were alU'rwiirils fuiiiul by llioso botaiiisLs to have been raised in tlic Dapudi biitanical 

 garden from seed obtained, probably, from Nip/d. — Distkib. India (VV. i'eninsula^ ; 

 Cej-lon. 



7. Acacia leucophloea, WUI'l. Sj,. PL v. 4 (1805) p. 10S3. A tree 

 Avith yt'llowisli burk; branches dense, spreading, thi; young ones pubescent. 

 Leallcts li-pinnate, subsessile, 1-lJ in. long; main rbachis pubescent, 

 usually with a cup-shaped gland between each pair of pinrue ; spines 

 varjabhi in length, the stipular ones short, straight ; pinnae 5-15 pairs, 

 subsessile, |-U in. long. Leaflets 12-30 pairs, crowded, -l—l in. long, 

 subsessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers in large 

 teru)inal toinentose panicles; heads numerous, globose, ^-g in. in diain. ; 

 pedicels stout, downy, with a toothed ring of bracts above the middle. 

 Calyx ^\,- in. long ; teeth sliort. Corolla twice as long as the calyx ; 

 lobes subacute. Pods 4-8 by I-5 in., sessile, thin, flat, subindehiscent, 

 slightly curved, clothed with pale brown tomentum. tSeeds 10-2(). 

 YL B! I. V. 2, p. 294; Grab. Cat. p. 5i) ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. SU : Trim. 

 Fl. Ceyl. V. 2, p. 125; Talb. Trees, liomb. ed. 2, p. 152; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1808) p. 429 ; Watt, Diet. Eron. Prod. v. ], 

 p. 52. Mimosa hucopldosa, lloxb. Cor. PI. t. 150. — Flowers : Jan.-Feb. 

 Vbiin. Uivar. 



Deccan: widely, Woodrow; Alandi, near Railway SUitinn, KanifJ^arl; Shola]>ur 

 districts between the Kistna and Ehima rivers, Graliam; Kbaude.sh, Brancliil 

 a. M. Country : common, Talhot, BuLell ij- Gihmn. 



In the S. M. Country the b.irk is used in tlie di.-tillalion of spirit and the traes 

 have been farmed on account of Government. See Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. 1. c. 



8. Acacia Suma, Biich.-Ham. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 5227 C. A 

 middle-sized tree ; bark white; youog shoots downy. Leaves 2-pinnate, 

 4-6 in. long ; main rhachis pubescent, with glands between many of the 

 pairs of pinnae and a large conspicuous gland at or near the middle of 

 the petiole ; petioles 1-1^ in. long ; stipular spines short, straight or 

 slightly hooked, from a broad triangular base, polished ; pinnae 10-30 

 pairs, 1^-22 in. long, shortly stalked. Leaflets 30-50 pairs, ^-f by 

 •^ in., closely set on the rhachis, linear, subacute, sessile, pale green, 

 rigidly coriaceous, glabrous or nearly so. Flowers sessile, whitish, in 

 peduncled 1-4-nate spikes 3-4 in. long, the rhachis densely pubescent. 

 Calyx campauulate, downy, -^n in. long ; teeth short, deltoid, ciliate. 

 Corolla yy~>' ^"- ^^"S' divided about I way down ; lobes narrow-oblong, 

 subacute. Pods 3-5 by g-| in., flat, with a triangular beak at the apex, 

 tapering at the base into a stalk ^-.| in. long, reticulat^lv veined, glabrous. 

 Seeds 6-8. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 294; Kurz, ex Brandis, For. Fl. (1874) 

 p. 187 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 152 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 429; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Pron. v. 1, p. 60. Acacia 

 Catechu, Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 272 (exclud. syn.) ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 86 ; 

 Bedd. Flor. 8ylvat. t. 49. — Flowers : May-July. Yekn. Kumtia ; Son- 

 khairi. 



S. M. Country: in moist places and along nalas, but not common, Talhot; near 

 Belganm, Ritchie, 10561 Kanaka: N. Kan a ra, near the Dharwar frontier, Talbot. — 

 DiSTRiii. India (Bengal, Behar, W. Peninsula). 



The extract Catechu may be obtained from the heartwood of the tree and the bark 

 is used as a tan. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. e. 



