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36. Mimofa corniculata, Or horned riiimofa : unarmed ; 
bipinnate; petioles fwelling at the bale ; Supported by a 
little callous horn ; leaflets generally eight-paired. This 
alfo is a middle-flzed tree, with Spreading branches. Leaves 
many-paired ; leaflets commonly eight-paired ; the com¬ 
mon petiole thickened at the bafe, and propped by a re¬ 
curved callous horn. The male flowers are many-ftamened 
and monadelphous, with four-cleft calyxes and corollas; 
panicle terminating, ending in flattifh cymes of white 
flowers. Loureiro did not lee any hermaphrodite flowers. 
Native of China, near Canton. 
37. Minioia villofa, or hairy mimofa : unarmed 5 leaves 
bipinnate, generally five-paired, pinnas ovate ; both they 
and the petioles villofe ; flowers globular, many-ftamened ; 
Item fhrubby. Native of the Weft Indies. 
38. Mimofa latifiliqua, or broad-podded mimofa: un¬ 
armed ; leaves bipinnate, partial ones five-paired ; branch- 
lets flexuofe; buds globular. Native of the Weft Indies : 
flowers molt part of the fummer. 
39. Mimola polyftachia, or many-fpiked mimofa: un¬ 
armed ; leaves bipinnate; partial ones and pinnas fix- 
paired, oblong. This plant, which becomes a tree itlelf, 
climbs up other trees, overtops them, and drags them 
down by its weight. The trunk is round, covered with 
a brown bark, and often nine inches in diameter. Par¬ 
tial leaves on each fide commonly three or four, of which 
the two end-ones, after they have dropped their leaflets, 
are changed into very ltrong tendrils, which entwine the 
branches of any neighbouring tree, and adhere to it fo 
clofe, that they can Icarcely be feparated. The proper 
leaflets are commonly feven on each fide, oblong, blunt, 
emarginate. Particular fpikes clofe, two inches long, 
turned upwards and ereCt, about thirty together on the 
fame common peduncle, which is a foot long and ftretched 
out horizontally. Flowers fmall, herbaceous, about 150 
on each particular fpike, fo that in the whole compound 
fpike there are about 4500. To this multitude of flow¬ 
ers, many of which are male, fcarcely ten legumes fuc- 
ceed, and thefe very feldom arrive at maturity. Native 
of the Weft Indies, where it is a great nuifance to the 
fugar-planters by deftroying the trees which they fet to 
Ihelter their fugar-grounds. 
40. Mimofk Mangenfis, or Mango mimofa : fpines fo- 
litary, fliort; leaves bipinnate, generally nine-paired ; 
fpikes globular, axillary, folitary. This is an upright 
tree, about twenty feet in height, with branches ftretched 
out horizontally, and bearing white flowers void of fcent, 
Native of Jamaica and other iflands of the Weft Indies; 
and about Carthagena in New Spain. Frequent in the 
ifland of Mango. 
41. Mimofamuricata, ormuricated mimofa: unarmed; 
leaves bipinnate; partial ones five-paired, proper ones 
many-paired ; Item muricated. Native of America. 
42. Mimofa Juliflora, or July-flower mimofa: fpines 
ftipulary, in pairs ; leaves bipinnate, bijugous, diftin- 
guiflied by a gland ; fpikes pendulous; legumes com- 
preffed. This ihrub rifes frequently to the height of four¬ 
teen or fifteen feet or more. It is not fo prickly as the 
tortuofa, (N° 56.) and its leaves are rather larger. It is 
of a lpreading growth, and furnilhed with oblong flower- 
fpikes, and very long legumes. It has been introduced 
into Jamaica from the continent, and thrives very lux¬ 
uriantly in many parts of the low lands. 
43. Mimofa peregrina, or wandering mimofa: unarm¬ 
ed ; leaves bipinnate, partial ones fixteen-paired; pinnas 
forty-paired, with a petiolar gland at the bafe. Native 
of America. 
44. Mimofa glauca, or glaucous mimofa: unarmed; 
leaves bipinnate, partial ones fix-paired; pinnas very 
many, with a gland among the loweft. Flowers white, 
apetalous, ten-ltamened. It flowers in April, and the 
feeds are ripe in autumn. Found by Dr. Houfton at Vera 
Cruz, and lent to Europe by him in 1729; but it had 
been cultivated before, in 1690, in the royal garden at 
Hampton Court. 
O S A. 
45. Mimola pterocarpa, or wing-fruited mlmbfa 5 tint* 
armed; leaves bipinnate many-paired, a petiolar gland 
between the two outmoft; fpikes axillary; legumes 
winged. This has the appearance of M. catechu, but 
differs in.having no fpines, Ihorter fpikes, and the calyxes 
fmootli, not hoary. Native of the Ille of France. 
46. Mimofa grandifl-ora, or great-flowered mimofa : un¬ 
armed ; leaves abruptly bipinnate, many-paired; pinnules 
many-paired; leaflets very diftinft ; raceme compound, 
terminating. This is very nearly allied to M. Houftoni, 
but differs from it in having the leaflets very diitinCt, 
and ovate at the bafe; whereas in M. Houftoni they are 
confluent at the rachis, truncated at the bafe, and refera¬ 
ble a pinnatifid leaf. Native of the Eaft Indies; intro¬ 
duced about 1769, by Mrs. Norman ; it flowers from June 
to September. 
47. Mimofa Houftoni, or Houfton’s mimofa : unarmed; 
leaves bipinnate, abrupt, commonly fix-parted ; pinnules 
many-paired ; leaflets l'omewhat confluent; racemes com¬ 
pound, terminating. Inflorefcence as in M. grandiflora, 
but the flowers fmaller. This is one of the moll beauti¬ 
ful fpecies of the genus. The petals being very large, and 
of a fine purple colour, with their ftamens ftretched out 
to confiderable diftance beyond the petals, the flowers 
make a charming appearance when the trees are covered 
with them ; and, when the pods, which are ferruginous, 
are ripe and hanging plentifully from every bough, the 
view of the trees is very pleading from a fmall diftance. 
The feeds were feat to Europe from Vera Cruz, by Dr. 
Houfton. 
48. Mimofa cinerea, or alh-coloured mimofa : fpines fo¬ 
litary ; leaves bipinnate; flowers in fpikes. Native of the 
Laft Indies. 
49. Mimola cornigera, or cuckold-tree: fpikes ftipu¬ 
lary, connate, divaricating, compreffed, awl-fliaped at the - - 
tip; leaves bipinnate; leaflets from twelve to twenty- 
paired; fpikes axillary, elongated. This tree feldom ex¬ 
ceeds twelve feet in height. It has numerous branches 
forming a pyramidal figure. Leaves fmall; iiowers alio 
fmall, yellow, and void of fcent, in a clofe cylindrical 
fpike, an inch a;td half long. Legumes coriaceous, con¬ 
taining a buttery pulp, in which the feeds are rolled up. 
The lpines are very lingular; they are fubaxillary and 
connate at the bafe, refembling the horns of oxen ; they 
are brown, Ihining, hollow, and thelongeft are more than 
five inches in length ; they are all over the tree; and, 
when the pods are ripe and the leaves are fallen, they 
have a Angular appearance. A fort of ant lodges in thele 
thorns in innumerable quantities, and, if the tree be 
lliaken ever fo little, they fall down like a Ihower of rain 
and attack the paflenger. This tree grows every-where 
in rite woods about Carthagena; flowers in June and 
July, and the feeds ripen in September. It was culti¬ 
vated in 1691, in the Royal Garden at Hampton Court; 
but is now rare in England. 
50. Mimofa catechu, or catechu-tree : fpines ftipulary; 
leaves bipinnate, many-paired ; glands of the partial ones 
Angle ; fpikes axillary, in pairs or threes, peduncled. 
This is a fmall tree, growing to twelve feet in height, and 
one foot in diameter; it is covered with a thick rough 
brown bark, and towards the top divides into many dole 
branches. An Indian drug, long known by the name of 
Terra Japonica, and now more properly called catechu, 
(from cate, a tree, and chu, juice,) is afcertained to be the 
produce of this tree. This extraCl in its pureft ftate is a 
dry pulverable fubftance, outwardly reddifli, inwardly 
fliining dark brown, tinged with a reddifli hue ; to the 
tafte it difcovers confiderable aftringency, fucceeded by 
fome fweetnefs. It diffolves almoft wholly in water, ex¬ 
cept the impurities, which are ufually fandy, and amount 
to about one-eighth of the mals. Rectified fpirit difl'olves 
about feven-eighths into a deep-red liquor. It may be 
ulefully employed as an aftringent, efpecially in alvine 
fluxes; alfo in uterine profluvia, in debility of the vicera 
in general, in catarrhal afteCtions, See. This extract is 
