceolate, when young highly coloured. Pa- 
nicles axillary, and lateral. Legumes many-jointed, spi- 
tal; seed enveloped in an‘edible fleshy arill. 
A large unarmed tree, a native of the peninsula of 
Malacca, where it is called Keringa by the Malays. 
The legumes are very large and spiral, like a cork screw; 
the joints are nearly circular, compressed, and often two 
inches in diameter; each containing a single sced, as large 
as_a common garden bean, covered with a considerable 
quantity of edible fleshy pulp. 
2. M. Xylocarpa. R. Corom. pl.1. N. 100. 
Leaves conjugate pinnate ; leaflets from two to four pair, 
With a single one on each side below the pairs. Stipules 
lanceolate. Spikes axillary, round, long-peduncled; 
corollets deciduous. senee falcate, ligneous, many- 
’ Seeded. 
Acacia xylocarpa. Willd. 4. p. 1055. 
Teling. Konda-tangeroo. 
Itis called Pingadoo in Pegu, where it is used for rae 
crooked timbers, &c. in ship building. 
A large stately timber tree; a native of various parts 
of India. It blossoms during the hot season, at which 
_ Period it is nearly destitute of foliage. The timber is 
. temarkably strong and durable. ait ae 
