LEGUMIXOSJG 



139 



1'5 mm. 1. Corolla about -2 mm. 1. Stamens about twice as long as the 

 corolla. Pod subteretc, straight or curved, constricted or not, between 

 the seeds. 



Vahl describes, under the name Mimosa Mil'mariim, a specimen collected 

 by von llohr in the Suit l j onds district of Jamaica, which, from the 

 description, is evidently Prosopis juliftora DC. 



"The pods are richly impregnated with ;i ^ticky astringent gum, which 

 may be easily extracted; and would pr^vc an excellent medicine, where 

 rough astringents are requisite" (Brown* i. 



[A. farnesiana Will<l. Sp. PL iv. 1083 (1806) : pinn;.- in 

 ! "> (2-8) pairs; leaflets in 10-20(-2~)) pairs, 4-5 mm. 1. : spine- 

 slender, terete, the smaller 4-8 mm. 1., the larger to 1 ."> cm. 1. : 

 pod glabrous, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, thick, swollen, marked 

 with longitudinal lines, 4-7 cm. 1.. 8-15 

 mm. br. and thick. Grixi'b. FL Br. W. 

 Ind. 222 ; Bentii. in FL Br. xv. pt. 2, 394 

 it in Trans. Linn. Soc. XJL-X. 502 ; Bedd. 

 FL Sylv. i. t. 52 : Bak. in Hook. f. FL Br. 

 fnd. ii. 292 ; Watt Econ. Prod. i. 48 ; Sarg. 

 Silv. >ii. 119, /. 141 ; Url). Symb. Ant. iv. 

 265; Guppij Plants &c. in W. Indies, 166. 

 A. americana &c. Sloane Cat. 152 & Hist. 

 ii. 56 (in part). Mimosa farnesiana L. Sp. 

 PL 521 (1753); Descourt. FL Ant. i. L 1. 

 Vachellia farnesiana Wight <( Am. Pro<L-. 

 272 ; Wight Ic. t. 300. (Fig. 43.) 



Cassie Flower. 



Sloane Herb. vi. 44 ! Catesby\ Writjlit\ J'tiy- 



nell ! Wilson ; March ; Ball \ Lucea, Hitchcock. 



-Tropical and subtropical regions, probably 



indigenous in western America, in Australia, 



and in south tropical Africa. 



Shrub or low tree; twigs and leaf-stalks puberulous or glabrescent. 

 I'innae 2-4 cm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear, blunt; veins slightly prominent. 

 ' '<//// 1-1-5 mm. 1. Corolla 2-3 mm. 1. 



The distilled flowers yield a delicious perfume. A tree gives 2 Ibs. of 



vers, valued at 3d. to 4d. per Ib. ; an acre in south Europe brings in 

 ^30 to 40. The gum is looked upon as good as or bettrr than, gum 

 arable (Watt). See also " Perfumery and Essential Oil Record," March, 

 I'.JK',. The wood is hard, heavy, and close-grained; used in India for 



i cultural implements.] 



r.:.~A ca cia fa rne- ia,"t 

 wnid. 



Flower with calyx and 

 corolla partly re- 

 moved X 7. 



B. Involuccl of bracts persistent about the middle of the 



peduncle. 



[A. nilotica h-lil,- PI. .7-,'j////../. /////*/,-. 7<> (1812); pinn;.- in 

 4-8 (!-') pairs: leaflets in |()-:;o jiaii-s, ! 'i mm. 1. : spine-, the 

 Smaller straight (rarely recurved), tbe lar^i-r 2 5 -5(-7) cm. 1. : pod 

 glabrous or- ^rev-downy, genera lly mueb constricted between the 



ds, l-i' dm. L, 1- 1 ;. cm. br. \, , x I'/. M, die. t. .">.'-. A. altcr.-i 



