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TAB. XVI. 
MIMOSA hlfpidula. 
Little harjh Mimofa, 
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Spec. Char. M. foliis fimplicibus ellipticis obliquis 
iitrinque margineque fcabris, ramulis hifpido- 
pubefcentibus, capitulis folitariis. 
Leaves fimple, elliptical, oblique, rough on each fide 
and at the margin. Young branches clothed with 
fliort harfli down. Heads of flowers folitary. 
A more extraordinary Mimofa than even the preced- 
ing. We know no other fpecies that has fo much afpe- 
rity about it ; certainly every other fimple-leaved one 
yet difcovered is perfectly fmooth. It has not appeared 
in the gardens, nor were any fpecimens fent till laftyear. 
It feems to form a thick rigid bufh, the branches 
numerous, alternate, fpreading, round, very rough with 
a fliort, denfe, rigid pubefcence, efpecially when young. 
heaves alternate, apparently vertical, feflile, elliptical,, 
oblique, pointed, entire, extremely harfli with minute. 
