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556 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Mimosa. 
SECT. II. Thorny. Spikes globular. 
24. M. dulcis. R. Corom. pl. 1. N. 99. 
Thorns stipulary. Leaves bipinnate;_ leaflets subsemnd 
elliptic. Panicles terminal ; spikes round, subsessile ; corol- 
lets monodelphous. . Legumes twisted, turgid, with sweet, 
firm pulp, and smooth black seeds. 
Inga dulcis. Willd. 4. p. 1005. s 
A native of the Philippine Islands. It flowers during 
the cold season in India, where it grows quickly to be 
a large beautiful tree, yielding annually abundance of 
nourishing, edible fruit. The timber is also of a good” 
quality. an 
25. M. concordiana. R. : 
Arboreous. Thorns stipulary. Leaves bipientel pisiva 
one or two pair ; leaflets from three to seven pairs. Spikes 
globular ; corollets pedicelled, monodelphous. Legumes 
curved, many-jointed, notched on the exterior margin. 
A low tree. Trunk short, a few feet only, ee 
various. Bark light ash colour, and scabrous. - rene 
- Branches numerous; forming avery large iprectlie send) 
which ‘is out of all proportion to the trunk; branchlets 
flexuose. Thorns often solitary, large, diverging ; leaf- 
and flower-bearing, they then appear as small branch- 
lets, with sharp points; from one line to three inches 
long. Leaves bipinnate; on the young shoots, alternate, 
on the older parts collected. Pinne one or two pait, 
from one to three inches long: Leaflets from thtee 
to ten pairs, opposite, sessile, linear-oblong, smooth, . 
entire, the exterior largest, and obliquely obovate-oblong, 
from six to twelve lines long, and about the same- 
breadth. | Petioles common, short, downy, with an um- 
bilicated gland between each pair of pinnae, and a@ short 
point at the apex. Peduncles one or two, axillary, about 
two taste om globular head of afew, oe 
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