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2. MIMOSA SENSITIVA. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. 



THIS genus contains plants of the shrubby and under shrubby 

 kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Polyganaa Monacia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Lomentacea. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a one-leafed perianthinm, 

 five-toothed, very small : the corolla has one petal, funnel-form, half- 

 five-cleft, small: the stamina have capillary, very long filaments: 

 anthers incumbent: the pislillum is an oblong germ: style filiform, 

 shorter than the stamens: stigma truncated: the pericarpium is a 

 long legume, with several transverse partitions: the seeds many, 

 roundish, of various forms. 



The species cultivated are: 1. M. plena, Double-flowered Annual 

 Sensitive Mimosa; 2. M. viva, Lively Mimosa; 3. M. qiiadrivalvis, 

 Quadrivalve- podded Humble Mimosa; 4. M. sensitiva, Sensitive 

 Plant; 5. M. pudica, Humble Plant; 6. M. virgata, Long-twigged 

 Mimosa; 7. M. punctala, Spotted-stalked Mimosa; 8. M. pernambii- 

 cana, Slothful Mimosa; 9- M- asperata, Hairy-podded Mimosa; 10. 

 M. pigra, Slow American Sensitive Plant; 11. M. glauca, Glaucous 

 Mimosa; 12. M. cornigerti, Horned Mimosa, or Cuckold Tree; 13. 

 M.horrida, Horrid Mimosa; 14. M. Farnesiana, Farnesian Mimosa, 

 or Sponge Tree; 15. M. Nilotica, Egyptian Mimosa; 16. M. verticil- 

 lata, Whorl-leaved Mimosa; If.M.arborea, Hough Tree Mimosa; 

 18. M. Lebbeck, Lebbeck, or Egyptian Mimosa; 19. M. latisiliqua, 

 Broad-podded Mimosa; 20. AI. tamarind/folia, Tamarind-leaved 

 American Mimosa; 21. M. cirdnalis, Spiral Mimosa; 22. M. pennata, 

 Small-leaved Mimosa; 23. M. latifolia, Broad-leaved Mimosa; 24. 

 M. purpurea, Purple Mimosa, or Soldier Wood; 25. M.reliculata, 



