Mimosa. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 561 
evidently < Mimosa, and most likely Loureior’s fera. It 
is a tree of very slow’ growth, and the wood particularly 
hard. ‘Trees in this garden about twenty-five years old 
are not above twenty-five feet high, avith slender, crooked, 
poor-looking trunks. 
34. M. cinerea. R. Corom. pl. 9. N. 174. 
Subarboreous. Thorns solitary; leaves bipinnate ; 
pinne from eight to nine pair ; leaflets fifteen pairs. Spikes 
axillary, subcylindric ; a te icinedea — lower 
ones sterile. os 8 
‘Desmanthus cinereous. Willd: 4, tx 1048. 
Teling. or Yellow. 
Tam. Warfataro. 
A native of Coromandel. The spikes of this plant are 
large, droop much, and. are particularly elegant. 
1 SECT. V. Prickly. Spikes cylindric. 
35. M. obovata. R. 
‘Arboreous, armed with stipulary, recurved prickles. 
Leaves bipinnate ; pinne about three pairs ; leaflets about 
four pairs, obovate. Spikes cylindric, axillary. Legumes 
linear, oblong, leafy. 
_A native of Rohilcund, where it blossoms in March. 
36. M. ferruginea. R. 
Arboreous? Prickles sitpulary. Leaves bipinnate; ; pinne 
from four to six pairs; leaflets from ten to twenty pairs. 
Spikes axillary, cylindric; corollets monadelphous, Le- 
gumes leafy, from five to six-seeded. 
Teling. Woanee. 
This species I cannot well reduce to any of tan 
mentioned in the works of Linnzus. It is a native of 
the mountainous parts of the country, where it grows 
to be a pretty large tree. Bark deeply cracked, of a 
dark, rusty colour, and strongly astringent. ci aa 
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