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Plant , with narrow Acacia, leaves , armed with ftrong 
fpines. 
9. Mimosa {Viva) inermis, foliis conjugatis pinnatis, 
partialibus quadrijugis fubrotundis, caule inermi her- 
baceo. Lin. Sp. 1500. Senfitive Plant with a creeping, 
herbaceous, unarmed ftalk , conjugated winged leaves , and 
globular flowers proceeding from the votings of the Jlalks. 
Mirnofa herbacea, non fpinofa, minima, repens. Sloan. 
Hift. Jam, 2. p. 58. The leap creeping herbaceous Sen- 
Jitive Plant, having no fpines. 
10. Mimosa (. Nilotica ) fpinis ftipularibus patentibus, 
foliis bipinnatis, partialibus extimis glandula inter- 
ftinftis, fpicis globofis pedunculatis. Haffelq. It. 475. 
Acacia with double winged leaves , and globular fpikes of 
- fowers having foot-ftalks. Acacia fEgyptica. Hern. 
Mex. 866. True Egyptian Acacia. 
11. Mimosa ( Farnejiana ) fpinis ftipularibus diftindlis, 
foliis bipinnatis, partialibus obtojugis, fpicis globofis 
feffilibus. Hort. Upfal. 146. Acacia Indica foliis, 
fcorpioidis leguminofe, filiquis fufcis teretibus re- 
finofis. H. L. Indian Acacia with taper refmous 
pods . 
12. Mimosa ( Cornigera ) fpinis ftipularibus geminis 
connatis, foliis bipinnatis. Hort. Cliff. 208. Acacia 
with two fpines joined at their bafe , and doubly winged 
leaves. Acacia llmilis Mexiocana, fpinis cornu ftmi- 
libus. fhe great horned Acacia. 
13. Mimosa ( Unguis cati) fpinofa, foliis bigeminis ob- 
tufis. Hort. Cliff. 207. Prickly Acacia with four ob- 
tufe leaves. Acacia quodammodo accedens, five Ce- 
ratia & Acacia media Jamaicenfis fpinofa, bigemi- 
natis foliis, flofculis ftamineis, atronitente frubtu, fi- 
liquis intortis. Piuk. Phyt. Acacia with branching 
leaves and twified pods. 
14. Mimosa {Arbor ea) inermis, foliis bipinnatis, pinnis 
dimidiatis acutis, caule arboreo. Lin. Sp. 1503. Tree 
Acacia without thorns , doubly winged leaves , whofe pin- 
na are acute. Acacia arborea maxima non fpinofo, 
pinnis majoribus fiore albo, filiqua contorta coccinea 
verticofa elegantiffima. Slqan. Jam. 157. 
15. Mimosa ( Purpurea ) inermis, foliis conjugatis pin- 
natis, foliis intimis minoribus. Lin. Sp. 1500. Pur- 
ple Acacia without fpines , conjugated winged leaves which 
are fmallejl below. Acacia Americana frutefcens non 
aculeata, fiore purpurafcente. Plum. Cat. Shrubby 
American Acacia with thorns , and a purplifh flower. 
1 6. Mimosa ( Houfloniana ) inermis, foliis bipinnatis gla- 
bris, pinnis tenuiffimis, filiquis latis villofis. Fig. PI. 
5. Acacia without thorns , doubly winged fmooth leaves , 
whofe pinna are very narrow , and broad hairy pods. 
Acacia Americana, non fpinofa, fiore purpureo, fta- 
minibus longiilimis, filiquis planis villofis, pinnis fo- 
liorum tenuiffimis. Houft. MSS. American Acacia 
without thorns , having purple flowers , with very long 
filaments , flat hairy pods , and very narrow leaves. 
17. Mimosa ( Lute a ) aculeata, foliis bipinnatis glabris, 
floribus globofis pedunculatis, aculeis longiffimis. 
Prickly Acacia with fmooth doubly winged leaves, globular 
flowers having foot-ftalks , and very long fpines. Acacia 
fpinofa, foliorum pinnis tenuiffimis glabris, floribus 
globofis lutea, fpinis longiffimis. Houft. MSS. Prickly 
Acacia with very narrow fmooth leaves , round yellow 
flowers , and very long thorns. 
18. Mimosa (Glauca) inermis, foliis bipinnatis, parti- 
alibus lejugis, pinnis plurimis, glandula inter infima. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 1502. Acacia without thorns , doubly 
winged leaves, whofe wings are feparated, and have Jmall 
glands between them. Acacia non fpinofa, fiore albo, 
foliorum pinnis latiufculis glabris, filiquis longis 
planis. Houft. MSS. White flowering Acacia with- 
out thorns , having broad fmooth leaves , and long flat 
pods. 
19. Mimosa ( Anguftijjima ) inermis, foliis bipinnatis, 
pinnis anguftiffimis glabris, leguminibus tumidis. 
Narrow-leaved unarmed Acacia , with doubly winged 
fmooth leaves , and jointed pods. Acacia non fpinofa, 
floribus globofis albis foliorum pinnis tenuiffimis gla- 
bris, filiquis ad fingula grana tumidis. Houft. MSS. 
Acacia without thorns , having round white flowers, with 
very narrow fmooth leaves , and jointed pods . 
20. Mimosa ( Campeachiana ) . ipinofa, foliis bipinnatis, 
pinnis anguftis, fpinis fingulis cornu bovinum per lon- 
gitudinern fiffum referentibiis. Acacia with doubly 
winged leaves having narrow pinn^, and Jingle fpines like 
oPs horns fplit their length. Acacia fpinofa tenuifolia, 
fpmis fingulis cornu bovinum per longitudinem fifliim 
refei entibus. Houft. Cat. Acacia with Jingle thorns 
fhaped like thofe of an ox’s horn , and feem as if [phi thro’ 
their length. 
21. Mimosa ( Cinerea ) fpinis folitariis, foliis bipinnatis, 
floribus fpicatis. Flor. Zeyl. 215. Acacia with Jingle 
fpines,' doubly winged leaves , and Jjpiked flowers. Aca- 
cia fpinofa tenuifolia, filiquis latis, fpinis minimis re- 
curvis folitariis. Houft. Cat. Prickly narrow-leaved 
AcaCia with bi oad pods , and finals recurved fpines , which 
come out Jingle. 
22. .Mimosa ( Laiifolia ) inermis, foliis conjugatis, pin- 
nis terminalibus oppofitis, lateralibus alternis. Lin. 
op, 1 49 9 • Broad-leaved Acacia without thorns , conju- 
gated leaves whofe upper pinna are oppofite , but the fide 
ones are alternate. Acacia non ipmoia, jucdandis fo- 
lio, fiore purpurafcente. Plum. Sp. 17. Acacia with- 
out thorns , Walnut-tree leaves , and a purple flower. 
23. Mimosa {Circinalis) aculeata, foliis conjugatis pin- 
natis, pinnis tequalibus, ftipulis fpinofis. Lin. Sp. 
1499. Prickly Acacia with conjugated winged leaves , 
which are equal, and prickly ftipida. Acacia foliis am- 
plioribus, filiquis circinatis. Plum. Sp. 17. Acacia 
with broad leaves and twified pods. 
24. Mimosa (. Fagifolia ) inermis, foliis pinnatis bijuffis 
petiolo marginato. Lin. Sp. 1498. Broad-leaved Aca- 
cia without fpines, whofe wings have four lobes, and run- 
ning foot-ftalks. Arbor filiquofa, faginis foliis, Ame- 
ricana, floribus comofis. Pluk. Phyt. tab. 141. fol. 2. 
The fir ft fort grows naturally in moft of the iflands in 
the Weft-Indies, and it has been found growing in 
fome warm moift fpots, as far north as Virginia. This 
rifes with upright branching ftalks fix or feven feet 
high, which become ligneous toward the root, but 
are not perennial (at leaft they are not fo here in any 
fituation, the plants always decaying in winter ;) thde 
are fmooth, and garniffiecl with double winged leaves, 
compofed of four or five pair of long winged lobes, 
which have about twenty pair of fmall leaves ranp-ed 
along the midrib ; they are fmooth and rounded 0 at 
their points, of a full green on their upper fide, but 
pale on their under. Thefe fmall leaves contract 
themfelves together on their being touched, but the 
foot-ftalks do not decline at the fame time, as thofe 
do which are titled Humble Plants, fo this is called 
the Senfitive Plant by way of diftindion. The flowers 
are produced upon long foot-ftalks, which come out 
from the wings of the leaves, and are difpofed in 
globular heads which nod downward ; they are yel- 
low, and ail thofe which have petals have ten {lamina 
in each, but thofe fituated round the border have 
neither petals or ftamina ; thofe on the upper part of 
the fpike are fucceeded by pods an inch and a half 
long, and a quarter of an inch broad, which change 
to a dark brown when ripe, inclofing three or four 
compreffed, ffiining, black feeds. 
The fecond fort was dilcovered by the late Dr. Hou- 
ftoun at La Vera Cruz, growing in ftagnant waters, 
v/here the ftalks were very broad and flat, and floated 
on the furface, in the fame way as the pond weeds 
do ; but in thofe places where the water was dried up 
the ftalks grew upright and were round, which is al- 
ways the cafe when the plants are cultivated in gar- 
dens, fo that they might eafily pals for different 
plants, to thofe who never faw them growing in both 
fituations. When this fort is cultivated in gardens, 
it has great refemblance to the firft, but the ftalks of 
this never grow fo ere£t, the wings of the leaves are 
longer, and ftand more horizontal ; the heads of 
flowers are much larger, the ftamina are longer, and 
the flowers on the under fide of the fpike which have 
no ftamina are double : the pods of this fort are 
fhorter, and much broader than thofe of the firft fort. 
This is alfo an annual plant in this country. This 
fort was fince difcovered by a friend of mine, growing 
naturally 
