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MIMOSA pudica 
Humble Plant. 
pete 2 
POLYGAMIA TETRANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminos#, Tribus VIII. Mimosee Decandolle prodr. 
2.425. 
MIMOSA Adanson.—Flores polygami. Petala 4-5 in corollam infundi- 
buliformem 4-5 fidam connata. Stamina ime corolle aut ovarii stipiti 
inserta, numero loborum «qualia, dupla triplave nempé 4-15. Legumen 
compresso planum 1-00 articulatum, articulis monospermis, costis (replo 
R. Br.) persistentibus. Stipulee petiolares, Folia conjugato-digitata aut 
duplicato-pinnata. Flores roset aut albi in capitula digesti. Folia sepé 
tactu sensibilia. Decand. 1. c. 
Sect. I. Eumimosa Dec. Legumina compresso-moniliformia, nempé costis 
ad articulationes contractis.—Flores rosei. fit’ 
M. pudica; caule herbaceo aculeato plus minis petiolis pedunculisque 
piloso-hispidis, foliis subdigitato-pinnatis, pinnis 4 multijugis, foliolis 
linearibus, Dec. 1. c. p. 426. aR; . 
ZEschynomme spinosa, &c. Comm. hort. 1. t. 29. 
M. spinosa 3 siliquis parvis echinatis Breyn. cent. 40. ¢. 18. 
M. pudica ZL. sp. pl. 1501. Willd. sp. pl. 4.1031. Bot. Rep. t. 544, Ait. 
Kew. ed. 2.5.455. us 
Var. M. tetrandra. Willd. sp. pl. 4.1032. sec. Decandolle. 
Our drawing of this plant was made in the Garden of 
the Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from 
seeds received from Henry Willock, Esq. his Brittannic 
Majesty’s Envoy to the Court of Persia. It is said to be 
a native of Brazil, but has now been introduced into every 
part of the world, not only for its beauty, but for the 
singular sensibility of the foliage. 
In this country it may be treated as a tender annual, 
when it speedily arrives at perfection. To maintain a 
high degree of sensibility, it is necessary to keep it exposed 
to the influence of much heat, light, and humidity. It 
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