Albizzia LEGUMINOSiE 145 



[A. lebbeek Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. in. 87 (1844) ; 

 pinniB in 2-4 pairs; leaflets obliquely oblong, 1 '5-4 or 5 cm. 1., 

 •5-2 cm. br., in 4-9 pairs; flowers shortly stalked in heads with 

 long peduncles clustered 2-4 together ; pod oblong, straight, 

 swollen at the seeds, glabrous, ultimately opening. — Benth. in Fl. 

 Bras. XV. pt. 2, 428 & in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 562 ; Watt Econ. 

 Prod. I 156; Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 264; Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1066 

 (1806) ; Tmsac Fl. Ant. iv. t. 29 ; Macf. Jam. /. 318 ; Griseh. Fl. 

 Br. W. bid. 223. Mimosa Lebbeek L. Sp. PI. 516 (1753). M. 

 speciosa Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. i. 19, t. 198. Type in Herb. Mus. 

 Brit., also specimen from Jacquin. 



Naturalized; Distinl Wilson; Prior ; Harris \ — Tropical and temperate 

 Asia and Africa ; introduced in the West Indies and South America. 



Tree to 30 ft. high. Pinnse -5-2 dm. 1. ; leaflets large, unequal-sided, very 

 obtuse, very oblique at the base, subsessile. Gland on the common petiole. 

 Peduncles generally 2-4 together. Flowers shortly stalked. Calyx puberu- 

 lous, 3-5 mm. 1. Corolla white, 7-10 mm. 1. Stamens greenish-yellow, 

 3 times as long as the corolla. Pod 1-5-3 dm. 1., 2-5-5 cm. br. 



The wood seasons, works, and polishes well, and is fairly durable. 

 Used in India for furniture, sugar-cane crushers, oil-mills, canoes, house 

 posts, building, and fuel (Watt).] 



[A. julibrissin Durazz. in Mag. Tosc. Hi. pt. 4, 11 (1772) ex 

 F. Muell. in Journ. Bot. 1872, 7 ; pinnae in 7-11 pairs; leaflets 

 oblong, straight on the upper margin, curved on the lower, 

 mucronate, midrib close to margin, 9-1 1 mm. 1., 2 • 5-3 • 5 mm. br., 

 in 20-40 pairs ; flowers sessile in heads with long peduncles 

 clustered 2-4 together in the axils or subracemose at the ends of 

 branches ; pod oblong, straight, swollen at the seeds, sometimes 

 slightly and irregularly constricted between the seeds, glabrous. 

 —Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. it. 356 ; Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 

 300 ; Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 568. Mimosa julibrissin 

 Scop. Belie. Insub. i. 18, t. 8 (1786). Acacia mollis Wall. PI. As. 

 Bar. ii. 76, t. 177 (1831) (pubescent var,). A. julibrissin Willd. 

 Sp. PI. iv. 1065 (1806) ; Griseb. loc. cit. ; Wils. in Beports Geolog. 

 Jam. 277. 



Naturalized ; Wilson ! — Subtropical and temperate Asia, north-east 

 tropical Africa; introduced into the Mediterranean region and many 

 parts of America. 



Tree. Pinnx 4-7 cm. 1. Gland on the common petiole. Calyx more 

 or less puberulous, 2-3 mm. 1. Corolla 6-8 mm. 1. Stamens rose-red, 

 about 4 times as long as the corolla. Pod 10-15 cm. 1., 1-7-2-5 cm. br. 



The wood is used in India to make furniture (Watt).] 



A. Berteriana comb. nov. ; pinnae in 9-1 5 pairs, leaflets oblong- 

 linear, 4-8 mm. 1., in 30-40 pairs ; flowers sessile in small heads ; 

 heads shortly stalked, racemose-paniculate; pod stx-aight, minutely 

 puberulous, not opening, with blunt margin.— Pithecolobium 

 Berterianum Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. Hi. 220 (1844) ; 

 Walp. Bep. V. 620 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. ii. 261. P. fragrans Benth. 



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