294 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) : [Acacta^ 



Plains of the North West provinces. 



General habit of A. ebumea, from which it mainly differs in the pod. Spinet. 

 slender, reaching 1^-2 in. long, Pinnm \-\ in. long; leaflets grey-green, sub- 

 glabrous, rigidly coriaceous. Heads yellow, ^ in. diam. Corolla ^^ in., twice the 

 length of the calyx. Pod straight, flexible, grey, 2-3 in. l)y |-f in., 5-6-seeded, 

 with a stalk ^\ in. long. 



6. A.tomentosa, Wilkl-, Da Prodr. ii. 462; pinnpe 12-24, leaflets 

 40-60, heads axillaris pod thin flat ligulate-falcate dry dehiscent with straight 

 sutiu-es thinly grev-downv. Wall Cat. 5247 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 276. Bedd.. 

 Fl. Sylv. 95; Dah. *§• Gibs. Bomb. FL 86. A. chrj'socoma, Miq.Flor. Lid.. 

 Bat. i. 6. Mimosa tomentosa, Boxb. Ilort. Beng. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 558. M. 

 Kleinii, Poir. Diet, SuppL i. 82. 



Western Penixsula and Ce 



A small tree, with the branchlets and leaf-rachises densely clothed vith fine grey 

 pubescence, the latter with several glands. Pinnce 1-2 in. long ; leaflets ^-^ }^-f 

 grey-green, more or less downy, membranous or subcoriaceous. Developed spnies 

 1-2 in. long, spreading, brown, not white. Heads purple, i in. diam. ; peduncles- 

 stout, densely downy, with a medial involucre. Calyx ^ in., funnel-shaped, grey- 

 downy. Corolla subcylindrical, twice the length of the calyx. Pod 4-6 in. by j 1I1.^ 

 short-stalked, 6-10-seeded, 



7. A. leucopMaea, Willd.] DC. Prodr. ii. 462; pinnae 1 2-24, leaflets 

 30-60, heads in ample terminal panicles, pod narrow ligulate falcate thin flat 

 tomentose with straight sutures. JFall. Cat. 6261 ; W. 4* A. Prodr. Til ; i?«{-' 

 ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 48. A. alba, WUld.-, DC. loc.ctt. 

 A. arcuata, Decaisne Herb. Timor. Deser. 1^3. Mimosa leucophlsea, Boxo. 

 Cor. PL t. 150 ; FL Ind. ii. 558. Mimosa alba, RottL in Nov. Act. Ber. 1803^ 

 208. 



North "West provinces to Ceylon and Birma. — Distrib. Malay isles, Timor. 



Easily recognisable from all the foregoing by its panicled inflorescence. Spiner 

 ^1 in., white. ie«/'-rachises downy, with several glands ; pinnse 1-1^ in. long » 

 leaflets crowded, rigidly coriaceous, ^-^ in. Panicle reaching a foot long and broao, 

 with long compound densely tomentose ascending branches, the lower only fro^ 

 leafy nodes ; heads yellow, not more than ^ in. diam. ; peduncles with the bract 

 medial, the upper very short. Corolla under ^\ in. Pod 4-8 in. by ^-^ ^^'' sessile^ 

 subindehiscent, clothed with pale broMTi or grey persistent tomentum. 



Var. microccphala, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5263, sp. ; leaf-rachis glabrous, leaflets- 

 much larger ^-| in. long. A. densa, Wall. Cat. 5262. — Birma, Wallich. 



Series II. Guxnxniferee spicatce. Erect trees. Spines short and 

 hooked, except iu A. Latronum. Stijndes spineseent. Floicers in peduncl 

 spikes in the axils of the leaves. 



8. A. Suxna, Kurz in Brand. For. FL 187 ; spines in pairs short hooked, 

 Dinnoe 20-40. leaflets 60-100 small lifrulatp. rac^hisps denselv downy, coroua 



Linn. Trans, xxx. 519. 

 Hook. Loyid. Journ. W 



Senth 



t. 49. A. Sundra, WalL Cat. 5227. Miiiiosa Suma, Boxb. Hort. ^^^S'T'^ 

 FL Ind. ii. 563. Mimosa frondosa and tamariscina. Heme MSS. M. al"^ ^ 

 Boxb. MSS. 



lo 



Peninsula. Ceylon, 



downy branchlets. Xe«/-racms 



