Mimosa. polyandria monogynia. 557 



white, subpedicelled corollets. Calyx and Corol five- 

 parted. Filaments numerous, monodelphous. Legume 

 large, articulate, compressed, much curved, often I'ormin^ 

 a circle, or more, as in M, dulcis, hard, dark brown or 

 blackish, a little scabrous. Seeds round, compressed, 

 smooth, brown. 



Note. It ought to be compared with Vabl's M. nitida. 

 I think his description agrees tolerably well with this 

 plant, except in the stamina, his being polyandrous, 

 mine most perfectly monodelphous, but if Willdenow is 

 correct in his detinition of the legume in his genus Acacia, 

 this plant, which has a most perfectly articulate legume, 

 cannot be his Acacia nitida. ed. sp. 4. 1086. the only 

 species observed by me, which it resembles. Vahl is 

 silent about the leguaie. 



26. M. Farnesiana. Linn. Sysf. Veg. ed. 4. p. 916. 

 Shrubby. Thorns stipulary. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnce 



from four to five pairs : leaflets from ten to tifreen pairs. 

 Spikes axillary, long-peduncled, round ; corollets polyan- 

 drous. Legumes turgid, with two rows of seeds enclosed 

 in pulp. 



A c'dcia farnesiana. Willd. 4. p. 1083. 



Teling. Kustoori, or Piktooraee. 



Sans. Vvimeda. V^tkhira. 



Beng. Gooya-hdihula. 



Sami. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 307, is this plant, though the 

 specimens of the Sami tree sent to me by Capt. AVilford, 

 belong to my Adenanihera aculeala. See Prosopis acu- 

 leata. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 405. 



A native of every part of India. It flowers in the cold 

 season. 



27. M. arabica. Lamarck. Encyclop. 1. 19. R. Corom. 

 PL 2. N. 149. 



T^orws stipulary. Leaves bipinnate ; pinna five pairs ; 



