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P L A T E CCCLXXII.
M I M O S A PURPUREA.
Soldier Bush Mimosa.
C L A S S XXIII. ORDER I.
POLYGAMIA MONOECIA. Various Dispositions. Upon one Plant.
HERMAPH. Calyx 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida.
Stam. 5 seu plura. Pist. 1. Legamen.
Mascul. Calyx 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-fida. Stam.
5—10, plura.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
HEEMAPH. Cup 5-toothed. Bios. 5-cleft.
Chives 5 or more. Pointal one. A Pod.
Male. Cup 5-tootlied. Bios. 5-cleft. Chives,
5, 10, or more.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C.
MIMOSA, inermis, foliis conjugatis pinnatis,
foliolis intimis minoribus. Linn. Sp. Pled.
3. p. 1500.
M. foliis tergeminis. Plum. Ic. t. 10./. 2.
MIMOSA, unarmed, with leaves conjugate prinnate,
and the inner leaflets smallei.
M. •witli leaves three times twinned.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A single flower.
2. The cup.
3. The blossom.
4. The seed-bud and pointal.
THE Mimosa purpurea is a native of tlie West Indies, and is there known by the expressive appellation
of Soldier Bush ; from the plants being sometimes almost covered witli their bright red-purple flowers,
in which state it is said they are visible, and even cognizable, on the sides of hills, at the distance of
a mile.
The Soldier Bush in this country must be treated as a tender hot-house shrub, and kept constantly in
the tan-bed, planted in rich earth. Itisaplant of handsome growth and foliage; but its charming
flowers ar£ so very rare, that we do not recollect seeing any of tliem except those which are here represented,
from a plant which flowered in March last, in the collection of Mrs, Wright at Bayswater. It if
propagated by cuttings in the usual way.
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