POLYGAMIA. MONOECIA. Mimofa. 779. 



1 158. MIMOSA. Hermaph. Cal. 5-tooth'd. 

 Cor. 5-cleft. Stam. 5 or more. 

 Pijlil 1 . Legume. 



MALE. Cal. 5-tooth'd. Cor. 5- 

 cleft. Stam. 5, 10, more. Sen- 

 Jitive Plant. 



* Leaves /imply feather'd. 



Inga-. 1. M. unarm'd, leaves feather'd 5-pairM : petiole mar- 



gin'd jointed. 



fagifolia. 2. M. unarm'd, leaves feather'd 2-pair'd ; petiole mar- 

 gin'd. Beech-leaved. 



nodofa. 3. M. unarm'd, leaves feather'd 2-pair'd : the interiour 



feathers lefs 5 petiole linear. knotty. 



natans. M. unarm'd procumbent, leaves two-pair'd, heads 



roundifh, flowers ten-male : radical ones bar- 

 ren larger. S. faming* 



fimphcifolia. M. unarm'd arborefcent, leaves egg'd moft intire 

 nerved obtufe, fpikes globular peduncled. 8. 



funple-leaved. 



* * Leaves twice-double or thrice-double, 



bigemina. 4. M. unarm'd,leaves twice-double pointed, twice-double. 

 Unguis cati. 6. M. thorny, twice-double obtufe. Cat's claw, 



tergemina. 5. M. unarm'd, leaves thrice-double. thrice-double. 



* * * Leaves pair' 'd (alfo feather'd.) 



latifolia. 7. M. unarm'd, leaves pair'd : terminal feathers oppofite; 

 lateral ones alternate. broad-leaved. 



purpurea. 9. M. unarm'd, leaves pair'd feather'd : innermoft fea- 

 thers lefs. p purple, 

 eticulata. 43. M. thorns ftipulary, leaves pair'd: leaflets fix-pair'd, 

 petioles terminated by aglandand prickle, netted. 



viva. 1 1. M. unarm'd, leaves pair'd feather'd : partial ones four- 



pair'd roundifh, ftera herbaceous unarm'd. living. 



nrcinalis. 8. M. prickly, leaves pair'd feather'd: feathers equal, 

 ftipules thorny. fpiral. 



ineraria. io, M. prickly, leaves pair'd feather'd: feathers equal* 



prickles incurved. afh- colour 'd. 



z z 12. M. 



