288 L. LEGUMiNOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) [Prosopis, 



filiform, stigma minute terminal. Pod turgid, cylindrical or oblong, with a thick 

 spongy mesocarp, septate between the seeds. — Distkib. Species 18, cosmopolitan 

 In the tropics. 



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1. P. splcigrera, Zmw. ; DC. Pf-odr. ii. 446; pinnse mostly 4, rachis 

 glabrous, flowers sessile, calyx truncate not ciliated, pod slender cylindrical 

 torulose. Poxb. Cor. PL I t. 63 ; Wall. Cat 5299 ; W. <^ A, Prodr. 271 ; 

 Dalz. ^^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 84 ; Bedd, Fl Sylv. t. 56 ; Brand. For. Flor. 169, 

 t. 25 ; Born. FL Orient, ii. 634. P. spicata, Bttrin. Ind. 102, t. 25, fig. 3. 

 Adenanthera aculeata^ Roxb. FL Ind. iii, 371. 



Punjab, Scikde, Western Peninsuxa. — Distrib. Affghanistan, Persia. 



A low tree, with slender grey branches. FricJcles copious few or none, ^-\ 3n-» 

 nearly straight, at first straw-coloured. Pinnm 1-2 in. long; leaflets 16-24, sessile, 

 |-J in., ligulate, with an ascending cusp, grey, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, caducous. 

 Flowers in short-peduncled axillary spikes, 2-3 in. long, and terminal panicles. 

 Corolla ^\ in. long. Pod straight, edible, glabrous, 4-6 in, long, \ in. thick, nar- 

 rowed gradually into a short stalk, the mesocarp farinaceous. Seeds 10-15, ^^^ 

 brown, oblong. 



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2. P. Stepbaniana, Kunth-^ Bmth.in Hook. Joum. iv. 347; pinnae 

 6-10, rachis downy, flowers short-pedicelled, pod thick oblong. Boiss. x/. 

 Orient, ii. 633 ; Brand. For. FL 170. Lagonychium Stephanianum, 3f. Bieb,\ 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 448. Mimosa agrestis, Sieb. ; Spr. Syst. ii. 206. 



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Punjab, near Peshawur, &c,, Falconer^ Stewart, — Distrib. Caucasus, Orient, 

 Afghanistai}. 



A low bushy tree, with downy slender whitish branchlets, armed with copioT» 

 slender stramineous prickles. Leaflets like those of P. spicigera, but smaller and 

 downy. Flowers rather larger. Pod oblique oblong, ^1 in. long, \ in. thick, blacK, 

 rugose, obtuse, contracted abruptly into the stalk; mesocarp pnlpy. Seeos 5UD- 

 biseriate. . 



120. DZCKXlOSTACBirS, DC. 



Shrubs. Leaves bipinnate, with minute coriaceous leaflets. ^ J^^Il 

 minute, spicate, dunorphous, polygamous, only perfect in the upper half oi 

 spike, those of the lower half bearing long filiform staminodia. Calyx- niinu e, 

 campaniilate, 5-toothed. Corolla oWon^, the 5 strap-shaped petals subconna 

 towards the base. Stamens of the perfect flowers slightly exserted, ^|^f^^^ 

 filiform free ; anthers gland-crested. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style fihio i 

 stigma capit^ie. Pod small, strap-shaped, coriaceous, indehiscent, ^^"*'*'^_g 

 lated, continuous within, twisted up when mature. — Distrib. Species « j 

 confined to the tropics of the Old World. 



1. D. cinerea, W. ^' A. Prodr. 271 ; Wight Ic. t. 357 ; Dah. ^ Gibs. Sm^\ 

 Fl. 84; Bedd, FL Sylv. t. 185; Brand. For! FL 171. Mimosa cinerea,-^'''^'^^ 

 Boxb. Cor. PL t. 174; FL Lnd. ii. 561. Desmanthus cinereus, '^^^^^'^' 'u,'. ' 

 Prodr. ii. 445. Acacia cinerea, Spreng.; WalL Cat. 5231. A. Dalea, i>^^' » 

 DC. Pi'odr. ii. 459. 



NoiiTH West Provixcrs, Western Peninsula, Ceylon. — Distrib. Malay 

 N. Australia, and doubtfully distinct from D. nutans, of Tropical Africa. ^ .^^^ 



A much-branched shrub, with copious spreading branchlets, ending in P ^^ 

 Leaves \~\\ in. long and broad ; rachises often downy; pinnse 16-20 ; leaflets l -^^ 

 strap-shaped, sessile, rigidly coriaceous, ^^-|- in. long. Spikes axillary, ^^^ 

 peduncled, 1--2 in. long. Corolla JL in. Staminodes red-purple, | in. long. 

 2-3 in. by ^ in., 6-10-seeded, dry, glabrous. 





