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_ 9. Acacia Catechu, WiJhl. Sp. PL v. 4 (1805) p. 1079. A modi'iale- 

 sized tree 1^0-40 i'1 . liigh ; bark dark-colored, rou^h ; young slioots dark- 

 brown or purple, glabrous. Leaves 2-])inuat-e, 4-G in. long ; main rbacbis 

 pubescent, wilb glands between many of tlie pairs of pinnnc and a large 

 conspicuous gland at or near llie middle of the ])etiole ; stipular spines 

 short, hooked, from a broad triangular base, polished; piniife 10-30 

 ];airs, Ig-S in. long, nearly sessile, their rhacbises pubescent. Leaflets 

 130-50 pairs, f\-j by t^j in., linear, subacute, sessile, often ciliate. 

 Flowers sessile, pale-yellow, in peduncled 1-4-nrite axillary spikes 2-4 in. 

 long. Calyx campaiudate, vV-jV ^"- ^"'''g' liairy outside ; teeth deltoid, 

 ciliate. Corolla 2-3 times as long as the calyx; lobes ovate-oblong, 

 subacute, pubescent. Pods stalked, 2-3 by f,-g in., flat, thin, brown, 

 shining, with a triangular beak at the apex and narrowed at the base 

 into a\stalk i-i in. long. Seeds 3-10. Tl. B. 1. v. 2, p. 2iJ5 ; Talb. 

 Trees. Bomb. ed. 2, p. 153 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (18i)8) 

 ]). 429; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 27. Mimosa Catechu, lloxb. 

 Cor. PI. t. 175.^ — Flowers: Aug.-Sept. Vern. K/iair; Khair-hdhhuL 



Along tlie coasts of tlie Koukan and of N. Kannra, often on laterite, Talhuf. 

 Dkctan: Woodrmv. S. M. CorN-TRv: Wnndrow. Gimahat: JroorZrow.— Disteib. India 

 (TanjAb, N.VV. Himalayas, Central India, Behar, GAnjam, Birina). 



I have cited the localities given by tlie several authors named, but have seen no 

 sjiecimens from any. I am tlierofore unable to sny if the true A. Caleehu or its variety 

 A. Sandra is intended. All the .specimens I have seen from the Bombay Presidency, 

 some of which were labelled A. Catechu, have proved to be the variety A. Sundfii. 

 Consult Prain, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. v. 66 (1898) pp. 508-510. 



Var. Sundra, Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. 66 (1898) pp. 508-510. 

 Pinnae 15-20 pairs. Calyx, petals and rhacbises all glabrous. Acacia 

 Siuidm (sp.), DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 458 ; Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 295 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 86 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 50 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 125 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2. p. 153 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (J 898) p. 429 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Pi-od. v. 1, p. 60. Mimosa Sandra, 

 Eoxb. Cor. Pi. t. 225. — Flowers : Aug.-Sept. Yeus. Khair ; Ldl-kliair. 



Common thronglioiit tlie Presidency. Koxkan : Laiv !, Balzcll ! Peccan : Dahcll 

 ^- Gihsnn, Woodrow; Ivarlimatti near Bagalkot, Cooke \ Gujarat: Godra, Cooke \; 

 Kajkot (Kathiawar), Macnac/hfen. S. M. Country: Raojil 



Tliis variety is the most common in tiio Bombay Presidency and has often been 

 recorded as A. Catechu proper, wliicii is of somewliat doubtful occurrence. Prain (/. c.) 

 says that A. Catechu proper has never been reported to tlie Calcutta Herbarium from 

 Rijpiitana, tlie Konkan, or the Decean, whereas A. Sandra occurs from Coimbatore 

 iiortiiwards to the Decean and is common in Kanaraand llie Konkan. — Distrib. India 

 (Rajputana, W. Peninsula, Eirnia) ; Ceylon. 



10. Acacia ferruginea, DC. Prodr. v. 2 (1825) p. 458. A moderate- 

 sized tree; bark rough, rusty-brown; young parts glabrous; prickles 

 sometimes suppressed. Leaves 2-pinnate, 2-42 in. long ; 'ii'ii'i rhacbi.s 

 sleuder, glabrous, \\\i\\ a large gland on the petiole and another between 

 the uppermost pair of pinnte; petioles 1-2 in. long, thickened at the 

 base; stipidar spines short, hooked, in pairs ; pinntc 3-6 pairs, 2-3 in. 

 long, distant, shortly stalked, the stalks thickened at the base, and the 

 rhachis slender, glabrous. Leaflets 10-20 pairs, -1—^ by jg-^ in., linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, unequal-sided, glaucous above, paler benea':h, rigidly sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrous ; petiolules very short. Flowers pale-yellow, sessile, 

 in slender axillary spikes 3-4 in. long ; peduncles often numerous, 

 glabrous. Calyx campanulatc, -^^ in. long, glabrous ; teeth distinct, 



