See also:

• MIMOSA (so named from the movements of the leaves in many species which " mimic " animal sensibility)

MIMOSA (so named from the movements of the leaves in many See also:

• SPECIES

species which " mimic " See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal sensibility)  , a genus of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• LEGUMINOSAE

Leguminosae, which gives its name to the large sub-order Mimoseae (characterized by usually small See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers with valvate corolla), to which belongs also the nearly allied genus See also:

• ACACIA

Acacia . They are distributed throughout almost all tropical and subtropical regions, the acacias preponderating in See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and the true mimosas in See also:

• AMERICA

America . The former are of considerable importance as See also:

• SOURCES

sources of See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum and See also:

• TANNIN, or TANNIC ACID

tannin, but the latter are of much less economic value, though a few, like the See also:

• TALLY

tally (M. ferruginea) of See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia and Central See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, are important trees . Most are herbs or undershrubs, but some See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SPECIES

species are tall woody climbers . They are often prickly The roots of some Brazilian species are poisonous, and that` of M. pudica, has irritating properties . The mimosas, how-ever, owe their See also:

• INTEREST

interest and their extensive cultivation, partly to the beauty of their usually bipinnate foliage, but still more to the remarkable development in some species of the See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep movements manifested to some extent by most of the pinnate Leguminosae, as well as many other (especially seedling) See also:

• PLANTS

plants . In the so-called " sensitive plants " these movements not only take See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of See also:

• LIGHT

light and darkness, but can be easily excited by See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical and other stimuli . When stimulated—say, at the See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of one of the secondary petioles—the leaflets move up-wards on each See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side until they meet, the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement being propagated centripetally . It may then be communicated to the leaflets of the other secondary petioles, which See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close (the petioles, too, See also:

• CON

con-verging), and thence to the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main petiole, which sinks rapidly downwards towards the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, the bending taking place at the pulvinus (p in figure) or swollen See also:

• BASE

base of the leafstalk . When shaken in any way, the leaves close and droop simultaneously, but if the agitation be continued, they reopen as if they had become accustomed to the shocks . The See also:

• COMMON

common sensitive plant of hot-houses is M. pudica, a native of tropical America, but now naturalized in corresponding latittides of See also:

• ASIA

Asia and Africa, but the hardly distinguishable M. sensitiva and others are also cultivated . Species of the closely allied genus Schrankia are known as sensitive-briar in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• UNITED

United States .