This fine fringed Protea in the foliage is very nearly allied to the P. speciosa, but the flower is more spread open than any of that section we have as yet seen. It is naturally so averse to grow upright, that it is with difficulty prevented from bending downwards, which the branches always do till they are tied up. In this particular it very much resembles the P. repens, and, if left at liberty, would no doubt, like that species, creep or spread itself about on the earth. Our figure was made from a plant lately in the conservatory of G. H. Hibbert, esq., but recently consigned to J. Knight, his botanic gardener, who has commenced nurseryman in the King’s Road, Chelsea, with the whole of that well known valuable collection. [Illustration] PLATE DXLIV. MIMOSA PUDICA. _Bashful Mimosa._ CLASS XXIII. ORDER I. _POLYGAMIA MONŒCIA._ Various Dispositions upon one Plant. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. HERMAPH. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-fida. Stamina 5, sive plura. Pistillum 1. Legumen. MASCUL. Calyx 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-fida. Stamina 4, 5, 10, sive plura. HERMAPH. Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom five-cleft. Chives 5, or more. Pointal 1. A pod. MALE. Empalement 5-toothed. Blossom 5-cleft. Chives 4, 5, 10, or more. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. MIMOSA foliis sensitivis palmato-pinnatis, pinnulis, multijugis. Caulis pilosus, aculeis paucis instructus. Petioli et pedunculi pilosi. Fructus echinatus. Habitat in Brasiliâ. MIMOSA with sensitive leaves palmately winged, the pinnulæ many-paired. Stem hairy, and furnished with a few prickles. Petioles and peduncles hairy. Fruit prickly. Native of the Brazils. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A flower. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. 4. The ripe capsule, with a seed detached.