PLATE CCVIL. 
MIMOSA LONGIFOLIA. 
 Long-leaved Mimo/a. 
CLASS XIN ORDER I. 
POLYGAMIA MONOECI4. Various difpofitions. Upon one Plant. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Hermaphrod. Caryx 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Hermaph. Cup five-toothed. Blofs. 5-cleft. 
_ Stam. 5 feu plura. Pist. 1. Legumen. Chives 5 ormore. Pointal one. A pod. 
Mafcul. Catyx 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam. Male. Cup 5-toothed. Blofs, 5-cleft. Chives 
5, 10, plura. 5, 10, or more. 
See Mimosa stricta. Pl. LIII. Vot. I. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mimofa foliis integris. longiffimis, utrinque gla- Mimofa with entire, very long leaves, {mooth on 
bris, obtufis; capituli geminati, racemofi, : both fides and blunt; flower heads grow 
longiffimi, oppofiti, lutei, fubcernui. by pairs in very long bunches oppofite to 
each other, yellow and rather nodding, 
reenter sec ece ee 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, A flower, magnified, fhewn fideways. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Bloffom, magnified, 
4. A Chive, magnified. 
5. The Pointal, magnified, 
a cee 
Aszourt the year 1792 J. Ord, Efq. of Purfers Crofs, Fulham, received the feeds of this Mimofa from 
New South Wales; the plants were raifed, the enfuing year, by Mr. White, who has managed, much ~ 
to his credit, the fele& colleGtion of that Gentleman near 20 years, and who obligingly fent us a fine 
fpecimen in March 180}, taken from a plant near 18 feet in height. Of the Mimofas now in Britain, 
we think, this fpecies is likely to exceed them all in height ; making a very handfome plant; and moft 
beautiful at the feafon when covered with its long pendulous bunches of flowers. It is increafed by 
cuttings, but with difficulty; and, as yet, feeds haye not been perfe&ted in this country. A light 
-fandy earth is what it thrives in moft, but it will gtow in almoft any foil, = 
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