4o-lr XLVIII. LEGUMINOS.i:. 



petiole about 1 in. above its base and with smaller glands between each of 

 the uppermost '2-d pairs ofc' pinnoe ; stipules very large, soon deciduous, 

 sometimes exceeding 1 in. long, uuequally cordate, acumiuato with a 

 filiform tail, membranous, pubescent, orange-brown, the base much dilated 

 on one side ; pinna) 7-20 pairs, shortly stalked, their rliachises tawny- 

 pubescent, 2-5 in. long. I^eaflets membranous, 30-45 pairs, l-g by y^^- 

 j-^ in. long, liiiear-obloug, falcate, pointed, pale-green and glabrous above, 

 glaucous and pubescent beneath, the midrib close to the upper margin, 

 base obliquely rounded at the lower side. Flowers in small panicled 

 heads ; peduncles |-1 .f in. long, pubescent, solitary or in fascicles 

 of 2-4; bracts ovate, acuminate, membranous, i- 1 in. long, deciduous; 

 pedicels -Jg in. long. Cal^'x j^y in. long, funnel-shaped, pubescent ; 

 teeth short, acute. Corolla yellowish-white, densely pubescent outside, 

 I— I in. long ; lobes half as long as the tube, lanceolate, acute. Stamens 

 4 times as long as the corolla, connate into a tube longer than the corolla- 

 tube. Pods very shortly stalked, 5-7 by |-lg in., thin, pale-brown, 

 glabrous, faintly reticulately veined. Seeds 8-12, ovate, 5 by -^ in., 

 much compressed, dark-brown, smooth. The large stipules are 

 sufficiently characteristic to determine this species when growing. 

 These, howevt^r, soon fall off and are often wanting in Herbarium 

 specimens. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 300; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 88; Bedd. Elor. 

 Svlvat. t. 55 ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 2, p. 129 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p'. 155 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bouib. Kat. v. 11 (1898) p. 430; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 160. Acacia stijmlatci, DC. Prodr. v. 2, p. 469; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 58. — Flowei's : Apr.-June. Veen. Udal; Phaldra. 



Konkan: Law\, Stocks; Matberan, CooJce\, H. M. Birdwood, Dalselll Deccan : 

 Khandala, Graham; Fitzgerald Ghat below Mabableshwar, Cooke] S. M. Country : 

 Ramgbat, Bifvhie, 248 ! Kanara : evergreen forests of N. Kauara Ghats, Talbot ; 

 Sirsi (N. Kanara), Talbot ! — Distuib. Throughout India ; S.E. Asia. 



5. Albizzia amaraj Boivin, in Eacijc, du xLv' Siecle, v. 2, p. 34 ; 

 Benth. ill Hoolc. Load. Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1844) p. 90. A small much- 

 branched unarmed tree ; young shoots clothed with yellowish-grey 

 pubescence. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate ; main rhachis 2-4 in. long, 

 densely pubescent, with a small gland about the middle of the petiole 

 and another between the uppermost pair of pinnce ; stipules minute ; 

 pinnae 6-15 pairs, 1-2 in. long, their I'hachises pubescent. Leaflets 

 10-30 pairs, sessile, close, ^f-g by yV~tV ^^•■> linear-oblong, obtuse or 

 subacute, the midrib nearly in the centre, green and glabrous above, 

 glaucous and more or less pubescent beneath. Flowers subsessile, 

 frao-rant, in 12-20-flowered heads ; peduncles solitary or in fascicles 

 of 2-4 in the axils of the upper leaves, not forming a panicle, pubescent. 

 Calyx V-— tV '"• ^*^"S' funnel-shaped, pubescent, scarcely pedicelled ; 

 teeth short. Corolla yellow, nearly 3 times as long as the calyx, 

 pubescent outside ; lobes linear-lanceolate. Stamens g-f in. long ; 

 filaments pinkish. Pods 4-7 by ^-11 in., stalked, thin, flat, abruptly 

 pointed, slightly transversely veined. Seeds 6-8. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 301 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 88; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 61; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, 

 p. 130 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 155 ; "Woodr. in .Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 430 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, ]). 155. Acacia amara, 

 AVilld. Sp. PI. v. 4 (1805) p. 1074; Grab. Cat. p. 58.— Flowers : Apr.- 

 June. Verx. Tvr/li; Lalai. 



