THE 
SENSITIVE PLANT. 
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.Botanical Name, Mimosa sensitiva. —Class, Polygamia. 
—Order, Monandria. — FLoioers, pale purple: leaves 
contract when touched .—Native place, South America. 
Sentiment. 
SENSITIVENESS. 
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ORIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
It is said that the Sensitive Plant not only 
shrinks from human touch, but if a passing- 
cloud overshadows it, a visible emotion is 
perceived ; there cannot, therefore, be a more 
appropriate name for the flower, nor can 
there be a more (it emblem of sensitiveness 
selected. 
