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80. ALBIZZIA, Durazz. 



Trees. Leaves 2-])iti:iate. Flowers (in the Indian species) in globose 

 heads, sessile or pedicellate, liermai)lirodite, usually 5-inerous. Calyx 

 caiiipanulate or funnel-shaped, distinctly toothed. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, the petals connate below the middle. Stamens indefinite, 

 monadelphous at the base; iilaments much longer than the corolla; 

 anthers minute, not gland-crested. 0\ary sessile or shortly stalked; 

 style filiform : stigma minute, capitate. Pod large, thin, flat, strap- 

 shaped, straight, indehiscent or snbindehiscent, continuous within, tiie 

 sutures not thickened. — ]3ist]ub. Tropics of the Old World; species 

 25-30. 



Pinnnp. 2-4 (rarelv 6) pairs ; leaflets exceeding \ in. broad. 



Flowers ])cdicellecl ; calyx J in. long 1. A. LiJihck. 



Flowers ses.sile ; calyx loss than g in. long. 



Calyx j'f, in. long, pubescent; teeth obsolete 2. A. ochiraihahna. 



Calyx -fV '"• long, glabrous ; teeth di.stinct 3. A. ■proccra. 



Pinna" (i-20 pairs ; leaflets less than ^ in. broad. 



fcJtipules very large ; lieads of flowers panicled 4. A. stiptilata. 



Stipules minute ; heads of flowers not panicled 5. A. arnara. 



1. Albizzia Lebbek, Benth. in IIool-. Loud. Joiirn. Bot. v. 3 (1844) 

 p. 87. An unarmed deciduous tree 40-70 ft. high ; bark pale; yoinig 

 shoots glabrous. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate ; main rhachis pubescent 

 or glabrous, furiu'shed with a large gland on the petiole above the base 

 and one below the ujipermost pair of pinme ; petioles swollen and hairy 

 at the base ; pinuaj 2-3 (rarely 4) pairs, 4-5 in. long, their rhachises 

 glabrous or pubescent, swollen and hairy at the base. Leaflets 5-9 

 pairs, 1-1 1 by f-| in., with glands between their bases, the lateral 

 leaflets elliptic-oblong, the 2 terminal obovate-oblong, all pale green, 

 unequal -sided, very obtuse, glabrous above, ])idjjscent ajid reticulately 

 \eined beneath, base obliquely rounded or truncate; ])etiolules very 

 short, hairy. Flowers white, fragrant, in globose lunbellate heads 

 |-1;^ in. in diam. (not including the stamens); j)eduncles l|-3 in. long, 

 more or less pubescent, solitary or 2-4 together from the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; pedicels y\y-g in. long, pubescent. Calyx ^ in. long, 

 ])ubescent ; teeth short, deltoid. Corolla § in. long; tube glabrous; 

 lobes jL in. long, triangular, acute, pubescent outside. Stamens much 

 longer than the corolla ; filaments connate at the base into a short tube. 

 Fods 4-12 in. by |-1| in., linear- oblong, bluntly pointed, thin, pale- 

 yellow, reticulately veined above the seeds, smootn, shining. Seeds 

 4-12, ellipsoiJ-oblong, compressed, foveolate on the faces, pale-brown. 

 Fl. 15. 1. V. 2, p. 298 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 88 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 128 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. cd. 2, p. 154; A\^oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1.^98) p. 430; AV^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 156. Acacia speciosa, 

 Willd. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1066 ; Grab. Cat. p. 58. Mimosa sjieciosa, 

 Jacquiu. Ic. t. 198. — Flowers: Mar .-May. A'ehn. Siras ; Cliinchola. 



Throughout the Presidency, wlicre it is often planted as a roadside tree. — Disrinn. 

 Tlirougliout India, but usually planted; Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Africa, 

 but usually planted. 



2. Albizzia odoratissima, Benth. in IJool-. Lond. Joum. Bot. v. 3 

 (1844) p. 88. A tall unarmed tree, often reaching 80 feet high ; young 

 shoots dark-colored, pubescent. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate ; main 

 rhachis downy, 0-12 in. long, with a large sessile gland on the petiole 4 



