562 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Mimosa. 
Thorns stipulary, recurved, strong, short and very sharp, 
they are not always present. Leaves alternate, bipin- 
nate, from two to three inches long. Pinne@ from three 
to six pair, opposite, one or one and a half inch long. 
Leaflets from eight to twelve pair, linear oblong, smooth, 
small. Petioles common, now and then armed with a 
few small prickles on the under side. Peduncles axillary, 
from one to three, and about the extremities of the branch- 
lets, short, each ending in an erect, cylindrical spike of 
pale yellow corollets. Filaments many, conjoired into 
a tube near the base. Legumes membranaceous, rust- 
coloured, about six inches long, and one broad. ets 
from five to seven. 
- 87. M. catechuoides. R 
Arboreous. Bark dark brown. — Prickles stipulary. 
Leaves bipinnate ; pinne from ten to fifteen pair ; leaflets 
from thirty to forty pair. Spikes axillary, from one 1 | 
three, cylindric; corollets monadelphous. Legumes linear, 
38. M. Catechu. R. Corom. Pl. 2. N. 174, 
A mistake I was not aware of till I found the real M. 
Catechu in Bengal. . 
Teling. Podol Mann. 
A pretty large tree, a native of Coromandel and Bengal. 
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39. M. Sundra. R. Corom. pl. 3. No. 225. : 
-Arboreous. Bark dark brown. Prickles stipulary, 
curved, with decurrent base. Leaves bipinnate ; pine 
fifteen pair; leaflets from twenty to forty pair. Spikes 
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axillary, from one to two, cylindric; corollets monadel- 
phous. Legumes lanceolate, thin, two or thse sete 
Acacia Chundra. Willd. A. p. 1079. era 
_ Teling. aati, 
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