Saraca. ] 145 



Wood light, reddish-brown, soft. Pores moderate-sized in radial 

 and frequently oblique lines. Medullary * rays indistinct, crossed by 

 numerous, fine, wavy, concentric lines. 



Eastern Bengal, South India, Arracan and Tenasserim. 



Weight, 50 Ibs. per cubic foot. Often cultivated for its handsome flowers. 



No. 23. Ceylon Collection 68 



The Carob tree, Ceralonia siliqua, has a hard wood, with a pink heartwood. 

 Pores moderately small, often in groups or radial lines. Medullary rays narrow, 

 unequal, irregularly distributed (No. 3266. Saharanpur). 



Sub-Order III. MIMOSEJ3. 

 Contains 13 Genera divided into 5 Tribes, viz., 



Tribe I. Parkieae .... Parkia. 

 II. Adenantherese . . . Entada, Piptadenia, Adenanthera, 



Prosopis and Dichrostachys. 



III. Eumimosece . . . Mimosa, Leuccena and Xylia. 

 IV. Acacieae .... Acacia. 



V. Ingese .... Calliandra, Albizzia and Pitheco- 



lobium. 



Parkia contains 3 species from Eastern Bengal and Burma : P. Roxburqhii, 

 G.Don; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 289 (Mimosa biglobosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 551). Vern. 

 Sapota, Sylhet, is a tree of Assam, Eastern Bengal, Chittagong and Burma, with a grey 

 wood with fine medullary rays and large pores joined by concentric bands of white 

 tissue (03264, Saharanpur). P. insignis, Kurz ; and P. leiophylla, Kurz i. 418, are 

 large trees, the first of Martaban, the second of Pegu. Entada scandens, Bth. ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 287 ; Brandis 167 ; Kurz i. 416 ; Gamble 32 (JS. Purscetha, DC., Mimosa 

 scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 554) Vern. Gilla, Beng. ; Geredi, Uriya ; Pangra, 

 Nep. ; Taktokhyem, Lepcha ; Gardal, Bombay ; Kongnyin-mvay, Burm., is a large 

 climber of the forests of Eastern Bengal, South India, Burma and the Andaman Islands, 

 with spirally twisted stems, soft, fibrous, spongy wood (E 477, Darjeeling Terai), 

 and broad, flat pods, often 2 to 4 feet long, and 4 t'o 5 inches broad, containing 

 large, flat, ovate seeds, which are eaten after roasting and steeping in water. Children 

 play with them, and they may be made into snuff-boxes and other articles. The kernels 

 are used also by the Nepalese for washing their hair, and in Bengal by washermen for 

 crimping linen. 



Leuccena glauca, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 290 ; Brandis 172, is a small tree found 

 in the outer valleys of Kumaun and Garhwal. Calliandra G-riffithii, Bth., and C. 

 umbrosa, Bth.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 302, are small trees of the Khasia Hills, Eastern 

 Bengal and Chittagong. Pithecolobium contains about 9 Indian species. P. dulce, 

 Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 302 ; Beddome t. 188 ; Brandis 173. ( Inga dulcis, Willd. ; 

 Kurz i. 431 ; Mimosa dulcis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 556). Vern. Dakhani babul, Hind. ; 

 Karkapilly, Tain. ; Sime hunase, Kan. ; Kwaytanyeng, Burm., is a tree introduced 

 from Mexico, and commonly cultivated in India and Burma. It has a reddish brown 

 heartwood, weighing 40 Ibs. per cubic foot (Skinner, No. 82; P=517); it coppices 

 well, and is grown as a hedge plant and for fuel. P. bigeminum, Martins ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 303; Beddome xcvi. ; Brandis 173; Gamble 34. Vern. Kac.hlora, Hind., is a 

 large tree of the forests of the outer Himalaya from the Ganges eastwards, and of South 

 India, giving a dark-coloured heartwood. P. anamallayanum, Beddome t. 189, is a 

 large handsome tree of the higher ranges of the Anamalai Hills, above 5,000 feet. P. 

 angulatum, Bth.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 306; Kurz i. 430; Gamble 34, (Mimosa hetero- 

 phylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 545-) Vern. Takpyit, Lepcha; Kawahuruni, Sjlhet, is a 

 largo tree of the forests of Northern and Eastern Bengal and Burma ; while P. Saman 

 has bt'en introduced and is likely tube largely cultivated in India on account of its 

 extremely rapid growth. Inga cynometroides, Beddome; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 306. (Cal- 

 Jiandra cynometroides, Beddome t. 317), is a tree of the Tinnevelly and Travancore 

 Hills, 



