Acacia. | Leguminose . 99 
As A. concinna but prickles larger; young parts sparingly 
pubescent; leaf-rachis 4-6 in. long, sparsely pubescent; gland 
4 in. from the base of the rachis, beaked at one end; pinnz 
about 6 pairs, nearly 2 in. long; leaflets 10-12 pairs, much 
less unequal-sided, not overlapping, 0-4 x 0-125 in., glabrous, 
subcordate at the base; flower heads 1-3 at a node, arranged 
in large pubescent terminal panicles 0-3-0-8 in. long; “‘ pod 
4-5 in. long, 1 in. broad, obtuse, the sutures slender.”’ 
Hot, drier parts of the Island (Thwaites); Atakalan Korale; 
Trincomalee. Fl. Sept. 
Also in India. 
The description of the pod is from Gamble. 
12. A. COLUMNARIS Craib, in Kew Bull. 1915, p. 410. A. concinna 
Thw. Enum. p. 99 (1859) non DC. A. cesia Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II, p. 127 
(1894) pp. non Willd. C.P. 1579. Hinguru-vel, S. 
As A. concinna but stems thicker, less branched, greyish- 
green; leaf-rachis 3-4 in. long, with a tall columnar gland 
about 0-3 in. from the base, ferrugineous tomentellous; 
pinnz about 8 pairs, 2-21 in. long; leaflets a very dark, 
metallic green above, 10-17 pairs, somewhat unequal-sided, 
not overlapping, 0-4x0-1 in., slightly ferrugineous pubes- 
cent beneath, subcordate at the base; flower heads globular, 
0-3 in. diam., in bud densely ferrugineous pubescent, 2-4 at 
a node, arranged in a large, densely pubescent, terminal 
panicle; calyx teeth deltoid, acute, half as long as the tube; 
corolla exserted; ovary pubescent; style glabrous; pod 43-6 
in. long, 1-14 in. broad, thin, glabrous; seeds distant, black. 
Low country up to 2000 ft. common. Fls. white or very pale 
cream. 
Also in S. India. 
This seems to be our common plant; I am doubtful if it is really 
distinct from A. ce@sia. The description of the pod is taken from 
Gamble. 
The sap is supposed to have medicinal virtue. 
63. ALBIZZIA Durazz. 
Add to key: 
Lfits. with midrib close to upper edge: 
Fls. pink, in heads arranged in panicles : . 3. A. CHINENSIS. 
Fils. white, in spicte panicles ‘ : ; ; A. falcata. 
Page 128.— 
1. A. Lebbek Benth. 
Kurunegala, where it is called Suriya-mara, S. which Trimen 
gives for A. odoratissima, which is called Huri-mara, S. at Kurune- 
gala. 
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