xi.viii. i,i;(;iMi.N(i.s.«. 'I I.") 



2. Acacia Farnesiana, Wi/ld. S/). PL v. 4 (Isi).",) p. l(iS;i. A 

 filirub Of low tree ; brandies sleiuh^r, zigzag, marked with grey or pale- 

 brown dots ; spines stipular only. Leav(!S 2-pinnate, 1-2 in. long ; 

 main rliaehis more or less pubescent ; petioles usually furnished with a 

 miiuite gland about the middle; stipules spinescent, \-^ in. long, hard 

 and sharp, divarieatc^ ; pinnae -J-S |):iirs, |-1 in. long. Leaflets 10-20 

 pairs, ■Yf;-\ l)y v/',7-,'fv "^•' sessile, rigidly coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute, 

 green, subglabrous, base oblique, rounded. Flowers in globose heads, 

 \-^ in. in diaiii., i'ragrant, de(>p yellow ; peduncles ^--1 in. long, crowded 

 on axillary nodes, skiider, terete, pubescent, with a ring of small dellexed 

 ciliafe bracts at or near the apex ; hracteole solitaiy, deltoid, on a long 

 slender stalk, ciliolate. C;ilyx -j'^ in. long, membranous ; teeth short, 

 triangular, acute. Corolla y'^^ in. long ; lobes very short, obtuse. Ovary 

 glabrous. Pods 2-3.4 by | in., subcylindric, turgid, slightly curved, 

 conspicuously striatelv veined, glabrous, brown ; mesocarp pulpv. Seeds 

 biseriale. Fl. B. I. "v. 2, p. 2'J2 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 52 ; A itch. 

 Pb. & Sind PI. p. 54; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 151 ; AVoodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 429; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, 

 p. 48. VachelUa Farnesiana, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 272; Grab. Ca*". 

 p. 58; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 20. — Flowers : Aug.-Mar. Veux. Dev- 

 hdhlud ; Kanlcri. 



Naturalized but not. indigenous in the Bombay Presidency, wliere it is often planted. 

 Dbccan : eastern parts, conunon, Girdir/m ; common in the black soil nalas of the 

 DiifCDin, Da hc^l ^~ Gibson; Kirkee, Wuodrow. Sinu : Stoc/iSl — Distriu. Cosmopolitan 

 in the Trojjics, often planted. 



3. Acacia planifrons, Wi(j7it 4" ^'"'i- P''odr. (1834) p. 276. A 

 small armed tree with an erect stem ; branches spreading so as to form 

 an umbrella-like head ; bark thick, dark grey on the older, purplish on 

 the younger branches. Leaves 2-pinnate, small ; petioles without glands ; 

 stipular spines of two kinds, either very short and curved downwards or 

 14-2 in. long, straight, divaricate, white with a brown point; pinna; 

 3-6 pairs, -|— § in. long, closely placed near the end of the rhachis. 

 Leaflets 5-lU pairs, yV-g in. long, linear, obtuse. Flowers in globular 

 lieads, -]-| in. in diam. ; peduncles in axillary fascicles, filiform, |-1 in. 

 long ; bracteoles erect, below the middle of the peduncle. Calyx rr^ in. 

 long, funnel -shapfd ; teeth very short. Corolla jy^-^ in. long; lobes 

 short, obtuse. Ovary glabrous. Pods about 2 in. long and -j-| in. wide, 

 subcylindric, turgid, acute, circinate, glabrous. Fl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 293 

 (in part) ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xcv ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2» 

 p. 123; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat." v. 11 (1898) p. 429 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 54. — Flowers: Nov. Yern. iSale. 



Tliougli abundant in S. India the tree can scarcely be considered indigenous in the 

 Bombay Pre.-idencv, where it is however often planted. It is known to Anglo-Indi ins 

 as the l')nhrclla Tree, from the uuibrella-like appearance of its head. — Distuib. India 

 (VV. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



4. Acacia eburnea, WiUd. F^p. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1081. A small 

 tre3 ; bark of the yoiuig branches purplish-brown. Leaves |-1 in. 

 long; stipular spines straight, varying from ^-2^ in. long, gradually 

 tapering from a broad base to a very sharp point, ivory-white, polished ; 

 piunoe 2-7 pairs, \-h iu. long, sessile or nearly so. Leaflets 5-8 pairs, 

 ■jL-^ iu. long, linear, subobtnse, glabrous. Flowers bright-yellow, Avith 



