4 12 XLViiT. legumi\i)s.t;. 



weak bristles ^ in. long, the faces of the pods gjahrons. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 291 ; Grab. Cat. p. 50; Dalz. & Gibs. Siip])l. p. 25 ; Bentb. in Mart, 

 i-'l. Bras. V. 15, part 2, p. 316 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 150 ; 

 Woodr. in Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. -128; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 5, p. 248. — Flowers : Sept. -Oct. Vkrn. Ldjdlu. 



The calyx is so minute that it is often overlooked. Linn<TUS (/. c.) 

 describes the corolla as the calyx and says there is no corolla. 



The SeiiAifive I'hiiif, iiiituralized more or k'ss throughout India, prohab'y introducfd 

 fruiu Tropictvl America. 



2. Mimosa rubicaulis, Ltnnlc. Encye. Meih. v. 1 (1783) p. 20. A 

 large straggling shrub ; branches yellowish, grooved, furnished with 

 numerous straw-coloi'ed hooked prickles. Leaves 2-piiinate, 5-7 in. long; 

 main rhaihis slender, grooved, closely set with numerous straw-colored 

 hooked prickles; stipnies \ in. long, subulate ; pinnae 5-11 pairs, 1^-2^ 

 in. long, shortly stalked, the rliachises without prickles. Leaflets 8-15 

 pairs, 4~fV b.V g ^"•' linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, unequal-sided, 

 glabrous above, slightly pubescent beneath, base obliquely rjunded or 

 truncate; petiolides very short. Flowers 4-merous, iu globose heads; 

 peduncles slender, axillary and crowded at the ends of the brancblets, 

 1-1.^ in. long, densely pubescent; bracteole solitary, -y^i^ in. long, linear- 

 spathulate, ciliare at the apex. Calyx minute, ^^^^ in. long ; teeth very 

 short, ciliolate. Corolla g in. long, divided about j of the way down ; 

 lobes 4, ovafe-oblong, acute. Stamens 8. Ovary shortly stalked, 

 glabrous. Pods 8-4 by |-| in., flat, falcate, glabrous, consisting ot" 

 4-10 one-seeded joints which fall away from the persistent sntures 

 which are not (except very rarelv) spiny or bristly on the margins. 

 Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 291 ; Grab. Cat." p. 50 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 85 ; Aitch. 

 Pb. & Sind PI. p. 53 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 150 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 428; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, 

 p. 249. Jlimom octandra, Koxb. Cor. PI. v. 2, p. 55, t. 200. — Flowers : 

 Aug.-Oct. Vern. Ami. 



In the dry districts of the Presidency. Deccan: Foona, JVoodrow ] Sind: SiocAsl 

 — Di^TRiB. Througliout India; Afghanistan. 



3. Mimosa hamata, Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1033. A nuich- 

 branched armed shrub ; brandies dt)wny, furnished with nmnerous 

 straw-colored curved or straight prickles. Leaves 2-pinuate, ^-2 in. 

 long ; main rliac'.iis pnhescent, somi-tinies prickly ; stipules ^ in. long, 

 subulate, hairy; piiinio 3-G pairs, ^^i in. long, shortly stalked, their 

 rhachises downy, sometimes ])rickly. LeaHets G-10 pairs, 777-4 in. long, 

 ovate-oblong, acute, niucronate, glabrous or nearly so above, more or 

 less pubescent beneath, base oblique, rounded; petiolules very short. 

 Flowers 4-merous, in globose heads; peduncles axillary and crowded at 

 the ends of the brancblets, j|-l in. long, slender, downy, often with a 

 few prickles; bracteole solitar}', linear-spathulate, ciliate at the apex. 

 Calyx -5^. in. long, shortly toothed. Corolla pink, ^ in. long, divided 

 nearly ^ way down ; lobes ovate-oblong, acute. Stamens 8. Ovary 

 stalked, pubescent. Pods 2-3 by ^ in., flat, falcate, pubescent on the 

 faces, consisting of 4-8 one-seeded joints which fall away from the 

 persistent sutures which are furnished with hooked or straight prickles. 

 Seeds \ by I in., chestnut-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 291 ; Grab. Oat. 



