644 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Mimosa. 
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3. M. lucida. R. 
Leaves bipinnate, and conjugate-pinnate ; pinne one or 
two pair; leaflets from one to three pair, oblong, lucid. 
Spikes terminal, sub-panicled, round ; corollets from ten 
to twelve, monadelphous. 
A large and beautiful tree, a native of the mountains 
north east of Bengal. Flowering time the hot season. 
4. M. monadelpha. R. 
Leaves bipinnate; pinne and leaflets about two pair of 
each, the latter obliquely oblong and smooth. Panicles 
terminal.. Tube of the numerous united filaments very 
long. Legume pedicelled, one or two-seeded. Nut black 
uncertain. 
5. M. Sirissa. R. ; 
Arboreous. Leaves bipinnate, pinne from two to three 
pair. Spikes axillary, round; corollets monadelphous. 
Segments leafy, dry, joni: iifiear and broad, not ee 
spontaneously. 
Sirisha, or Shirish in Sanscrit and Bengalee. 
Teling. Durshuna. 
This tree is very common in every part of India; all 
soils and situations seem to please it equally. It 
grows to be a pretty large tree, but with a short thick — 
trunk covered with ash-coloured bark. It has a very 
extensive but thin head. Flowering time the hot and 
rainy season; the greatest part of its leaves drop dur 
ing the cold season. 
Leaves about the ends of the branchlets bipinnale, 
and about a span long. Pinne from two to four pait, 
sometimes the lower pairs are somewhat alternate. Leaf- 
lets opposite, from four to eight pair, obliquely ner. | 
oblong, slightly emarginate, otherwise entire, $s 
_ about an inch and a half long and three-fourths 
Petioles common, round, tapering, with a large 
