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LEGUM1NOSJE. CCXX1II. MIMOSA. 



Cascabelillo Mimosa. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



47 M. HIRSU'TA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 204.) unarmed ; stipulas 

 linear; leaves with one pair of pinna?, each pinna bearing 12 

 pairs of oval, raarginatecl, ciliated leaflets ; common petiole hairy. 



fj . S. Native of Monte Video. 

 Hairy Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



48 M. SPRENGE'LII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 430.) prickles scat- 

 tered, horizontal ; branches strigose, adpressed downwards ; 

 leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 6 pairs of ob- 

 liquely ovate-oblong, nerved leaflets, ciliated at the base ; flowers 

 axillary, sessile, pentandrous. J? . S. Native of Monte Video. 

 M. ciliata, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 204. but not of Willd. 



Sprengel's Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



* * * * Leaves pinnate and lipinnate. 



49 M. COCHLIOCA'RPA (Gomes, obs. pi. bras. p. 30. t. 4. f. 3.) 

 unarmed ; leaves doubly and abruptly-pinnate, with 3 pairs of 

 pinnae, and 3 pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers solitary ; legumes 

 compressed, spiral. tj . S. Native of Brazil, near Rio Janeiro. 

 Abaremotema, Pis. bras. 77. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3 or 4 

 pairs on each pinna, and 3 pairs of pinnae. Stamens 20, mona- 

 delphous. Bark chinky, and very astringent. 



Twisted-fruited Mimosa. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



tuse leaflets, destitute of any glands. 

 Flowers pale yellow. 



Yelkmi-&owered Mimosa. Shrub. 



. G. Native of Arabia. 



Leaves bipinnate. 



i Unarmed shrubs or trees. 



50 M. ? CORNICULA'TA (Lour. coch. 651.) unarmed ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate ; leaflets usually 8 pairs ; petiole prickly at the base, 

 and propped by a recurved callous horn ; panicle terminal, sub- 

 corymbose. Jj . G. Native of China, in the suburbs of Canton. 

 Flowers white, 4-cleft, polyandrous and monadelplious. Per- 

 haps a species of Acacia. Loureiro did not see any hermaphro- 

 dite flowers. 



//ornerf-petioled Mimosa. Tree 20 feet. 



51 M. BALSA'MICA (Mol. chil. ed. gall. 338.) unarmed; leaves 

 bipinnate ; pinnae 6 pairs ; leaflets somewhat denticulated ; 

 flowers octandrous. Tj . S. Native of Chili. 



Balsam Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



52 M. TERMINALS (Salisb. prod. 325.) leaves bipinnate ; 

 petioles acutely angled above ; leaflets unequal-sided, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, mucronulate, coriaceous. ^ . G. Native about Port 

 Jackson, in New South Wales. 



Terminal Mimosa. Tree. 



53 M. AGGREGA'TA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 2(53.) leaves bipinnate; 

 leaflets distant, pilose beneath, as well as the petioles ; peduncles 

 numerous, aggregate in the axils of the leaves. T; . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Perhaps a species of Acacia. 



Aggregate-peduncled Mimosa. Tree. 



54 M. RHOMBIFOLIA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 263.) leaves bipinnate ; 

 leaflets large, rhomboid ; flowers disposed in spikes, fj . S. 

 Native of Trinidad. Perhaps a species of Acacia. 



Rhomb-leaflettcd Mimosa. Tree. 



55 M. ? TO'RTILIS (Forsk. descrip. p. 176.) leaves bipinnate, 

 with 5 pairs of pinnae, the outer pair furnished with a scale be- 

 tween, each pinna bearing 7-9 pairs of oblong, very short leaf- 

 lets ; legumes twisted, glomerated. Jj . G. Native of Arabia, 

 near Hares. Flowers white, disposed in heads. Perhaps a spe- 

 cies of Achcia. 



Twisted-podded Mimosa. Tree. 



56 M.? GLOMERA'TA (Forsk. descrip. 177.) leaves bipinnate ; 

 legumes black, twisted, glomerated. \j . S. Native of Arabia. 



Glomerate-podded Mimosa. Shrub. 



57 M. ? FLA'VA (Forsk. descript. 176.) leaves bipinnate, with 

 3-5 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 7-10 pairs of linear ob- 



f f Armed shrubs or trees. 



58 M. LU'TEA (Mill. diet. no. 17.) prickles very long; leaves 

 bipinnate, glabrous ; flowers globose, pedunculate, f; . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Flowers yellow. 



Yellow Mimosa. Tree. 



59 M. TRINE'RVIS (Desf. cat. hort. par. 180. Pers. ench. 2. p. 

 266.) glabrous ; rameal and petiolar prickles scattered, and rather 

 hooked ; leaves bipinnate, with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 8-10 pairs of oval-rhomboid, mucronulate, veiny leaflets, 

 which are 3-nerved at the base ; there is a gland at the base of 

 the petiole, and one between each of the two extreme pairs of 

 pinnae. ly S. Native country unknown, as well as the legumes 

 and flowers. Acacia trinervis, Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 70. 

 Perhaps the figure in Breyn. cent. 1. t. 17. appertains to this 

 plant, and therefore it is the same as M. longisiliqua of Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 21. The species appears to be intermediate between 

 the sections Hablasia and Bataucaulon of the present genus. 



TVjree-nerwed-leafletted Mimosa. Tree ? 



60 M. ? ANGULA'TA (Spreng. neue entd. 2. p. 158.) prickles 

 on the angles of the branches scattered, and bent backwards ; 

 leaves bipinnate, with 12 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 many pairs of linear ciliated leaflets ; petioles unarmed, and are, 

 as well as the branches, very villous, and bearing glands between 

 the pairs of pinnae ; panicle branched. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil. Legume unknown. Said to be allied to M. rubricaulis. 



Angular-branched Mimosa. Shrub or tree. 



61 M. RUGA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 20.) prickles scattered, short, 

 hooked ; leaves bipinnate, with 7-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna 

 bearing 13-15 pairs of linear leaflets ; there is a sessile gland at 

 the base of the petiole ; legumes complanate, sinuated, plicate, 

 wrinkled, mucronate. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Le- 

 gumes 5 inches long, and one inch broad. Flowers unknown. 



Wrinkled Mimosa. Tree. 



62 M. LATISPINOSA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 22.) spines petiolar, 

 scattered, very broad, compressed, straight ; leaves bipinnate, at 

 length becoming glabrous, glandless, with 12-20 pairs of unarmed 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing 10-15 pairs of elliptic-oblong leaflets. 

 Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. Petioles, branches, and under 

 side of leaves pubescent. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Broad-spined Mimosa. Clt. 1823. Shrub. 



63 M. ? SINUA'TA (Lour. coch. 653.) shrub climbing and 

 prickly ; leaves bipinnate, with many pairs of pinnae, as well as 

 leaflets ; leaflets small, linear ; heads of flowers axillary, solitary, 

 small, on long peduncles ; legumes compressed, sinuated. Ij . ,_,. 

 G. Native of Cochin-china, in woods. Perhaps a species of En- 

 tada. Corolla wanting. 



Sinuated-podded Mimosa. Shrub cl. 



64 M. ? SEMISPINOSA (Lin. spec. 1508.) prickles crowded at 

 the tops of the internodes ; leaves bipinnate. Tj . S. Native 

 of South America. The rest unknown. 



Half-spiny Mimosa. Shrub. 



65 M. ? CAMPECHIA^NA (Mill. diet. no. 20.) spinose ; leaves 

 bipinnate; leaflets narrow ; spines split their whole length. Tj . 

 S. Native about Campeachy. The rest unknown. 



Campeachy Mimosa. Tree. 



66 M. KANTU'FFA (Bruce, trav. ed. gall. 8vo. vol. 13. p. 88. 

 t. 36.) rameal, stipular, and petiolar prickles hooked ; leaves bi- 

 pinnate, with 7-8 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 9 or 

 10 pairs of oblong obtuse leaflets ; spikes of flowers cylindrical ; 

 stamens 10, free. Tj . S. Native of Abyssinia. A very prickly 

 bush, with sweet-scented flowers. Pterolobium, R. Brown, abyss. 



