AIIMOSACEAE 217 



MIMOSACEAE. Mimosa Family. 



About 75 genera and 1600 species, mostly shrubs and trees, in 

 warm, dry regions, such as Mexico, Asia Minor, South Africa, 

 and Australia. ]^Iany are ornamental. 



ALBIZZIA, Durazzini. 



Albizzia Julibrissin (Willd.) Durazz. "Mimosa."* 



A small to medium-sized tree with leaning or widely branched 

 trunk, smooth gray bark, feathery twice-compound leaves, which 

 fold up at night, and small fragrant flowers with long pink stamens 

 in dense spherical clusters suggesting powder-puffs, in ]\Iay and 

 June. 



Native of Asia, commonly cultivated for ornament, and es- 

 caping into fields and woods around cities and old settlements in 

 Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Hale, Autauga, Clarke, Monroe, Butler, 

 Henry, and doubtless other counties, mostly in the southern half 

 of the state. 



VACHELLIA, Wight lSc Arnott. 



Vachellia Farnesiana (L.) AA'ight & Arn. (Acacia Paniesiaiia, 

 Willd.) (Opopanax. Huisache.) 



A shrub or small tree, with small compound leaves, and small 

 feathery balls of fragrant yellow flowers. Cultivated for orna- 

 ment in warm climates, and frequently escaped along the west side 

 of Mobile Bay, according to Mohr. Supposed to be native in the 

 West Indies, southern Florida, and Texas. 



CAESALPINIACEAE. Senna Family. 



About 110 genera and over 1,000 species, trees, shrubs and 

 herbs, widely distributed, the trees mostly tropical. Many are or- 

 namental, and some are medicinal. Quite a number of the herbs 

 are weeds. 



CERCIS, L. (Judas Trees) 

 Cercis Canadensis, L. Redbud. 



A small leaning or crooked tree, seldom more than a foot in 

 diameter and thirty feet tall, with deciduous heart-shaped leaves, 



*This common name belongs properly to the herbaceous genus Mimosa 

 (sensitive plants) in the same family, but it is now in pretty general use 

 in the South for this tree. 



