542 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOSS. 



* Trees or erect sJirnb.s, the hranclilets armed onhj ii-ith paired diverging ntipulary 

 or infra-stijndary ^Jrichles. 



X Flowers in f:pi/:es. 

 + Pod-valces chartaceous, transcerseltj reticulate-veined, the sidures nerve-like or 

 almost keeled. 



A. FERKUGiNEA, DC. Burma. 



Glaucous-green, glabrous. Leaflets oblong- linear, blunt, 3-5 lines long. 

 Flowers yellow. 



-j — \- Pud-valves coriaceous, the margins not or hardly prominent. 



A. (Mimosa) catechtj, L. var. a Ava and Pegu. var. fi Ava. 



Shfi. 



Spikes glabrous or pubescent, yellow. Leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent. 

 Bark mucli cracked and rougb, dark brown. 



var. a genuina. Mimosa catechuoides, Eoxb. Young parts all slightly appressed 

 pubescent but soon glabrescent. Full-grown leaves glabrous or the leaflets ciliate, the 

 rachis sliglitly pubescent. Spikes shorter and thicker, like the calyces more or less 

 appressed pubescent. Corolla about twice the length of the calyx. 



var. /3 Sundra, DC. All parts glabrous or the very young shoots slightly 

 pubescent. Full-grown leaves and rachis quite glabrous. S])ikes elongate and slender, 

 quite glabrous. Corolla glabrous, about f longer than the glabrous calyx. 



Ten-a Japonica, Catch, or JTath, is the inspissated extract obtained by boiling 

 chips of the wood. The wood is dark red, very hard, and handsome, but easily 

 dressed and free fi'om knots, and in aspect is equal to maliogany. Weight of selected 

 pieces when seasoned 69 lbs., but runs lighter iu ordinary samples. 



A. (Mimosa) stjma, Eoxb. Ava. 



A. catechu, Bth. and Bedd. 



Spikes tomentose, white. Leaves while young greyish pubescent. Bark rather 

 even and smooth, white. 



X X Flowers in globular heads, yellow. 

 -\- I\ds dry-coriaceous, Jlat, dehiscent. 



A. LEUCOPHLCEA, "Willd. var. n along the Irrawaddy. var. ji Prome 



Ta-noung. "P to 1000 feet. 



Bark whitish. Flowei'-heads an'anged in ample terminal panicles. 



var. a genuina. Flower-heads the size of a pea, the stout peduncles, and also the 

 pods, shortly tomentose. Leaves slightly, the rachis more or less, pubescent. 



var. fi A. microcephala, Grab. Flower-heads half the size, the slender peduncles 

 and the inflorescence puberulous. Pods when ripe, leaves and rachis glabrous. 



-f -\- Pod thick, torose, feshy-coriaceous, indehiscent. 



* A. Fabnesiana, Willd. Cultivated all over Burma. 

 Nan-lon-kyaing (Mason). 



Glabrous or nearly so. Leaves li-3 inches long, leaflets 2-3 lines long. 



** TT'oody climlers, without stipulary spines, hut the hranclilets armed along their 

 whole length icith sharp recurved prickles. Floiver-heads globular. 



X Pods fcshy-coriaceous, often somewhat constricted between the seeds. 



A. (Mimosa) eugata, Lamk. var. /3 all over Burma and the Andamans. 



Leaflets in 10-20 pairs, up to I inch long. Flower-heads small, yellowish. 



var. a genuina. Ovary villous. Softer parts more pubescent. 



var. /i A. concinna, DC. Ovary glabrous. AU softer parts more glabrous. 



