288 L. LEGUMINOS^:. (J. Or. Baker.) [Prosopis. 



filiform, stigma minute terminal. Pod turgid, cylindrical or oblong, with, a thick 

 spongy mesocarp, septate between the seeds. DISTRIB. Species 18, cosmopolitan 

 in the tropics. 



1. P. spicig'era, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 446 ; pinnse mostly 4, rachis 

 glabrous, flowers sessile, calyx truncate not ciliated, pod slender cylindrical 

 torulose. Roxb. Cor. PL i. t. 63; Wall. Cat. 5299; W. $ A. Prodr. 271; 

 Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 84 ; Bedd. Fl Sylv. t. 56 ; Brand. For. Flor. 169, 

 t. 25 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 634. P. spicata, Burm. Ind. 102, t. 25, fig. 3. 

 Adenanthera aculeata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 371. 



PUNJAB, SCINDE, WESTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. AiFghanistan, Persia. 

 A low tree, with slender grey branches. Prickles copious few or none, -| in., 

 nearly straight, at first straw-coloured. Pinna 1-2 in. long; leaflets 16-24, sessile, 

 % in., ligulate, with an ascending cusp, grey, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, caducous. 

 owers in short-peduncled axillary spikes, 2-3 in. long, and terminal panicles. 

 Corolla ~ in. long. Pod straight, edible, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, \ in. thick, nar- 

 rowed gradually into a short stalk, the mesocarp farinaceous. Seeds 10-15, dull 

 brown, oblong. 



2. P. S tephaniana, Kunth ; Benth. in Hook. Journ. iv. 347 ; pinnse 

 6-10, rachis downy, flowers short-pedicelled, pod thick oblong. Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 633 ; Brand. For. Fl. 170. Lagonychium Stephanianum, M. Bieb. ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 448. Mimosa agrestis, Sieb. ; Spr. Syst. ii. 206. 



PUNJAB, near Peshawur, &c., Falconer, Stewart. DISTRIB. Caucasus, Orient, 

 Afghanistan. 



A low bushy tree, with downy slender whitish branchlets, armed with copious 

 slender stramineous prickles. Leaflets like those of P. spicigera, but smaller and 

 downy. Flowers rather larger. . Pod oblique oblong, | 1 in. long, ^ in. thick, black, 

 rugose, obtuse, contracted abruptly into the stalk ; mesocarp pulpy. Seeds sub- 

 biseriate. 



120. DXCHROSTACHirS, DO. 



Shrubs. Leaves bipinnate, with minute coriaceous leaflets. Flowers 

 minute, spicate, dimorphous, polygamous, only perfect in the upper half of the 

 spike, those of the lower half bearing long filiform staminodia. Calyx minute, 

 campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla oblong, the 5 strap-shaped petals subconnate 

 towards the base. Stamens of the perfect flowers slightly exserted, filaments 

 filiform free ; anthers gland-crested. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma capitate. Pod small, strap-shaped, coriaceous, indehiscent, subarticu- 

 lated, continuous within, twisted up when mature. DISTRIB. Species 4-5, 

 confined to the tropics of the Old World. , 



1. X>. cinerea, W. $ A. Prodr. 271 ; Wight Ic. t. 357 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 84 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 185 ; Brand. For. Fl. 171. Mimosa cinerea, Linn. ; 

 Roxb. Cor. PL t. 174 ; Fl Ind. ii. 561. Desmanthus cinereus, Willd. ; DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 445. Acacia cinerea, Spreng. ; Wall. Cat. 5231. A. Dalea, Desv. ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 459. 



NORTH WEST PROVINCES, WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay isles, 

 N. Australia, and doubtfully distinct from D. nutans, of Tropical Africa. 



A much-branched shrub, with copious spreading branchlets, ending in spines. 

 Leaves 1-1^ in. long and broad ; rachises often downy ; pinnse 16-20 ; leaflets 24-40, 

 strap-shaped, sessile, rigidly coriaceous, ~- in. long. Spikes axillary, short-, 

 peduncled, 1-2 in. long. Corolla ~ in. Staminodes red-purple, |- in. long. Pod 

 2-3 in. by -f in., 6-10 -seeded, dry, glabrous. 



