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GENUS LXII. MIMOSA. 
Polygamia Momeecia. Sex: Syst - 
Deriv. From Mimos, a mimic, im allusion to the sensitive pro- 
parties of the leaves. 
Gen. Cuar. Low shrubs, sometimes climbing: leaves conju- — 
gately or digitately or doubly pinnated: flowers capitited: petals. 
4-5; stamens 4-15, inserted into the base of the corolla or on the 
stalk of the ovary: legume compressed, flat, composed. of 1 or more 
I-seeded joints; sutures persistent: seeds naked. 
(1) M. wamata. (MFilld. ) 
Ident, W.& A. prod: I. p. 268.—Dec. prod. IT. p. 427.. 
Syn. M.armata, Rotil. 
Spec. Cuar. Branches petioles and peduncles pubescent and 
prickly : leaves bipinnated: pinne: 4 pairs: leaflets. 7-8 pairs, mi- 
nute, linear-oval, pubescent: peduneles longer than the leaves, 
bearing one head of flowers: legumes linear, 3-7-jointed, fulcately 
curved, pubescent, long-stalked: sutures emarginate between the 
joints and with the stalk prickly ; flowers rose-culoured. 
Peninsula. Surat. Deccan. 
(2) M. rusricavuis. (Lem.) 
Ident. W. &. A. prod. I. p. 268.—Dee. prod. II. p. 429. 
Syn. M, octandra, Roxb. fl. Ind. LIL p. 564.—M. Rottleri, 
Spreng.—M. spinosiliqua, Rottl. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. If. t. 200. 
Srec. Cuan. Branches and petioles armed with prickles: leaves 
‘bipinnated: pinnee 5 pair, with a bristle-shuped gland between each. 
pair: leaflets 10-12 pair, oblong-linear, pubescent: peduncles 1- 
headed, several together in the axils of the upper leaves: flowers. 
octandrous: legume sessile, compressed, flat, glabrous, obscurely 
jointed: sutures straight, prickly or sometimes. unarmed: flowers 
small, purple, gradually becoming whitish. 
Peninsula. Malabar Hill, Silhet. Assam. Flowering in the 
hot season. 
(8) M. murasitis. (Roxb..) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 564. . 
Spec. Cuar. Scandent shrub: armed with remote recurved 
prickles: leaves bipinnate : pinnee 4 pair: leaflets 4~3 pair: flowers 
octandrous: legume curved, 8-jointed: sutures prickly : flowers 
bright-purple, afterwards becoming white. 
Banks of the Ganges, near Benares, flowering. in the rainy 
season, 
