Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
1 I now learn that this very mimosa ( Acacia farnesiana ) originates in tropical America, and was undoubtedly unknown in ancient Egypt.
2 Acacia Farnesiana : A, leaf during the day; B, the same leaf at night.
3 Although the pinnae of Acacia Farnesiana do not converge much, they sink downwards.
4 Occasionally the longer axes of the several ellipses extend in different directions, of which Acacia Farnesiana offered a good instance.
5 A bush of Acacia Farnesiana appears at night as if covered with little dangling bits of string instead of leaves.
6 Acacia Farnesiana (Tribe 22).-Thedifferent appearance presented by a bush of this plant when asleep and awake is wonderful.
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