A38 ORD. XXV. Lomentacew. MIMOSA NILOTICA. 
ticularly of a tincture and an electuary: but one of the best forms 
under which it can be exhibited, is that of a simple infusion in 
warm water, with a proportion of cinnamon or cassia; for by this 
means it is at once freed from its impurities, and napro vel by the 
addition of the aromatic.” 
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MIMOSA NILOTICA. EGYPTIAN MIMOSA, 
ACACIA, EGYPTIAN THORN. 
Gummi Arabicum, Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. sponte ex hac planta flutt. 
SYNONYMA. Acaciavera. J. Bauh. Hist. vol. i. p. 429. Acacia 
foliis scorpioides leguminose. Bauh. Pin. 392, Acanthus Theo- 
phrasti. Raii Hist. p. 976. Acacia vera sive spini Aigyptiaca. 
Park. Theat. p. 1547... Acacia vera s. Spina A.gyptiaca, sub- 
rotundis foliis flore luteo; siliqua paucioribus isthmis glabris 
nigricantibus. Pluk. Alm. 3. t.123. f.1. Acacia Aigyptiaca 
siliquis Lupini, floribus luteis. Herm. Parad. Bat. Prod. 303. 
Conf. Hassel. it. p. 475. Aaxane Dioscorid. L. 1. cap. 133. 
Class Raliewme * Ord. Monoecia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1158. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Hermaph. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam. 
5s. plura. Pist.1, Legumen. 
Masc. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam. 5, 10, plura. 
Sp. Ch. M. spinis stipularibus patentibus, foliis bipinnatis: partia- 
libus extimis glandula interstinctis, spicis globosis pedun- 
culatis. 
THIS, like the preceding species of Mimosa, rises several feet in 
height: it is covered with smooth bark of a grey colour, and that 
of the branches has commonly a purplish tinge: the leaves are 
bipinnated, and placed alternately: the partial pinne are oppo- 
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