98 Leguminose. [ Acacia. 
beneath; flower-heads globular, 4 in. diam., usually solitary 
at the nodes, on peduncles 0-7-0-8 in. long; fis. sessile; calyx 
top-shaped; corolla slightly exserted; ovary pubescent; 
‘pod thick, fleshy, much wrinkled when dry, depressed be- 
tween seeds, and often indented on the sutures, 3-4 in. long, 
0-75 in. broad.’’ 
Ceylon (Walker). Calyx red, and corolla white (Gamble). 
Throughout Tropical Asia. 
The description of the pods is from Gamble, who states that they 
are used as a substitute for soap. 
9. A. pennata Willd. Sp. Pl. IV, p. 1ogo (1805); Thw. Enum. 
p- 991 (1859); Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 127 (1894) pp. Mimosa pennata 
Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 522 (1753) C.P. 3300. Goda-hinguru, S. (?). 
As A. concinna but stem less branched, almost destitute 
of prickles; young parts whitish pubescent; leaf-rachis 3-33 
in.; gland flat-topped or somewhat beaked, 0-3-0-6 in. from 
the base of the petiole; pinne 4-6 pairs; leaflets about 
40 pairs, very unequal-sided, crowded and overlapping, 
0-276 x 0-06 in., glabrous or thinly pubescent beneath, almost 
square at the base; flower heads 0-3 in. diam., on peduncles 
about 0-9 in. long, I-4 at a node, arranged in pubescent, 
axillary or terminal panicles; fls. subsessile; pod 6-8 in. long, 
0°85-1°25 in. broad, the suture thick. (Descr. of pod from 
Gamble.) 
Very rare?; Haragama. Fls. June; yellow, purple in bud. 
Tropics of the Old World. 
10. A. tomentella Zipp. ex Spanoghe in Linnza XV, p. 199 
(1841); Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, p. 13 (1855). A. canescens Grah. in Wall. 
Cat. no. 5256 (1840); Gamble Fl. Madr. p. 429 (1919) non Mart. & 
Gal. A. pennata var. canescens Bak. in FI. Brit. Ind. II, p. 298 
(1879). A. pennata Trim. FI. Ceyl. II, p. 127 (1894) pp. non Willd. 
As A. concinna but stems less branched, with few or many 
small prickles; young parts whitish pubescent; leaf-rachis 
2-6 in. long, with a rather large hemispherical or flat-topped 
gland, 0-15-0-2 in. from the base, puberulous; pinnz I1-17 
pairs, 1-14 in. long; leaflets about 50 pairs, 0-I x 0-03 in., 
very unequal-sided and overlapping, almost square at the 
base, more or less pubescent beneath; flower heads 0-2 in. 
diam.; peduncles about o-8 in. long; fils. subsessile; pods 
about 43 in. long, 0-9 in. broad; with the sutures slightly 
raised. 
Dry country; common. Fls. Feb., Sept., pale cream. 
Also in India and Burma. 
11. A. czesia Willd. Sp. Pl. IV, p. 1900 (1805); Trim. Fl. Ceyl. IT, 
p. 127 (1894) pp. A. Intsia W. & A. Prodr. p. 278 (1834); Thw. Enum. 
p. 99 (1859) non M. Intsia Linn. Mimosa cesia Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1507 
(1753) pp. C.P. 3607. 
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