.\i.\ JU. i,i;c;l'.\ii\o.s.i-. ^ol 



glabrous, obscurely veined, dehiscent. Seeds (5 12. Tl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 2'J7; (jnih. Cat. p. 59 ; Dah. & Gibs. p. 88; Wight & Arn. Prodr. 

 p. 278; Tiilb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 154 (exclud. syn. A. Msia) ; 

 A\^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (18i)8) p. 429 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 50. — Flowers : Aug. Veun. Chil/uir. 



KoNKAN : liilly tracts, (rraham. Deccan : Panclig.-ini, Coo/cel; Maliablcsliwar, 

 CuoAel, H'dodrdw I ; Fitzgerald Gli;U, below Maiuiblesliwar, //. M. Hirdvood. 

 Gujarat: Aiiklesliwar, Dalcill tf- Gih^on; Lalli, iStuvks, 270 !— Distrib. India 

 (Tropical Himalayas, 1*'. & W. reninsulas); Ceylon. 



15. Acacia csesia, Wiijld 6," Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 278. A 

 scandeiit shrub ai-med with numerous hooked prickles ; branches 

 yellowish-brown. Leaves 2-pinnate, 4-0 in. long; main rhachis 

 pubescent, occasionally armed with hooked prickles on the lower side, 

 with a convex gland on the petiole below the leaflets and glands between 

 the 2-4 uppermost pairs of pinnae ; pinnae 8-15 pairs, 1-2 in. long, 

 their rhachises densely pubescent. Leaflets 15-155 pairs, crowded, 

 sometimes overIap[)ing, ^-^ by -^V^tV ^'i-' ^'"ear, \iiYy unequal-sided, the 

 midrib near the upper edge, mucronate, pubescent on both surfaces, 

 base truucafe. Flowers in terminal panicles; heads globose, | in. 

 in diam. ; peduncles in fascicles of 1-4 ; bracts linear-oblong, falcate, 

 acute. Calyx campauulate, ^ in. long ; teeth ovate, subacute. Corolla 

 g in. long, divided | way down ; lobes lanceolate, acute. Pods strap- 

 shaped, Hat, thin, dry, sub falcate, 5-Q\ by | in., reticulately veined, 

 shortly stalked, glabrous. Seeds 5-10. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 87. A. Intnia 

 var. arsia. Baker, in. Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 2!J7. 



Not quite as common as the former species. Deccan : Ganesh Khincl near Poona, 

 Woodrvw ! Kanara : Yellapur, Tulhut, 467 ! 



This plant is often confounded with Acacia Infsia, Willd., but to anyone who lins 

 seen both ))lants growing, their separation as distinct; species presents no difiiiiilty. 

 See Prain, in Journ. As. Soc. Beug. v. 66 (1898) p. 510. 



16. Acacia pennata, ^y'dld. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1S05) p. 1090. A 

 scandent shrub, armed with numerous stout slightly hooked or straight 

 jirickles (rarely unarmed) ; young branches pubescent. Leaves 2-piuuate, 

 reaching 6 in. long; main rhachis densely pubescent, grooved, often 

 prickly, with a large gland above the middle of the petiole and one 

 between each of the 2-4 upper pairs of piniuc ; pinnfe 8-18 pairs, 

 n-2| in. long, subsessile, usually curved, their rhachises densely 

 pubescent. Leaflets 40-50 pairs, slightly OA'erlapping, i-^ by ^ in., 

 sessile, linear, obtuse, unequal-sided, glabrous, base oblique, rouncled or 

 truncate. Flowers white or pale-yellow, in large terminal panicles ; 

 heads globose, g-g in. in diam. ; peduncles pubescent, 2-4-nate ; bracts 

 linear. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long, divided g of the way down ; lobes 

 linear-lanceolate, acute. Pods stalked, 4-8 by |-1^ in., straight, flat, 

 thin, dry, strap-shaped, rounded or shortly apiculate, brown, glabrous. 

 Seeds 8-14, ovoid-oblong, compressed, dark-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, 

 p. 297 ; Grab. Cat. p. 59 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 87 {pinnaia) ; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl. V. 2, p. 127; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 154 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1S9S) p. 429 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 54.— 

 Flowers : June-Aug. Yehn. Shembi ; Shemhdti. 



KoxKAN : Balzefl'., Latv'., Woodrow, Mumbra near Thana, Kaiiitkarl Deccax: 

 Woodrow. S. M. Cou.vtrv : Belgauiu, Bitchie, 246! Kaxara : Talbot; banks of 

 Gatpraba river, Law ea- Graham. — Dtstrib. India (Central and Eastern Himalayas, 

 Behar, E. L W. Ppninsulas, Birma) ; Ceylou, Malay Isles, Trop. Africa, Natal. 



