562 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. MiiUOSa. 



Thorns stipulary, recurved, strong, short and very sharp, 

 they are not always present. Leaves alternate, bipin- 

 nate, from two to three inches long. Pinna 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, conjoined into 

 a tube near the base. Legumes membranaceous, rust- 

 coloured, about six inches long, and one broad. Seeds 

 from five to seven. 



37. M. catechuoides. R. 



Arboreous. Bark dark brown. Prickles stipulary. 

 Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae from ten to fifteen pair ; leaflets 

 from thirty to forty pair. Spikes axillary, from one to 

 three, cylindric; corollets monadelphous. Legumes linear, 

 thin. 



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 Maun. 

 A pretty large tree, a native of Coromandel and Bengal. 



39. M. Sundra. R. Corom.pl 3. No. 225. 



Arboreous. ^arAr dark brown. PncA;?e* stipulary, re- 

 curved, with decurrent base. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnce 

 fifteen pair ; leaflets from twenty to forty pair. Spikes 

 axillary, from one to two, cylindric; corollets monadel- 

 phous. Legumes lanceolate, thin, two or three-seeded. 



Acacia Chundra. Willd. 4. p. 1079. 

 Teling. Sundra. 



