446 XIAJII. LEGlMI.NOS.£. 



a disagreeable oelor, in globose heads | in. in diani. ; peduncles axillary, 

 pubescent ; bracts about tiie middle of the peduncle. Calyx y'^ in, long, 

 campanulate; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla g in. long; lobes ovate- 

 obloug, acute. Ovary stalked, glabrous. Pods stalked, 3-G by :j-| in., 

 flat, slightlv curved, indented on both sutures, longitudinally veined, 

 glabrous. Seeds 6-10. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 293; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 85; 

 Bedd. For. Man. in Fbr. Sylvat. p. xcv ; Triui. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 124; 

 Talb. Trees, Bouih. eJ. 2, p. ir)2 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. ]Vat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 429; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 48.— Flowers : Nov.- 

 Feb. Verx. Mannat. 



Deccan : Stocks'., Dalcelll; Poona, Woodrow, Oiil S. M. Country: Woodrow; 

 common in stony places, Talbot. Sind: Dal~eU\ — Distriu. TiiruughouL India in dry 

 districts ; Oeylon, Arabia, Afghanistan. 



5. Acacia Jacquemonti, Benth. in JTaoh. Lond. Joum. Bot. v. 1 

 (1842) p. 499. A bushy shrub 4-8 ft. high ; branches stiff, smooth, 

 brown. Leaves 2-pinnate ; stipular spines straight, slender, 1-2 in. 

 long, ivory-white, connate at the base ; pinnse 2-4 pairs, \-h in. long. 

 Leaflets 5-10 paii's, y^-g in. long, linear-oblong, grey-green, rigidly 

 coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers 3'ellow, delightfully fragrant, in globose 

 heads | in. in diam.; peduncles slender, in axillary fascicles of 2 or 

 more ; bracts 2, about the middle of the peduncle. Calyx campanulate, 

 -^-^)-YZ ^^- ^0^0 ; teeth very short, deltoid. Corolla g in. long; lobes 

 ovate-oblong, ac:ite. 0^'ary stalked, glabrous. Pods stalked, 2-3 by 

 ^-| in., flat, straight, reticulately or transversely veined. Seeds 5-(). 

 Fl. B. I. V. 2, p. 293 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, ed." 2, p. 152 ; Woodr. in 

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

 p. 51. — Flowers : Feb. -May. Vern. lidtohdwal. 



Gujarat : Talbot ; Ahmedabad, Woodrow ; Baroda, Brandis I Sind : Tidbot. — 

 DisTKiB. India (Paiijiib, Kajputana). 



6. Acacia tomentosa, WillLSp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1087. A small 

 tree ; bark yellowish, with large lenticels ; young parts tomentose. 

 Leaves 2-pinnate, 1|-3| in. long ; main rhachis densely pubescent or 

 tomentose ; stipular spines straight, rapidly tapering from a broad base, 

 brown; pinnse G-12 pairs, 1-2 in. long, sessile, their rhachises densely 

 pubescent. Leaflets 20-30 pairs, |-^ by vV~tV ^"•' hnear-obloug, obtuse, 

 sessile, pubescent on both sides. Flowers in globose heads, ^g in. in 

 diam. ; peduncles axillary, I-I5 in. long, stout, densely downy; bracts 

 a little above the middle of the peduncle. Calyx -^ in. long, pubescent ; 

 teeth rounded, ciliolate. Corolla ^ in. long, greenish-white, oblong, sub- 

 acute, ciliolate. Ovary very shortly stalked, glabrous. Pods 4-6 by | in., 

 ligulate, compressed, falcate, at first pubescent, afterwards glabrous. 

 Seeds 5-8, ellipsoid, compressed, with an areole on each face. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 2, p. 294 ; Grab. Cat. p. 59 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 86 ; Bedd. For. Man. 

 in Flor. Sylvat. p. xcv; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 124; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 152; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat, v. 11 (1898) p, 429; 

 AVatt, Diet, Econ, Prod, v, 1, p, 61. — Yern. Anjar. 



Deccan: Sholapnr districts, Zaw ex Gr«^<7«. Gujarat: Dang jungles, Woodrow; 

 Panch Mahals, Watt. 



Dalzell 1^- Gibson (Bo. Fl. p. 85) describe the plant as rare and occurring in the 

 Deccan and Kliandesh jungles. In the table of Addenda and Corrigenda, p. 318, this 

 statement has been witiidrawn, as the plants from which their specimens were taken 



