LEOUMiyOS.E. 541 



X X Flowen in ohlong or globose heads. 



Neptunia, Lourciro. 



Pods flat, 2-valveil, thin coriaceous. Fluwers iu dense heads. Erect lierbs. 

 Leaves bipinnate. 



N. (Desmanthus) nataxs, WillJ. In staj^nunt waters in Pegu and Tenasserim. 

 N. oleracea, Lour. 

 Mimosa natans, RoxTi. 

 N. plfiiii, Ldl. non Blli. 



*■•" Andiers not ghnd-iippid. 

 X Pods more or less jointed, the joints receding J'rom the persistent sutures. 



Mimosa, Linnaus. 



Flowers in dense spikes or heads. Shrubs or herbs, with bipinnate h;aves. 



* il. PUDicA, L. A weed, introduced and now common from Ava to Pegu. 



Tlie sensitive phmt. 



+ + Viilves of pod thick and xcoodg, falcate. 



XvLiA, Bentham. 



Pads woody, tardily dehiscing. Flowers in globose heads. Leares hijnnnate. 



X. (ili.^iosA) xvLocAiii'A, Euxb. All over Burma up to 3000 feet. 



X. dolabriformis, Bth. 



Pyn-ga-do. Pegu Ironwood. 



The ironwood of Pegu is hard, strong and durable. The seasoned wood weighs 

 68 lbs. Kurz says: "recommended for spars" ; but surely no "Tar" in his senses 

 would select such a heavy wood for the pui'ijose ! and I tal;e the above as a specimen 

 of the glib rubbish which gets copied and re-copied ad nauseam by heedless compilers. 

 An excellent wood for all purposes demanding strength and durability, and where 

 weight is no objection. 



Sub-tribe PARKIE-E. 



Cah/.v imlricate in bud. Stamens monadrlphous. 



Paiikia, R. Brown. 



Stamens 1 0, in neuters reduced to long filaments. Flowers in large long-peduncled 

 hcad.s, the lower ones neuttr, the upper ones fertile. Trees with bipinnate leaves. 



* Calyx-loles ohovate-cnneaie. 

 P. iNSiGNis, Ivz. Tropical forests East of Toung-ngoo. 



Myouk-tanyet (Kurz). 

 Leaflets an inch long, pubescent beneath, pennincrved. Eeeeptacle regular. 



**" Calgx-lobes short, rotundate {not euneafe-narrowed). 

 P. LEioPHYLLA, Kz. Tropical forcsts of Pegu Kangc. 



Leaflets A inch long, ijuite glabrous, 1 -nerved, with a lateral basal nerve. Ee- 

 ceptacle iircgular. 



ACJCJJi.K. 

 Stamens indejinite, free or connate. 



Sub-tribe ACACIE.T5 XKliJi:. 



Stamens free. 



Acacia, IVilldenow. 



Pods various, dehiscent or not. Floa-ers in heads or dense spikes. Trees or 

 shrubs, sometimes climbing, with bipinnate leaves or the loaves reduced to phyllodes, 

 armed or unarmed. 



