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[A. lebbeek Bt-ntk. in Ul-. Lnml. Jt>n,-n. Bot. i/'L 87 (1844") ; 

 in 2-4 pairs; leaflets obliquely oblong, 1*5-4 or 5 cm. 1., 

 '5-1' cm. br., in 4-9 pairs; llowrrs shortly stalked in heads with 

 long peduncles clustered 'J--I together; pod oblong, straight, 

 swollen at the seeds, glabrous, ultimately opening. -Bcufl. in Fl. 

 Br*. .>(}. jit. 2, 428 A: /// Trait*. Linn. Soc. ./././. 562 ; Waff E< 

 Prod. *M56; Urb. Synth. Ani. iv. 204: Will,!. Sj>. PL iv. 106G 

 (1806) ; Ttiw FL Ant. it:, i. 29 ; Macf. Jam. i. 31S ; Griseb. FL 

 Br. W. Ltd. 223. .Mimosa Lebbeek L. Sp. PL 516 (175:;). M. 

 sp.'cinsaJrt^. L. PL Ear. i. 19, /. 198. Type in Herb. Mu^. 

 Brit., also specimen from Jacquin. 



Naturalized; Disfinl Wilson; Prior ; Harris \ Tropical and temperate 

 Asia and Africa; introduced in the West Indies and South America. 



Tree to 30ft. high. Pinna*. *5-2 dm. 1. ; leaflets large, unequal-sided, very 

 obtuse, very oblique at the base, subsessile. Gland on the common petiole. 

 Peduncles generally 2-4 together. Flowers shortly stalked. Calyx puberu- 

 lous, 3-5 mm. 1. Corolla white, 7-10 mm. 1. Stamens greenish-yellow, 

 ''> times as long as the corolla. Pod 1*5-3 dm. L, 2-5-5 cm. br. 



The wood seasons, works, and polishes well, and is fairly durable. 

 Used in India for furniture, sugar-cane crushers, oil-mills, canoes, house 

 posts, building, and fuel (Watt).] 



[A. julibrissin Durazz. in Mag. Tosc. Hi. pt. 4, 11 (1772) ex 

 F. Muell. in Journ. Bot. 1872, 7 ; pinnae in 7-11 pairs; leaflets 

 oblong, straight on the upper margin, curved on the lower, 

 mucronate, midrib close to margin, 9-1 1 mm. 1., 2 5-3 5 mm. br., 

 in 20-40 pairs ; flowers sessile in heads with long peduncles 

 clustered 2-4 together in the axils or subracemose at the ends of 

 branches ; pod oblong, straight, swollen at the seeds, sometimes 

 slightly and irregularly constricted between the seeds, glabrous. 

 -Oliv. FL Trop. Afr.'ii. 356 ; Bak. in Hook. f. FL Brit. LuL /i. 

 >00 ; Bentlt. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 568. Mimosa julibrissin 

 Scop. Delic. Insub. /. 18, /. 8 (1786). Acacia mollis Wall. PL As. 

 Bar. ii. 76, /. 177 (1831) (pubescent var.). A. julibrissin JI7//< |T . 

 % PL iv. 1065 (1806) ; Griseb. 1<><: rlf. : 'Wils. hi Rrport* Geoly. 

 -Lin/. 277. 



Naturalized; Wilson I Subtropical and temperate Asia, north- 

 tropical Africa ; introduced into the Mediterranean region and many 

 parts of America. 



Tree. Pinna 4-7 cm. 1. Gland on the common petiole. Cal^.r more 

 or less puberulous, 2-3 mm. 1. Corolla 6-S mm. 1. Stamen* n.>.M-red, 

 about 4 times as long as the corolla. Pod 10-15 cm. L, 1-7--2-5 cm. l>r. 



The wood i^ used in India to make furnitmv (Watt).] 



A. Berteriana comb, nor.; pinme in 9-15 pairs, leaflets 

 linear, 4-8 mm. 1., in .'>0-40 pairs; flowers sessile in small head> : 

 heads shortly stalked, racemose-paniculate ; ] 1 si ra ight, minutely 

 puberulous, not opening, with blunt margin. -Pithecolobium 

 Berterianum. Bcntli. hi Hook. Loud. Jonm. Bt. Hi. 220 (1844) : 

 \\'1p. l!r r . . C,i>0 ; Urb. Symb. Ani. h. 201. P. fra-rans Bet,tl>. 



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