40 MIMOSE^ 



Caesalpinia scpiaria Roxh. ; F.B.I. ii 256, XCVI 6. 

 A straggling shrub. Branches more or less covered with 

 grey or brown pubescence and small hooked prickles. 

 Leaves 9 to 12 inches long, of 12 to 20 pinnate, each with 

 16 to 24 leaflets, ^ to I inch long, green on the upper side, 

 glaucous on the under. Corolla I inch across, pale yellow, 

 facing sideways or down, on ascending pedicels of I to 

 ij^ inches. Stamens about % inch, anthers red. Pod 3 

 by I inch, reddish brown, stout and woody, with a very 

 narrow wing along the upper edge. Ill, t. 321. 



Nilgiris, below Coonoor on the ghat road. Pulneys, at 

 Vilpatti about 6,500 feet. Fyson 4299. Bourne. 



CASSIA. 



See Vol. I p. 125. 



Cassia Icschenaultiana DC. Similar in habit to C. 

 mimosoidcs Linn, but with only 16 to 24 pairs of leaflets 

 and the pods hairy, not glabrous, t. 322. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, etc. Pulneys : Shembaganur, etc. 



Cassia didymobotrya Fres. ; a handsome shrub with 

 large brown bracts under the flowers is grown often in 

 gardens in Coonoor (C. E. Brown). Native of Africa. 



MIMOSE/E. 



See Vol. I p. 127. 



ACACIA. 



See Vol. I p. 127. 



Acacia longifolia Willd. ; Benth. Fl. Aiistr alien sis 

 ii, 397. A shrub or small tree. Branchlets angular, 

 glabrous. Phyllodes very nearly straight, about 3 inches 

 by '%. inch ; nerves 2 or more parallel from the base with 

 reticulations between. Flowers in spikes of about I inch, 

 2 or 3 in an axil. Petals 4. Pod 2 to 4 inches narrow, 

 constricted often between the seeds which lie length- 



