Acacia.'] L. lkguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 297 



Eastern Himalayas, Western and Eastern Peninsulas, and Ceylon. — Distrib. 

 Malay isles, China. 



Pnckks abundant, minute, hooked, Branchlets and leaf-rachises finely grey- 

 downy. Petiole with a large gland near the base and one between the uppermost 

 pmnae; pinnae 2-3 in. long; leaflets f-^ in. long, pale green above, glaucous beneath, 

 ^bglabroiis, ^-^^ in. broad, with a very oblique midrib, sensitive, often not crowded, 

 ■Panicles with densely doMTiy branches, the lower springing from the axils of the 

 leaves, the upper subtended by conspicuous oblique membranous subpersistent bracts ; 

 heads yellow, |-4 in. broad. Calyx funnel-shaped, ^ in. long. Corolla little exserted. 

 rod strap-shaped, straight, 3-4 in. by ^ in., 6-10-seeded, with broad sutures, nar- 



-:itr. 



and 



; leaflets and pod 

 Eastern Himalavi 



17. A. Intsia, WilUl in DC. Prodr. ii. 464; pinn» 12-16, leaflets 

 1d-24 ligiilate-oblong rigidly subcoriaceous not crowded, Tbracts minute lanceo- 

 »te, pod dry thin. Wall. Cat. 5248; W. ^ A. Prodr. 278; Dah. 8f^ Gibtt. 

 -Botnb. Fl. 88, Mimosa csesia, Linn. Sp. PL 1507, ex parte. M. Intsia, Linn. ; 

 Moxb. Hort. Bmg. 41 ; Fl. hid. ii. 565. 



Tropical Himalayas, Western Peninsula, Eastern Peninsula, and Ceylon. 



^I^'^^*^^ minute, hooked. Branchlets and leaf-rachises finely downy or glabrous, 

 pe latter with a gland at the base and between the 2-3 upper pinnse. Pinnce 2-3 in. 

 |^"g \ leaflets ^-i in., broad, minutely cuspidate, with the midrib nearer the- upper 



™*rgin, both surfiices glabrous or nearly so, the lower grey-green. Peduncles finely 

 aowny, 1-4-nate ; heads yellow, under \ in. broad. Calyx shorter, and more broadly 

 lunnel-shaped than in the last. Pod straight, strap-shaped, glabrous, dehiscent, 

 smooth, 4-6 in. by |-1^ in., 8-12-seeded, the sutures straight or slightly repand, 

 cuneately narrowed at the base to a short stalk. 

 , Var. cissia. W. ^ A Prnr^r 97fi Rn • Ipaflpts 40-60 crowded not more than 



*-i 



■- ^<ir, nam. in Wall. Cat. 5249. A. alliacea, Ham. in Wall. Vat. 5258. A. intsi- 

 OKies, Be, Prodr, ii. 464. A. pseudo-intsia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 12. Mimosa 



caesia 



. tenuifolia, Roxh. Hort, Benff, 41. 



^imaiayas (ascending to 3000 ft. in the West and 5000 in Sikkim) Behar, Western 

 •Peninsula, Birma.— Distrib. Malav isles. 



than 



■Distrib. Malay isles. 

 *«. oxyphylla. Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5252, sp. ; ] 

 in the last and more acutely pointed. — Eastern 



. .18. A . 



16-30 



j^^l? coriaceous ver\' narrow densely crowded, bracts minute lanceolate, pod 

 ^* ^^^^- <^«<.'6254 ; W. ^- A. Pt-odr. 277. Acacia megaladena, Dcsv. ; 

 I^odr. ii. 4G5. A. prensans. Lmce in Bot. Man. t. 3408. A. paludosa, 



jLf- *'"ur. u. 4UD. A. prensans, Loice tn JUot. ma(j. t. 04uo. a. p«iu 

 ^'?- Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 14. A. pinnata, Dak. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. M 

 E'^^' ■^*''"- ^P- 1507, e.Tcl. sun. ; Bo.vb. Fl. Ind. ii. 565. M. torta, j 



Mmosa 

 Poxb. 



Ind. ii. 566. M. ferruginea, Rottl ; DC Prodr 



Cext 



Eastern 



Peninsula 



Mai. 



£rZ^7^^^^ generally fewer and less hooked than in A. Intsia and concvma. 

 the U *^^°*^ leaf-rachises finely downy, the latter with a large plate-shaped gland at 

 leaflnf^V ^^® petiole and several between the upper pinnae. P%nn<p. 2-3 in. long; 



, ..„. .^v,.^ «.— — , green 



^»' ^{^^ sides glabrous. ^Peduncles l-\-nate, finely downy ; heads ^ in. thick. 

 strnr. \^ ^"•' slightly exceeding the elabrous subcampanulate calyx. Pod straight. 



sutures rather raised, slightly repand. 



