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51 MIMOSA myrtifolia.

Myrtle-leaved Mimosa.

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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.

Leaves simple, elliptico-lanceolate, oblique, entire, cartilaginous in the margin. Heads of flowers in axillary racemi. Pods linear, with a thick edge.

Mimosa myrtifolia. Trans. of Linn. Soc. v. 1. 252.