CHAP. XLI. LEGUMINA CEH. MIMO'SE®. 665 
4. Globiflore 
Sect. Char. Flowers collected into globose heads on the tops of the peduncles. Leaves bipinnate, 
with few or many pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing few or many pairs of leaflets, (Don’s M7. , 
ii. p, 413.) 
A. Prickles stipular and straight. Legumes unarmed. Stamens 20, or more. 
A. farnesiana Willd., Mimosa farnesiana Z., Mi- 
mosa scorpidides Forsk., Gazia, Ital., (N. Du Ham., 
2. t. 28., and our /ig. 388.) is a charming shrub or low 
tree, a native of St. Domingo, but in cultivation in 
the south of Europe, and north of Africa, in gardens, 
since the year 1611; when, according to Du Hamel, 
the first plant was raised from seeds, in the garden 
of the Villa Farnese, at Rome. It grows in the 
open air in the south of France, Spain, Portugal, 
and Italy, where it is highly valued for the beauty =y 
and fragrance of its flowers. It was introduced into $% 
England in 1556, and cultivated in green-houses ; 
but, since the great influx of New Holland acacias, it 
has been comparatively neglected. In the year 1819, 
we saw it in the open ground in several Italian gardens, 

B. Prickles stipular, in Pairs, usually also petiolar, and along the Ribs of the 
Legume. Stamens 10. 
A. Cavénia Hook., Mimdsa Cavénia Moll., is a tree, growing to the height of 20 ft. in the woods of 
Chili, The flowers are very fragrant, and the wood is considered to make the best charcoal. 
C. Unarmed. Anthers smooth. Stigma simple. 
A. nigricans R. Br., Mimosa nigricans Labill., 
(Bot. Mag. t. 2188., and our figs. 389, 390.) is a native 
of the south-west coast of New Holland ; introduced 
in 1803; growing to the height of 10 ft.; and pro- 
ducing its fine yellow polyandrous flowers from May 
to July. The whole plant becomes black when -‘ 
dried ; whence the specific name. ‘ 
A. strigosa Link, A. ciliata R. Br., has the general 
appearance of the preceding species, but flowers 
from March to July. 
A. glatica Willd., Mimdsa glatica L., (Mil. Icon., 
4. t.4.) is a native of Carolina, with white decan. 
drous flowers, which are produced in June and J: uly. 
re a introduced in 1690, and grows to the height 
(0) : 
A. Lambertiana D. Don (Bot. Reg., t. 721.), which 
has purple flowers ; A. discolor Willd. (Bot. Mag., 
t. 1750.), which has yellow flowers ; and A. angulata 
Desf. and A pubéscens R. Br. (Bot. Mag., t. 1263.) 
both which have also yellow flowers, are desirable 
species. The last three are from New Holland, and 
the first from Mexico. 

A. Julibrissin Willd., Mimosa Julibrissin Scop. Del., i. t. 8., Mimosa 
arborea Forsk. and our Jig. 391.; is a tree, a native of Persia, growing to 
the height of 30 ft. or 40 ft., which might almost have been included among 
our hardy species ; but though, in the neighbourhood of London, it will grow 
against a wall without any protection, and flower in fine seasons, yet it will 
scarcely live in the open garden as a standard. According to Du Hamel, it 
is a native of Persia and China, and of various countries in the Levant, 
where it is also cultivated in gardens, for its large leaves, and its very large 
fragrant flowers, which, like those of the A. farnesiana, are distinguished 
by their numerous purple stamens; each of the flowers appearing, from the 
length of the stamens, to terminate in a little bundle of silken threads, about 
an inch long; whence the Persian name of Ghulibrichim (Julbrissin), that 
is, silk rose; from which is derived its English name of the silk tree. Dr. 
Walsh informs us that the Turks are particularly fond of this tree, and that 
it is to be found in all the gardens of the Bosphorus. A tree in the garden 
