Mimosa. polyandria monogynia. 647 



pairs, leaflets from six to ten pairs, oblong, a concave 

 gland on the base of the petiole. Panicle axillary, com- 

 pound. Spikelets globular. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Legumes linear, thin, from six to eight seeded. 



A large, tall, most stately and excellent timber tree, a 

 native of the interior parts of Bengal. In the Botanic 

 garden at Calcutta it blossoms at the close of the rains, 

 and the seed ripens during the dry season. 



Trunk of trees sixteen or seventeen years old, from 

 twenty-five to thirty feet to the branches, and from four 

 to five feet in circumference, four feet about the ground. 

 Bark in the above trees still smooth ; but in old trees it 

 is cracked in various directions, and of a dark ash co- 

 lour. Branches spreading to a great extent ; young shoots 

 flexuose and smooth, the whole height of the just men- 

 tioned young trees is from fifty to seventy feet. 



Leaves bipinnate, from one to three feet long ; pinncB 

 from three to six pairs; four is the most common. Leaflets 

 from six to ten pairs, subsessile, opposite, oblong, emargi- 

 jiate, smooth on both sides, from one to two inches long. 

 Petioles with a ridge on the upper side, and one large, 

 oblong, concave, brown gland near the ba.se of the com- 

 mon one, and ^enerally one between or rather below the 

 last one, two, or three pairs of leaflets. Racemes or pani- 

 cles axillary, generally compound, being composed of 

 several diverging, pedicelled, globular heads of white 

 corollets. Ca/i/a* subcylindric, five-toothed. CoroZ funnel- 

 shaped, five-cleft, twice the length of the calyx. Sta- 

 mens numerous, monadelphous, twice the length of the 

 corol. Germ oblong. Style rather longer than the sta- 

 mens. Stigma minute. Legume linear, pointed, smooth, 

 thin (leafy) six inches long and scarcely one broad. Seeds 

 from six to eight. 



10. M. Kalkora. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnce from four to six 



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