Mimosa.'] LEGUMINOSAE. 421 



Leaflets semirectangular at base ; sutures of pod with few small 



or no prickles : 



Pods little curved, 2-3 in. long, 6-' 7 in. broad, sessile or shortly 

 stalked, rounded or rarely acute at apex, seeds 5-7 ; leaves with 

 5-6 pairs of pinnae 2-3 in. long, pinnules 10-15 pairs, '4>-7 in. 



long 5. rubicaulis. 



Pods much curved, 3-3*5 in. long, '3-'4 in. broad, long stalked, 

 acute at apex and base; leaves with 6-8 pairs of pinnae, 1-1 '5 in. 

 long, pinnules 12-18 pairs, - 2-'3 in. long 6. angustisiliqua. 



1. MIMOSA PUDICA, Linn.; F. B. I. ii. 291. 



All hot moist localities in the low country, probably 

 introduced from tropical America. The Sensitive Plant. 

 A diffuse undershrub with very sensitive leaves, pink 

 flowers and bristly pods. It spreads very fast and is 

 most troublesome and difficult to eradicate. Yern. Hind. 

 Lajwati; Tarn. Total vadi. 



2. MIMOSA HAMATA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 291 ; W. & A. 268. 



Deccan, from the Kistna southwards, often on black cotton 



soil. 



A straggling prickly shrub with minute leaves and pink 



flowers. 



3. MIMOSA POLYANCISTRA, Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 422. 



Deccan, in the Kurnool and Cuddapah Districts. 



A straggling thorny shrub with pink flowers and distant 



rounded leaflets. 



4. MIMOSA PRAINIANA, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, ined. 



East Coast, in the Kistna District ; Deccan, in Hyderabad 

 to Anantapur. 



A straggling thorny shrub with pink flowers and rounded 

 leaflets, the pinnae in regular subequal pairs. 



5. MIMOSA RUBICAULIS, Lamk.; F.B. I. ii. 291, in part ; W. & A. 

 268 ; Hook. Ic. PL t. 156. If. octandra, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 200. 



Deccan, forests of Cuddapah, Mysore, Coinibatore and 

 Madura, usually in grassy savannahs and second-growth 

 forests ; W. Ghats, on eastern slopes. 

 A large, very prickly shrub, the flowers pink. 



6. MIMOSA ANGUSTISILIQUA, Gamble in Kew Bull. 1919, ined. 



E. Ghats, at Tummularu, Godavari Agency (Barber). 



A shrub with pink flowers, few prickles and very small 



hirsute leaflets. 



