854 POLYGAMIA MONCECIA. Class XXIII. 
MON(ECIA. 
2123. IN'GA. W. 
14086 dulcis W. 
14087 Unguis-Cati W. 
14(j88 biglobosa W. 
14089 macropliylla W. 
14090 vera IV. 
14091 rlioifolia IV. en. 
14092 alba W. 
14093 marginata W. 
14094 mell'ifera W. 
14095 nodosa W. 
14096 latifolia W. 
14097 purpurea IV. 
14098 circinalis W. 
2124. MIMO'SA. W. 
14099 viva W. 
14100 casta W. 
14101 sensitiva W. 
14102 latispinosa Lam. 
14103 obtusifolia W. en. 
14104 pudica W. 
14105 polydactyla Humb. 
14106 pigra H. K. 
14107 rubicaulis W. 
14108 asperata IV. 
14109 conclnna W. 
14110 polystachya W. en. 
2125. SCHRANK'IA. J 
14111 aculeata W. 
14112 uncinata W. 
Inga. 
sweet 
four-leaved 
two-headed 
lai-ge-leaved 
common 
villous 
v/hite 
margined 
honey-bearing 
knobbed 
broad-leaved 
Soldier Wood 
spiral-podded 
Mimosa. 
tun ox 
1 aor 
1 fr 
inn ox 
1 aor 
1 Dor 
1 IZDor 
r □ or 
1 aor 
1 CZlor 
*!E Qor 
1 Qor 
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20 
20 ... 
30 ... 
20 
30 il.au 
12 ... 
20 ... 
20 ... 
20 ... 
20 ... 
10 
6 
10 
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... Pk 
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mr.ap Pu 
mr.ap Pu 
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Leguminosce. 
lively 
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jl.s 
Pu 
chaste 
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Pa.Y 
Sensitive Plant 
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broad-spined 
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blunt-leaved 
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Humble Plant 
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ap.s 
W 
many-fingered 
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straight-spined 
«t 
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jn.jl 
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Bramble-stalk. 
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rough 
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neat 
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many-spiked 
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V. SCHRANKIA. 
Leguminosce. 
Vera Cruz 
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cu 
2 
jl.au 
Pk 
hooked 
lAI 
cu 
2 
jl.au 
Pk 
Sp. 13—112. 
E. Indies 1800. 
W. Indies 1690. 
Martiniq. 1823. 
Cumana 1815. 
W. Indies 1739. 
Brazil 1815. 
E. Indies 1804. 
W. Indies 1752. 
Arabia 1822. 
Ceylon 1690. 
W. Indies 1768. 
W. Indies 1733. 
W. Indies 1726. 
Sp. 12—71. 
Jamaica 1739. 
E. Indies 1741. 
Brazil 1648. 
Madagasc.1823. 
Brazil 1816. 
Brazil 1638. 
Brazil 1822. 
Vera Cruz 1733. 
E. Indies 1799. 
W. Indies 1823. 
E. Indies 1794. 
Martinico 1816. 
Sp. 2—5. 
Vera Cruz 1733. 
N. Amer. 1789. 
C p.I Roxb. cor.l. t.99 
S p.I Jac.schce.3.t.392 
S p.I Ja.am. t.l79. f.87 
S s.p 
S s.p Sl.jam.2.t.l83.f.l 
S s.p 
S p.I 
S s.p 
S p.I 
S s.p Pluk.al. t.211.f.5 
S p.I Plum. ic. t. 9 
C p.I Bot. reg. 129 
C p.I Plum. ic. t. 5 
Pluk.al. t.l41.f.2 
p.I Sl.jam.2.t.l82.f.7 
p.I Com.hort.l.t.28 
s.p Bot. reg. 25 
s.p 
s.p 
r.m Bot. rep. 544 
r.m Kunth. mim. t.5 
l.p Breyn.cent.t.20 
l.p Roxb.cor.2.t.200 
l.p Dec. legum. t.63 
p.I 
p.I Dec.leg. tt.61,62 
S p.I Mil.ic.2.t.l82.f.l 
S p.I Vent, choix. I 
14096 ^ 14097 
Histort/, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2123. Liga. This is an American name adopted by Marcgraaf. A fine genus of plants, remarkable for their 
beautiful foliage and flowers ; but in cultivation they .seldom blossom. I. purpurea is a remarkably elegant 
plant, and so is Inga biglobosa. I. unguis-Cati, the Cat's claw, Mimosa, is so called from the form of its curved 
spines. All the species require the greatest heat of the bark stove; they increase very slowly by cuttings. 
2124. Mimosa. Said to be derived from yi.ifji.og, a buffoon, because the leaves of the sensitive species appear 
as if to play with the hand that touches them. 
The cause of the well known motion in the leaves of the sensitive plant, has been the subject of many 
ingenious explanations ; but it has not been treated by any botanist with so much ingenuity and address as by 
Dr. Dutrochet, whose theory we give, as explained by Mr. Lindley in the Botanical Register. M. Dutrochet 
states, that having ascertained hot nitric acid to possess the power of separating and reducing to its simplest 
form the whole mass of vegetable tissue, and that the action of the same acid produced other effects equally 
advantageous for the examination of the most obscure parts of vegetable structure, he was induced to give his 
attention to that of the Mimosa pudica, in the hope of gaining some evidence respecting the cause to which 
its sensibility is to be ascribed. Beginning with the pith, he observed a considerable number of minute glo- 
bules of a greenish color, intermingled among the cells, and adhering to them in an irregular manner. After 
attempting to shew the probability of these globules having deceived M. Mirbel in various points of his 
analysis of vegetation, and especially in regard to the pores, which that botanist supposes to exist in the cellulai 
tissue of plants. Dr. Dutrochet proceeds to remark, that the application of hot nitric acid to these globules 
renders them perfectly opaque, whence he concludes, that they are, in fact, minute cells filled with a particular 
fluid, which is subject to become concrete by the application of acids. Now, it is known, that such fluids as 
are thus altered by acids, are usually dissolved and liquefied again by the application of alkalies. A few drops, 
therefore, of a solution of hydrate of potash were suffered to fall upon a portion of the pith on which 
nitric acid had been acting, and the mixture was exposed to the heat of a lamp. Being examined after a few 
minutes, the globules were found to have resumed their natural appearance. This curious fact indicated, 
in the opinion of Dr. Dutrochet, a strong and unexpected point of analogy between plants and animals. 
According to the microscopical researches of some modern observers, it has been ascertained that all the 
organs of animals are composed of a conglomeration of minute corpuscles, similar to those just described ; the 
corpuscles which constitute the muscles are soluble in acids, but those which compose the nervous system are 
insoluble in the same acids, and only soluble in alkalies. Now, as the chemical properties and the external 
appearance of the particles scattered among the cellular tissue of plants, and constituting the nervous system 
of animals, are the same, the author is induced to infer, that the spherical particles of plants are, in fact, the 
