148 LEGUMINOSJE. [Lichrosiacliys. 



25. DICHROSTACHYS, DC. 



1. D. cinerea, W. and A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 288; Beddome t. 185 ; 

 Brandis 171. Mimosa cinerea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 561. Vern. Furtuli, 

 Hind.; Kunlai, kunrat, kheri, Mhairwarra; Vadatalla, vadatara, Tarn. ; 

 Velturu, yeltuy Tel.; Segum kati, Mar., Gondi; Andara, Cingh. 



A thorny shrub or small tree. Heartwood red, extremely hard. 

 Pores moderate-sized, enclosed in rings of soft texture. Medullary rays 

 short, moderately broad, equidistant, the distance between the rays equal 

 to the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Dry, stony hills in South and Central India, Rajputana. 

 Weight, 75 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for walking-sticks. 



Ib8. 



No. 25. Salem Collection 79 



No. 3. Ceylon Collection (marked Vachellia farnesiana) . .71 



P 3239. Ajmere 



P 3229. Nagpahar, Ajmere 



26. MIMOSA, Linn. 



M.pudica, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 29J. The Sensitive Plant. Vern. Lajwdnti 

 Kumaun ; LajuJc, Beng., is now naturalised over the greater part of tropical and sub- 

 tropical India, where it grows to be a small shrub, and is with difficulty eradicated. 

 M . hamata, Willd. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 291, is a prickly shrub of South India. 



1. M.Tllbicaulis, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 291; Brandis 172; 

 Gamble 32. M. mutabilis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 564. Vern. Ml, khair, 

 didridr, Pb. ; Hajeru, Sind ; Agla, agl, kingli, kacheyta, Hind. ; Aradi, 

 Nep. ; Sibriu, Lepcha ; Chilatti, Bhil. 



A large, straggling", prickly shrub with grey bark. Sap wood yel- 

 lowish white ; heartwood red, hard. Pores small and moderate-sized, 

 frequently oval and subdivided. Medullary rays fine and very numerous. 



Throughout the greater part of India, ascending to 4,000 feet in Kumaun and 

 Sikkim. 



Weight, 41 to 52 Ibs. Used for gunpowder charcoal. 



Ibs. 



E 680. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 41 



E 2354. Chunbati, Darjeeling, 2,000 feet 52 



27. XYLIA, Bth. 



1. X. dolabriformis, Benth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 286; Beddome, 

 t. 136 ; Brandis 171 ; Kurz i. 419. Mimosa xylocarpa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 543. Inga xylocarpa, DC. The Iron wood Tree of Pegu and Arracan. 

 Vern. Jambu, Hind.; Jamba, suria, Mar.; Boja, Uriya; Irul, Tain.; 

 Konda tangedu, tangedit, ernvalu, bojeh, Tel. ; Jamie, tirawa, Kan. ; 

 Shilve, Coorg ; Pynkado, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, grey or reddish brown, 

 with short cracks irregularly distributed. Sapwood small ; heartwood 

 dark brown or reddish brown, extremely hard, beautifully mottled, cross- 

 grained, the fibres on a longitudinal section being wavy. Annual rings 

 indistinct, but alternate concentric bands of darker and lighter colour. 

 Pores small and moderate-sized, often subdivided into numerous com- 

 partments, and then oval or oblong. Pores or groups of pores in invgu- 

 Lar patches of whitish tissue, which are often arranged in zig-xug lines. 

 These patches arc separated by hard, dark-coloured tissue in which the 



