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common about Spanijh Town, and feems very like the firft fp_ 

 cies; but it grows larger, and is of a more fpreading form. The. branches are very- 



delicate and flender 



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very fmall and fen fit 



I have obferved them 



fpread and contract, after they have been for a month or fix weeks in paper 



MIMOSA 



7. Fruticofa major , d'ffufa & 



minutijjime foliolatis. 



pinnis longijjimis ; pimiuli 



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This fp 



The fpreading long- winged Acacee^ or Senfitive. 



like the foregoing, feems to be but a variation of the firft fort ; but 



the wings are very long, in proport 



thofe of the 



which 

 ieparate pi 

 and cylind 



d the branche 



long and flender, fo peculiarly difpofed, that I could not but g 



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The flower-fpikes 

 grows pretty freq 



the Caymanas, and Spanijh Town 



d, in this fhrub, and the pods flender 



the road between Mr. Price's Pen. at 



MIMOSA 8. Frutefcem tnedi 



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latis, pedunculo longifji, 



filiquis compreffis fakatis & umbel 



The larger fmooth Senfi 



This plant has been introduced to J 



whe 



and is now cultivated at Mr. Ellis's garden at the Cay 



luxuriantly. The branches of this fpecies are moderately thick and fuccul 



and the pods pretty broad and comprefTed. 



from fome other part of the world ; 



grows very 

 'nt. and 



MIMOSA 



9. Fruticofa erefia inermis, cortice ci?iereo, floribus laxe congloba- 



tis, fpicis plurimis comofis terminalibus, foliolis minimis bi- 

 m pinnatis. 



The fhrubby wild Tamarind. 



This fhrub refembles the wild Tamarind, both in its foliage and col 

 never obferved to rife above feven or eight feet in height, rarely fo mu 

 pofition of the flowers diftinguifhes it fufliciently from any of the reft 



but it is 



The dif- 



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MIMOSA 10. Foliis majoribus ovatis y per pinna s alatas & glandulafas difpo- 



Jitis j jloribus jejunfti 

 Mimo fa foliis pinnat is quinqnejugis, petiolo articulato-marginato. L. Sp. PI. 

 Iuglandis folio fruticofa, &c. Slo. Cat. & H. t. 283. 

 lngafore albofimbriato, fruclu dulci. Plum. pag. 13. 



The Inga Tree, or large-leafed Senfitive. 



This fhrubby tree is pretty frequent in St. Marys, and rifes commonly to the 

 height of fifteen or twenty feet : the pod is pretty long and comprefTed ; and marked 

 with two ridges along each future. 



MIMOSA 11. FrutefcenSyfpinofa & aculeata; Jiliquis hirfutis. ^ 



Mimofa foliis conjugates pinnatis ; foliolis cequalibus ; ftipulis fpinofs. 



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The thorned Senfitive, from Panama. 



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is the mofl curious plant of the fort, I have obferved in that part of the 



world; it was introduced to Jamaica from the main 



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vated in fome of 



gard 



f the curious; but is yet rare. It is a fhrubby 



plant, and rifes commonly to the height of feven or eight feet; but the fmaller 



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