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BOTANY 



PART II 



IMPORTANT GENERA. There are no representatives native to Europe. The 

 Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica) (Fig. 237) occurs as a weed throughout the tropics 



Fio. 030. Avn.ela Catechu. ( nat. size. After MEYER auil SCHCMAN.V.) 



;uid exhibits great irritability to contact (cf. p. 295). Numerous species of the genus 

 Acacia are distributed through the tropics and sub-tropics of the old and new- 

 worlds ; some are in cultivation in the Mediterranean region. The Australian 

 forms of the genus are frequently characterised by possessing phyllodes (Figs. 



