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full of fhort recurved thorns ; and each rib again emits a 
number of long (lender prickles, from the inter-fpaces of 
its foliations, or fmalleft ribs, which, like fo many needles, 
guard the tender leaves. The branches are moderately 
thick; but the leaves are fmall, and very apt to move on 
every occafion. The pods are compreffed and hairy, and 
when ripe divide into as many parts as there are feeds, 
which fall oft' feparately; thefe parts, in the natural Hate, 
are held between two ribs that run along the margins of 
the pod, in the inner grooves of which they move with 
great eafe, when contracted and detached from each other. 
Native of Vera Cruz, where it was found by Dr. Houfton. 
Browne fays it was introduced into Jamaica from the 
main continent. Mr. Miller cultivated it before 1733. 
Swartz affirms, that this and the preceding fpecies are 
not diftindl, but only varieties. 
ба. Mimofa Senegal, or African mimofa: fpines in 
threes, the middle one reflex ; leaves bipinnate; flowers 
in fpikesi This is diftinguiftied at firft fight by its white 
bark. The fpines at the bale of the leaf are three, and 
not two, as in M. Nilotica. Native of Africa. 
63. Mimofa csefia, or grey mimofa: prickly; leaves bi¬ 
pinnate ; pinnas oval-oblong, obliquely acuminate. Na¬ 
tive of the Eaft Indies: introduced in 1773, by fir Jo¬ 
seph Banks. 
64. Mimofa pinnata, orfmall-leaved mimofa: prickly; 
leaves bipinnate, very numerous ; linear-acerofe ; panicle 
prickly ; heads globular. Loureiro defcribes it as a large 
procumbent branching ffirub, with many fhort fcattered 
prickles. Leaves more, than ten-paired, with about forty 
pairs of leaflets. Flowers white, polygamous, in a vaft 
diftufed terminating panicle, of very many fmall globu¬ 
lar heads. Native of the Eaft Indies, and of Cochin- 
china, where the bark is converted into a fort of tow, 
which is ufed for flopping cracks both in houfes and boats. 
65. Mimofa intfia, or angular-ftalked mimofa: prickly; 
leaves bipinnate, pinnas curved inwards ; item angular; 
ftipules longer than the prickle. Branches obtufe-an- 
gled, even. Native of the Eaft Indies; introduced in 
1778, by Patrick Ruflel, M.D. 
бб. Mimofa femifpinofa, or half-fpined mimofa : prick¬ 
ly 5 leaves bipinnate, joints of the item prickly above. 
Native of America. 
67. Mimofa quadrivalvis, or quadrivalve fenfitive plant, 
prickly ; leaves bipinnate; ftera quadrangular, with re¬ 
curved prickles ; legumes four-valved. This has a creep¬ 
ing root. Stalks (lender, having four acute angles, armed 
pretty clofely with fhort recurved fpines. Leaves on long 
prickly footilalks, and thinly placed on the branches. 
Found at La Vera. Cruz by Dr. Houfton, and cultivated 
by Mr. Miller before 1733. It feems to be originally of 
Africa, and to have been carried to America by Hie flaves. 
68. Mimofa tenuifolia, or. fmall-leaved mimofa: prick¬ 
ly ; leaves bipinnate; partial ones twenty-paired ; pinnas 
many-paired. This was at firft confidered as a variety of 
M. pennata. It is fetdown by miftake as a native of Cey¬ 
lon, for it is from South America. 
69. Mimofa ceratonia, or South American mimofa: 
prickly ; leaves bipinnate, five-paired, partial ones three- 
paired; pinnas three-nerved. Native of South America. 
70. Mimofa tamarindifolia, or tamarind-leaved mimofa: 
prickly; leaves bipinnate, five-paired, partial ones ten- 
paired ; petioles unarmed. Native of America-. 
71. Mimofa iinuata, or winding mimofa: prickly; 
leaves bipinnate, many-paired; heads axillary, folitary; 
legumes finuate; Item climbing. Native of Cochin- 
china, in woods. 
72. Mimofa faponaria, or foap mimofa: unarmed ; 
leaves bigeminate and pinnate ; panicle terminating. 
This is an arboreous ffirub, with fpreading unarmed 
branches. Leaves fome unequally pinnate, others bige¬ 
minate ; leaflets ovate, acuminate, petioled. It feems to 
be allied to M. bigemina. Native of Cochin-china, in 
woods. The bark yields,-excellent foap. 
VI. Species from Mr. Miller. 
73. Mimofa lutea, or yellow mimofa: prickly; leaves! 
bipinnate, fmooth ; flowers globular, peduncled; prickles 
very long. 74. Mimofa anguftiffima, or narrow-leaved 
mimofa : unarmed; leaves bipinnate; pinnas very narrow, 
fmooth; legumes fwelling. 75. Mimofa Campe,achiana„ 
or fplit-horned mimofa : thorny; leaves bipinndte-; pin¬ 
nas narrow, with thorns like an ox’s horn fpiit length- 
wife. Thefe three fpecies were found by Houfton in 
South America. The laft of them is one of the moft lin¬ 
gular fpecies yet known, the fpines being fpread open 
and flat, appearing as if fpiit lengthwife. The leaves are 
very beautiful; but the flowers, being fmall, and of an 
herbaceous colour, make no great appearance. In the 
natural place of its growth this tree produces flowers al- 
mofl through the year, and a fucceffion of pods is gene¬ 
rally found on it; but the feeds are commonly eaten by 
infedls before they come to maturity. 
VII. New Species from Roxburgh’s Plants of 
Coromandel. 
76. Mimofa dulcis, or fweet-tafted mimofa: thorns fli- 
pular; leaves bigeminate; leaflets obliquely oblong, 
fmooth, pointed. Trunk ill-ffiaped. Bark affi-coloured, 
pretty fmooth. Branches numerous, fomewhat twiggy; 
young (hoots winding, and often bent back. Thorns fli- 
pular, fuberedl, (harp, but not long. Leaves alternate, 
twice-double; leaflets obliquely oblong, fmooth, pointed, 
about an inch long. Petioles and petiolets end in a ffiarp 
point. Panicles terminating, thin, oblong, compofed of 
diverging racemes of fhort pedicelled fmall globular head^, 
of white corollets. Filaments numerous, united below 
into a tube. Legume fuelled, particularly at the feeds, 
twilled like a fcrew, a little downy, the valves themfelves 
thin, almoft membranaceous; when ripe they open natu¬ 
rally, and expofe to view much rofe-coloured firm lobated 
fleffiy pulp, in which the black ffiining feeds are hid. 
This is probably not a native of India, but was intro¬ 
duced from the Philippine iflands,for the fake of the pulp 
which fills the legumes. It grows quickly to a tree ; a 
rich fandy foil fuits it belt; and it flowers in the cold 
feafon. The fleffiy pulp of the legumes is reckoned whole- 
fome ; it is fweet, but inlipid and dryiffi. The Spaniards 
at Manilla raife many of the trees for the fake of this 
pulp, and call it Sappen-fruit. It would affift the poor in 
times of fcarcity in thofe countries; and the gum, wood, 
and bark, may turn’to account there. As it grows very 
fall, it may alfo be reared for fences, inftead of many lefs- 
ufeful bullies and trees. This is reprefented (from Rox¬ 
burgh) on Plate II. and the fruit at«. 
77. Mimofa xylocarpa, or wood-fruited mimofa : leaves 
fcattered in pairs, pinnate ; leaflets from two to fourpaired, 
entii'e; oblong, fmooth, the outer pair largeft; glands on the 
petioles; ftipuies lanceolate. Trunk ftraight; bark brown, 
pretty fmooth; branches numerous. Leaves fcattered about 
the extremities of the branchlets, in pairs. Leaflets oppo- 
lite, without an odd one, from two to four pairs, with a An¬ 
gle one below the pairs on the outlide ; they are entire, ob¬ 
long, fmooth on both fides ; the outer pair largeft, about 
five inches longand two broad ; tliofe below are little more 
than half that fize. Legume broad-fickle-form, exceed¬ 
ingly hard and heavy; the outlide covered with brown 
farina; about fix inches long and three broad. Seeds 
about ten, brown, fmooth, each about as large as a kid¬ 
ney-bean. See the annexed Plate, at b. 
This is one of the largeft*fpecies of the genus. It is a 
native of the mountainous parts of the Circars only; 
calling its leaves during the cold leafon, and flowering at 
the beginning of the hot ffeafon. The wood of this tree 
is of a chocolate-colour towards the centre. The natives 
efteem it much, and ufe it for many purpofes, where hard 
durable tough timber is required ; for plough-heads it is 
particularly in requeit, the Telingas l'eldom ufmg iron in 
their ploughs. 
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