298 %/EGHBIINOSiE. (pulse FAMILY.) 



C. Siliquastruu, L. 5 ZemzaHq. A straggling tree, with ob- 

 long top 6 to 10 metres high. Leaves cordate-orbicular, . 1 broad. 

 Standard shorter than wings and keel; pod .13 to .15 long, .016 broad, 

 narrow- winged at upper sutm-e — April — Rocky places ; common. 

 "Very showy in flower and fruit. 



55. PROSOPIS, L. Prosopis. JunMt. 



Flowers generally sessile. Pod thick, or sub-terete, straight, or 

 variously twisted, coriaceous or corky, partitioned between the seeds — 

 Thornless or prickly trees or shrubs, with bipinnate leaves, and 

 cylindrical spikes. 



1 . P. ^tepliaiiiana, Willd. Kharemhali, Junbut. Shilsh-Mldm. 

 ^Aqul. ' Uqeil. An unsightly, straggling shrub, .3 to 1 high, with scat- 

 tered, conical, .003 long prickles, and pubescent twigs and petioles. 

 Pinnae of 3-5 pairs ; leaflets 8-12 pairs, linear-oblong, .002 to .004 long. 

 Spikes longer than leaves ; pod ovoid-oblong, .03 long, .015 broad, in- 

 curved or more or less constricted and deformed, brownish-black — 

 Summer — "Waste fields ; common, especially in interior plains. 



2. P. §picig[era, L. 5 ^ ^^ ^7 glabrous, prickles scattered, 

 conical, sometimes 0. Pinnae of 2-3 pairs. Leaflets 6-12 pairs, oblong, 

 .006 long, .002 broad. Spikes elongated, often interrupted at base, 

 solitary or twin ; pod .1 long, .007 broad, nearly terete, torulose, often 

 curved — Spring — Jordan valley (Tristram). 



56. ACACIA, Willd. Acacia. Sant. 



Calyx campanulate or 5-sepaled. Petals generally more or less 

 imited. Stamens exserted. Pod terete, flattened, or twisted — Shi'ubs 

 or trees with bipinnate leaves. 



* Flowers globular-capitate. Leaflets .002 to .004 long, .QOlhvad, obtuse. 



1. A. Fariiesiaiia, Willd. 5 

 ^Anbar. Qarz. 3 to 5. Spines .01 to 

 .02 long ; twigs and petioles puber- 

 ulent. Pinnae 5-8 pairs ; leaflets 15- 

 20 pairs, oblong. Heads solitary or 

 clustered in axils, peduncles unequal ; 

 flowers golden-yellow, with oppres- 

 sively sweet odor ; pods cylindrical, 

 .06 to .08 long, .015 thick, brown, 

 somewhat tapering at ends, slightly 

 curved — Winter — Hedges and 

 water-courses, introduced, but sub- 

 spontaneous. Flowers much prized 

 by the natives. 



2. A. MIotica, Del. 5 5 to 6. 

 Stipular-spines long, straight, those of 

 the Jloioering branches abortive or 0. 

 Pinnae 4-8 pairs ; leaflets 15 to 27 pairs, 

 die ; pod .1 Ion 

 orbicular joints - 



Fig. 152. 



Foliage and pods of A, Farnesiana. 



Peduncles bracteate above mid- 

 012 broad, flattened, 7iecMace-shaped, with rhombic- 

 Winter — Southern Sinai to Egypt. 



3. A. tortilis, Hayne. Seyydl. 5 5 to 8. Stipular-spines al- 

 ternately long, straight, and short, recurved. Pinnae 2-6 pairs ; leaflets | 



