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Gen. Char. Hermaphr. Cal. quinquedentatus. Cor. quinquefida. Stam. 5 five plura. Pist. 1. Legumen. Masc. Cal. Cor. Stam. ut in hermaphr.
Hermaphrodite fl. Cal. five-toothed. Cor. five-cleft. Stam. 5 or more. Pist. 1. Fruit a pod.
Male, Cal. Cor. and Stam. like the hermaphr.
Spec. Char. M. foliis simplicibus elliptico-lanceolatis obliquis margine cartilagineis integerrimis, capitulis axillaribus racemosis, leguminibus linearibus margine incrassatis.
Leaves simple, elliptico-lanceolate, oblique, entire, cartilaginous in the margin. Heads of flowers in axillary racemi. Pods linear, with a thick edge.
Syn. Mimosa myrtifolia. Trans. of Linn. Soc. v. 1. 252.
