^96 ORDER XLIII. LEGUMINOS.E. 



ous, glabrous, small, oval. Flowers in small, axillary racemes Legumes 

 oval, compressed, destitute of pulp, 1-seeded. — Greenish. *? . July. 

 Mid. Car. and Geo., in swamps. 4(1 — 50 feet. Water Locust. 



Sub-order II.— MIMO'SEJE. 



Sepals and petals regular, the latter hypogynous. Stamens 

 as many as the petals, or numerous; inserted into the base of 

 the corolla. Leaves pinnate -or bipinnate. 



Genus XLVIII.— MIMO'SA. Adans. 15—10. 

 (Greek mi?nos, a mimic; the leaves of some species mimic animal sensibility.) 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 4 — 5-toothed, or entire, urceo- 

 late. Petals 4 — 5, united into a somewhat campanulate corolla 

 with a 4 — 5-cleft border. Stamens 4 — 15, exserted, inserted 

 into the base of the corolla, sometimes monadelphous at the 

 base, but generally distinct. Herbaceous plants. Flowers in 

 globose heads, rose-color. Leaves pinnate, sensitive. 



1. M. strigillo'sa, (T. <k. G.) Stem prostrate, diffuse, slightly prickly. 

 Leaves pinnate, 10 — 15 pairs; leaflets oblong-linear, glabrous, with the 

 under surface sometimes strigose, falcate. Flowers in heads, on long 

 peduncles. Legumes 1 — 3-jointed, when more than 1-jointed oblong, 

 when 1-jointed ovate. — Rose-color. If. July — Aug. Flor., Louisiana. 



Genus XLIX.— SCHRANK'IA. Willd. 15—10. 

 (In honor of Schrank, a German botanist.) 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-toothed, minute. Petals 5, 

 united into an infundibuliform corolla. Stameris 8 — 12, dis- 

 tinct or monadelphous. Legume 1-celled, many-seeded, 4- 

 valved. Prickly, herbaceous plants, with bipinnate, sensitive 

 leaves. Floioers in spherical heads, on axillary peduncles. 



1. S. uncina'ta, (Willd.) Stem procumbent, or running over other 

 objects, armed with uncinate prickles, grooved or angled. Leaflets nu- 

 merous, oblong-oval, reticulated beneath. Flowers generally in solitary 

 heads, peduncles axillary. Legumes rugose, acuminate, oblong-linear, 

 somewhat 1 sided, or terete. Seeds elliptical. — Rose-color. If. May 

 — Inly. Common. 1 — 4 feet. 



A bountiful plant win n cultivated and trained: Its sensitive leaves and bountiful 



heads of pink Bowers, distinguish it as a subject of attention. [Is abundance, however, 

 prevents that care bi i upon It, which It would otherwise receive from 



the band of the florist 



Gtann L— DARMNGTO'NIA. D. a 16—6. 

 (In honor <>f Dr. Darlington of Tcnn.) 



Flowers perfect Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5> 

 distinct. Stamen* 5, distinct Legume lanceolate, compressed, 



4 — 0-seedt'd. 



