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M I M O S A STRICT A.
Harjh-leaved upright Mimofa.
C L A S S xxm. ORDER L
POLYGAMIA MONOECIJ. Various difpofitions. Upon one Plant.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
P E K I A N T H I U M monophyllum, quinquedentatum^
minimum.
C O R O L L A . Petalum unicum, infundlbuliforme,
femiquinquefidum, parvum.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta capillaria, longiffima.
Anthera; incumbentes.
PiSTiLLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis,
ilaminibus brevior. Stigma truncatum.
P E R I C A E P I O M . Legumen longum, diflepimentis
tranfveriis, pluribus.
SEMINA plurima; figura varia.
EMPALEMENT. One leaf, five-toothed, and very
fmall.
BLOSSOM. One petal, funnel-fiiaped, cut half
way down into five divifions, and fmall.
CHIVES. Threads like fine hairs, and very long.
Tips laying on the threads.
PoiNTAL. Seed-bud oblong. Shaft threadfliaped,
lliorter than tlie chives. Summit
appearing cut off.
SEED-VESSSL. A long pod, the partitions run
acrofs the pod, and are numerous.
SEEDS many; of different lliapes.
Mimofa foliis fimplicibus, utrinque venofis,
linearibus, obtufis; ramis ftriiStiffimis; capituli
geminati, oppofiti, ex alls foliorum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Mimofa with fimple leaves, veiny on both fides,
linear, and blunt ended; branches growing
clofe and upright; flower heads grow by
pairs, oppofite, and at tlie infertion of the
leaf into the ftem.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Floret, (natural fize).
2. The Empalement, (magnified).
3. The Bloifom, (magnified).
4 . One Thread and its Tip, (magnified).
5. The Pointal, (magnified).
T H I S fpecies of New Holland Mimofa, has as yet, efcaped even the indefatigable, and accurate Dr.
Smith; it is from Port Jackfon, whence the feeds were tranfmitted by Colonel Paterfon in the year
1793. Being eafily raifed, it is found in mofi; colleaions; the feeds preferving their vegetative quality
many years, and fij-iking readily by cuttings. It has the peculiar charader attached to the Mimofas
of that country, viz. winged feed-leaves, which are loft after the firft year's growth. This fpecies has
no fmell, and grows to the height of three or four feet before it flowers; perfeftly ftraight and compaft,
from which circumftance we have taken its trivial name.
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