LEQUMINOSJE. 5-13 



X X Pods dry, chartaccoiis or thin coriaceouHjflat. 

 ° Ocartj and pods pubescent. 



A. (Mimosa) cjesia, L. S.S. var. ji in Tropical forests of Pegu Range. 



Mimosa torta, lioxb. 



Leaflets in 15-40 pairs, 3-C lines long. Flower-heads small, white, in panicles. 



var. a genuina. Leaflets only about 3 lines long, more rigid, bluntish, witli or 

 without a muero. Branches terete. 



var. ji clegans. Leaflets about J- inch long, bristly acute, less rigid. Branches 

 5-angular, retrorsely prickly along the corners. 



° ° Ovary and pods glabrous. 



A. (Mimosa) ixtsia, L. S.S. Chittagong and Khakyen Hills. 



A. oxyphylla, Grab. 

 Mimosa ccesia, lloxb. 

 Leaflets in 8-20 pairs, i inch long. Peduncles tawny tomentose. 

 A. (Mijiosa) pexxata, L. S.S. var. a all over Burma, var. ft Ava. 



A. prensans, Lowe. 

 Su-yit (Kurz). 



Leaflets in 30—10 pairs, 2-3 lines long. Flower-heads the size of a large pea. 

 Panicles and young branchlets pubenilous or tomentose, not pruinous. 



var. a geiniina. Panicles puberulous. Flower-heads the size of a large pea. 

 Toimg branchlets shortly inibcrulous. Leaflets glabrous. Eachis glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent. Pods lincar-lanecolate, acuminate at both ends. 



var. ft A. canescens, Grab. Panicles and young branchlets tomentose. Leaflets 

 ciliate. Rachis tomentose. Pods linear-obloug, rounded at both ends, smooth. 

 coloured. 



A. PEnxEscENs, Kz. W. C. Southern Pegu. Also the Khakyen Dills. 



As preceding, but branchlets and panicles pruinous. Leaflets up to i inch long. 

 Flower-heads twice the size. This species has flower-heads twice the size of those 

 of the preceding ; and the branchlets, inflorescence, and peduncles are more or less 

 pruinous, with or without an admixture of tomeutum. It is a powerful climber, with 

 somewhat compressed dark-coloured stems up to 3 feet girth. The tough reddish bark 

 and fibre are used for poisoning fish. 



Sub-tribe IXGIE^. 

 Stamens connate. Flowers in heads or dense spikes. 



* Seeds without an arilhis, but on longer or shorter funicles. 

 Albizzia, Diirazzo. 

 Puds straight. Trees with bipinnate leaves. 

 Sub-genus Eu-albizzia. 

 Pods straight, very flat, the sutures slightly thickened. Floicers white. 



* Pinna: numerous (10-18). Leaflets linear, 1-6 lines long, in very numerous pairs. 



X Leaflets bluntish, the nerve central or nearly so. 

 A. MTEiorn-n.LA, Bth. F.T. Tenasserim. 



Mimosa microphylla, Eoxb. 

 Leaflets very narrow, glabrous. Flower-heads small, in terminal panicles. 



X X Leaflets more or less acute, the nerves marginal or nearly so. 

 A. (Mimosa) stipulata, Roxb. F. T. Chittagong, Tenasserim, and the Andamans 

 M. Smithiana, Roxb. up to 4000 feet. Kamorta. 



Bo-me-za or Bon-meh-zu. 



