Wightiane. N. O. Leguminose. 
TAB. CLVI. 
Mimosa RUBICAULIS. 
Ramis petiolisque uncinato-aculeatis, foliis bipinnatis pinnis 
5-jugis glandula setiformi inter omnia paria, foliclis 10—12- 
jugis oblongo-linearibus adpresso-pubescentibus, stipulis sub- 
ulatis ad basin omnium petiolorum, stipellis petiolo adnatis, 
pedunculis monocephalis aggregatis in axillis foliorum (seepe 
abortivorum) superiorum, floribus octandris, legumine sessili 
compresso-plano glabro obscure articulato, suturis rectis in- 
ermibus vel aculeatis. W. et A 
Mimosa rubicaulis. Lam. ney. Meth. v. 1. p..20. De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 2. p. 429. Wall. Cat. n. 5289. Wight, Cat. n. 565. 
Wight et Arn. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 268. 
M. octandra. Roxb. Cor.v. 2. p. 200. Ej. Fl. Ind. v. 2. p. 566. 
M. Rottleri. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 206. 
Haz. Madras Peninsula. Dr. Wight; by whom the figure 
here engraved was communicated. 
Flowers 1 rose-colored. Stem and branches tinged with deep 
purple. 
Fig. 1. Single flower :—magnijied. 
