﻿PLATE DXLIV. 



MIMOSA PUDICA. 



Bashful Mimosa. 



CLASS XXIII. ORDER I. 



VOLYGAMIA MONCECIA. Various Dispositions upon one Plant. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



as. Corolla 5-fida. 

 i plura. 



SPECIFIC CIIARACTE 



•nsitive h-aves j>ilmaU!y win-.' 

 ) many-paired Stem hairy, an 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A flower. 



2. A chive magnified. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. 



4. The ripe capsule, with a seed detached. 



1 six may be found in plant* of 



m oblong form, 



will close up separately, «« 



in the collection of J. Ve 



