5. Aibizzia.] II. MIMOSACEJE. 



between the one or more uppermost pinnae and sometimes 

 glands on the pinnae between the .lflts. 



A. Fls. pedicelled. Heads (without stamens) over A" 

 diam. 



Lflts. wider on lower side of mid-rib . .1. Lebbek. 



B. Fls. sessile. Heads (without stamens) nnder k" 

 diam. 



Lflts. over \* broad, wider on npper side of rib , 2. procera. 



Lflts. nnder A/' broad.wider on lower side of rib . 3. odoratissima. 



C. Fls. sessile. Heads A/' diam., more or less. Lflts. 

 numerous, small, obliquely lanceolate, with mid- 

 rib along the upper edge 4. striata. 



1. A. Lebbek, Benth. Siris, JOT. ; East Indian Walnut. 



A large or mod. -sized, tree with grey bark. Pinna? 2-4 

 rarely 5 prs. with a gland below the 2-5 upper prs. of lflts. 

 Lflts. 5-13 prs. oblong f" by T 8 / to 2}" by 1* mostly about If 

 by f" and always some over 1" long. Mid-rib not less than ±rd 

 diam. of leaf from, and parallel to, its upper edge. Peduncles 

 stont 1A.-4" long, 1-3 together in the axils of the leaves of 

 the young shoots, sometimes appearing sub-corymbose from 

 the late development of these. Fls. with stamens l£" lone. 

 Corolla exserted to twice t^e length of the calyx*- Pod oblone- 

 attaining 12" by l±-2". * 



* A large forest tree common on the Tundi hills," .Campbell I have 

 found it apparently wild on the Damuda Ghats and the Kurn Ghats but, 

 as it is frequently planted in stations and along roadsides, it may have' 

 been introduced. Dalbhum and Palamau, (cult.) Oatnbl e ! Wild near 

 Silingi (in a ravine) in the Santal Parganahs. 



Fls. April-June with the new shoots. The pods ripen Jany. and 

 remain on the tree till March or April and make it eonspionous when 



leafless. 



Shoots young leaves and inflorescence densely (often yellow-) 

 pubescent. Stipules £" linear deciduous, 2 minute etipelltB above tho 

 thickened petiolule when young. Base of leaflet 4-5 nerved. Fls. in a 

 oapitate raceme, scented. Pedicel -&-£". Caly* i", teeth short erect, 

 pubescent. Corolla. iVH" tnbular-ventricoae, slightly hairy afcove, lobes 

 nearly i". 



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