476 PHANEROGAMIA. 



109. MIMOSA, Linn., Willd. 

 1. Mimosa albida, Kunth. 



Mimosa albida, Kunth, Mimos. t. 1 ; DC. Prodr. 2, p. 426 ; Benth. Mimos. in Hook. 

 Jour. Bot. 4, p. 360. 



Hab. Peru ; in the vicinity of Callao and Lima. 



2. Mimosa Yelloziana, Mart. 



Mimosa Velloziana, Mart. Herb. Fl. Bras. p. 185; Benth. Mimos. 1. c. p. 361. 

 M. viva, Velloz. Fl. Flum. 11, t. 33, non Linn. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil, in the neighbourhood of Rio 

 Janeiro ; very common. 



3. Mimosa pudica, Linn. 



Hab. Tahiti and Tongatabu : where the Sensitive Plant occurs only 

 as " an introduced weed, around dwellings." 



4. Mimosa sepiaria, Benth. 



Mimosa sepiaria, Benth. Mimos. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 4, p. 395. 



Hab. Brazil, in the vicinity of Rio Janeiro ; very abundant. 



5. Mimosa elliptic a, Benth. I. c. 

 Hab. Brazil ; with the preceding species. 



