Mimosa LEGUMINOS^ . 13;" 



Flower-Jieads globular, 5-6 mm. in diam. without the stamens, many- 

 flowered, forming a terminal panicle often 3 dm. 1. Calyx about -7 mm. 1. 

 Corolla about 2 • 5 mm. 1. Stamens twice as many as the petals and thrice 

 as long. Pod flat, glabrous, without prickles, 4-5 cm. 1., 7-8 mm. br. ; 

 valves 5-8-jointed. Used for making hedges.] 



3. M. invisa Mart, in Flora xx. Beibl. 121 (1837) ; shrub or 

 undershrub, with pubescent angled stems several feet long, 

 trailing over bushes and climbing by means of numerous recurved 

 prickles on stems and petioles ; pinnae in 5 or 6 (4-8) pairs, with 

 a bristle between the pinnte ; stipels bristle-like ; flower-heads 

 rosy, 1 or 2 in axils ; peduncle much shorter than the petiole.— - 

 Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 2, 379, t. 97 & Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 

 436; Urh. Symb. Ant. vi. 103. M. diplotricha Wright in Sauv. 

 PL Cub. 34 (1868). Schrankia brachycarpa Benth. in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. ii. 130 (1840); Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 220. 

 An authentic specimen from Martius is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



St. Cruz, 450 ft., Harris ! Fl. 9863.— Cuba, Trinidad, tropical conti- 

 nental America. 



Leaves 4-11 cm. 1. ; pinnae 2-4 cm. 1. ; bristle and stipels about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 leaflets in numerous pairs, oblong, 4-5 mm. 1. ; petiole 5-6 cm. 1. Floiver- 

 heads globular; peduncle barely 1 cm. 1. Calyx minute, about -3 mm. 1. 

 Corolla about 2 mm. 1. Stamens twice as many as the petals, 2-2J times 

 as long. Pod l"5-2'5 cm. 1., 5-6 mm. br., margins spiny ; valves pubes- 

 cent, bristly, 4 or 5-jointed. 



[M. pigra L. Cent. PL i. 13 (1755) Sz. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1507 : 

 shrub 4-8 ft. high, with long straggling hispid prickly branches ; 

 pinnae in 8-15 pairs with a spine between the pinnae, and 

 generally with 2 prickles in the interval between the insertion 

 of the pairs ; flower-heads pale rosy-lilac, shortly stalked, 1 or 2 

 in the axils of the young leaves. — Sic. Obs. Bot. 392. M. asperata 

 L. SysL ed. 10, 1312 (1759) & Sp. PL ed. 2, 1507 ; Macf. Jam. i. 

 305 ; DC. Leg. t. 63 ; Griseb. loe. ciL ; Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 

 335 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 2, 381 & Trans. Linn. Soc. xx.r. 

 437. M, pellita Himb. tfc BonpL ex Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1037 ; 

 Kunth Mimos. 27, t. 9. ^schynomene spinosa quarta &c. Brei/n. 

 Cent. Prim. 43, t. 19. JE. spino.sa quinta Breyn. Gent. Prim. 44, 

 t. 20 ; Commel. Amsf. i. 59, t. 30. Mimosa caule fruticoso &c. 

 Miller Ic. t. 182. M. frutescens spinosa &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 253. 



Wright ! Westmoreland, Purdie I Lucea, Hitchcock ; in wet places, 

 Montpelier, St. James; Meylersiield ; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 11,807, 11,815.- 

 Tropical America, and widely spread over tropical and subtropical Africa 

 and the Mascarene islands. 



Leaves to 1-5 dm. 1.; pinna? 2-4*5 cm. 1.; spine 2-10 mm. 1.; leaflets 

 in many pairs (generally more than 30), linear, pubescent beneath, sensi- 

 tive to touch, 5-8 mm. 1. (the petiole is not sensitive). Floiver-lieads 

 globular, 9 or 10 mm. in diam. without the stamens ; stalk as long as the 

 head, or 2-3 times longer. Calyx about 2 mm. 1., with a ciliate-f ringed 

 margin. Corolla 4-cleft, hispidulous at and near the upper margin, 4 

 mm. 1. Stamens twice as many as petals, 1:^-2 times as long. Pods 



