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TAB. XVL 
MIMOSA hifpidula. 
Zattle harfh Munofa. 
APHOGWOO SS ISS9GO923 
Spec. CHAR. M. foliis fimplicibus ellipticis obliquis 
utringue margineque fcabris, ramulis hifpido- 
pubefcentibus, capitulis folitariis. 
Leaves fimple, elliptical, oblique, rough on each fide 
and at the margin. Young branches clothed with 
fhort harfh down. Heads of flowers folitary. 
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A more extraordinary Mimo/a 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 {mooth. It has not appeared 
in the gardens, nor were any fpecimens fent till laft year. 
It feems to form a thick rigid bufh, the dranches 
numerous, alternate, fpreading, round, very rough with 
a fhort, denfe, rigid pubefcence, efpecially when young. 
Leaves alternate, apparently vertical, feffile, elliptical, 
oblique, pointed, entire, extremely harfh with minute, 
