1807.] G. King -^Materials for a Flora of tie Malayan Peninsula. 2i7 
StAmens 8—10; rachia of lecif amool lit stern prictly not bristly, 
leftvea pin uatoly dividmJ, ButQroB of pod not prickly ... ... 3. M. nepiaria. 
1. MmosA PUDICA Linn. Sp. PI. 518. A diffusely spreading 
underfiUriib rarely over 2 feefc Iiitrli, witb stems and branch leta sparsely 
prickly and copionsiy beset with defloxed bristles. Leaves very sensitive, 
With usually 4 digitate pinnse, sessile ftt the end of a petiole 2 in. or 
more long, beset with spreading bristles j stipules lanceolate '*S5 in, 
long, str iate, subscanoua, with margins beset with spreading bristles ; 
piniise 2"5-3'5 in. long, the rachis beset witb aacetiding bristles; leaflets 
12-20 pail's, glabrous above, sparsely adpressed-brisUy beneath, sub- 
coriaceous, narrow-oblong, obliquely ' acute at apex of upper angle, 
obliquely rouiidt3d at lower aide of 8iib-5-nerved base, naain- nor Vf branch- 
ing slightly npwai dsj "SS in. long, '15 in. wide ; sessile, Injlorescence 
capitate, the litiads usuftlly in pairs from axils all aloitg the branche.q, 
•35 in. in diam. ; peduncles very slender *75~1 in. long, beset with spread- 
ing prickles. Cahjx campannlate, teeth short valvnte. Corolla pink, "1 
in. long, petals connate below vallate above. Stamem 4, ranch esserted, 
filaments *8 in. long, filiform, free» anthers without glands. Ovary 
stalked ; styJc filiform, stigma very small terminal.' Pods flat, slightly 
recurved, membranous, '6-1 in. long, '2 in, across, made up of 3-5 J-seed- 
ed joints that fjiU away when mature from the pei*sistent armed sutures, 
which are clothed with weak spreading yellowiali-whifce bristles -l^-^ 
in. long. DC. Prodr. II, 426 ; Roxh, Hort. Beng. 4l ; Walh Cat. 6292 ; 
Roxb. Flor. Tnd. If, 504; Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 43 ; Bak. in Flor. Brit. 
Ind. II, 291. The Sensitive Plant. 
ANDA3IAN8 ; ©xtremoly common throughout the settlement. Pbnano ; 
overspreading the whole coast^line, Oui Hs 1237 ! Singapoke j T. Anderson 
32! Mainifat/ 5841 Distrib. Throughout S.-E. Asia, probably ori- 
ginally introduced from America, 
Tliie, having been introduced into the EtettTfnneTit at Port BHaJrin th© Andamaiis, 
has tljoro spread bo mmoh as to have becouie extremoly troablesoroe j a Inrge 
laboni' force hafi to be constantly told «ff to try and keep it in check ; its complete 
eradication is apparently hopeleaa, 
2. Mimosa fiCPrARiA Bent-h in Hook. Journ. Bot. lY, 395. A 
woody shrub with piiberulous bmnclilets soon glabrescent, sparingly 
armed with strong compressed slightly recurved prickles. Leaver 2- 
pinnate, rachis slightly downy 2 in. long (thepetiolar part 75 in long) ; 
pinuse 6-8-jngate, 15 in. long, subsessile, upper side pubescent ; leaflets 
12-20- j ugate, rigidly coriaceous, nan-ow-liguiate, cadacong, •25-"35 in. 
Jong, ■l-')5 in, wide, subacnte at apex, obliquely truncate at lower side 
of Rub-5-nerved sessile base, main-nerve branching considerably np- 
wai-ds. Jnjlctresrence capitate, the heads '26 in. in di am,, arranged in 
