294 L. LEGTJMINOS.S. (J. G. Baker.) [Acacia. 



Plains of the NORTH WEST provinces. 



General habit of A. eburnea, from which it mainly differs in the pod. Spines 

 slender, reaching 1- 2 in. long. Pinna \- in. long; leaflets grey-green, sub- 

 glabrous, rigidly coriaceous. Heads yellow, ^ in. diam. Corolla -^ in., twice the 

 length of the calyx. Pod straight, flexible, grey, 2-3 in. by | g in., 5-6-seeded, 

 with a stalk ^-| in. long. 



6. A. tomentosa, Wittd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 462; pinnae 12-24, leaflet* 

 40-60, heads axillary, pod thin flat ligulate-falcate dry dehiscent with straight 

 sutures thinly grey-downy. Wall. Cat. 5247 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 276. Bedd.. 

 Fl. Sylv. 95 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86. A. chrysocoma, Miq. Flor. Ind.. 

 Bat. i. 6. Mimosa tomentosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 558. M. 

 Kleinii, Poir. Diet. Suppl i. 82. 



WESTERN PENINSULA and CEYLON. 



A small tree, with the branchlets and leaf-rachises densely clothed with fine grey 

 pubescence, the latter with several glands. Pinna 1-2 in. long ; leaflets |- in., 

 grey -green, more or less downy, membranous or subcoriaceous. Developed spines 

 1-2 in. long, spreading, brown, not white. Heads purple, in. diam. ; peduncles- ; 

 stout, densely downy, with a medial involucre. Calyx ^ in., funnel-shaped, grey- 

 downy. Corolla subcylindrical, twice the length of the calyx. Pod 4-6 in. by in., 

 short-stalked, 6-10- seeded. 



7. A. leucophlaea, WiUd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 462; pimue 12-24, leaflets 

 30-60, heads in ample terminal panicles, pod narrow ligulate falcate thin flat 

 tomentose with straight sutures. Wall. Cat. 5261 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 277 ; Dalz. 

 8> Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 48. A. alba, Willd. ; DC. loc. tit. 

 A. arcuata, Decaime Herb. Timor. Descr. 133. Mimosa leucophlsea, Roxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 150 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 558. Mimosa alba. Rottl. in Nov. Act. Be?: 1803,. 

 208. 



NORTH WEST provinces to CEYLON and BIRMA. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Timor. 



Easily recognisable from all the foregoing by its panicled inflorescence. Spines- 

 ^1 in., white. J>fl/"-rachises downy, with several glands ; pinnae l-l in. long ; 

 leaflets crowded, rigidly coriaceous, - in. Panicle reaching a foot long and broad, 

 with long compound densely tomentose ascending branches, the lower only from 

 leafy nodes ; heads yellow, not more than ^ in. diam. ; peduncles with the bract 

 medial, the upper very short. Corolla under ^ in. Pod 4-8 in. by ^ i in., sessile,., 

 subindehiscent, clothed with pale brown or grey persistent tomentum. 



VAR. microccphala, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5263, sp.; leaf-rachis glabrous, leaflets - 

 much larger - f in. long. A. densa, Wall. Cat. 5262. Birma, Wallich. 



SERIES II. Gummiferae s pic a tee. Erect trees. Spines short and 

 hooked, except in A. Latronum. Stipules spinescent. Floivers in peduncled 

 spikes in the axils of the leaves. 



8. A. Suxna, Kurz in Brand. For. Fl. 187 ; spines in pairs short hooked, . 

 pinnae 20-40, leaflets 60-100 small ligulate, rachises densely downy, corolla 

 scarcely exceeding the canescent calyx, pod strap-shaped straight. Benth. in 

 Linn. Trans, xxx. 519. A. Catechu, W. fy A. Prodr. 272 (excl. syw.) ; Benth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. 1842, 510 ; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 49. A. Sundra, Wall. Cat. 5227. .Mimosa Surna, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 41;, 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 563. Mimosa frondosa and tamariscina, Heyne MSS. M. albida, 

 Roxb. MSS. 



BENGAL, BEHAR, WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON. 



A middle-sized tree, with white bark and downy branchlets. Leaf-rachis $ ft. 

 long, with a large basal gland and smaller ones between several of the upper pinnae ; 

 pinnae 1^-2 in. long ; leaflets very close, rigidly subcoriaceous, pale green, under- 

 pin, long. Spikes 1-4-nate, 3-4 in. long. Calyx i-i in., densely grey-downy;. 



