Acacia.'] L. LEGUMINOS.E. (J. G. Baker.) 295 



teeth deltoid. Corolla nearly white. Pod 3-4 in. by ^ f in., rather thicker than in 

 the two following, veined, 6-8-seeded, distinctly beaked, subindehiscent, narrowed 

 suddenly into a stalk |--| in. long. 



9. A. Catechu, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1079; spines short hooked in pairs, 

 pinnae 40-80, leaflets 60-100 small ligulate, rachiees downy, corolla 2-3 

 times the tomentose calyx, pod strap-shaped straight. Wall. Cat. 5228, A, B, 

 0, F. Acacia catechuoides, Wall. Cat. 5229 A in part ; Benth. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. 1842, 510. A. polyacantha, Willd. Sp. iv. 1079 ? A. Wallichiana, DC. 

 Prodr. ii. 458 ? Mimosa Catechu, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 175 ; Ker. Med. Obs. v. 151, 

 t. 4 ; Roxb. Hort. Bang. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 563 (both No. 41 and 42). Mimosa 

 catechuoides, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 562. 



Through the Himalayas from the PUNJAB to SIKKIM, ascending to 4-5000 ft. 



BlRMA. 



Very near A. Suma, from which it differs by its brown bark, darker yellow flowers, 

 calyx not more than half as long, both absolutely and in proportion to the corolla, and 

 not merely downy, but clothed with distinct spreading grey hairs, and by its nar- 

 rower thinner darker brown pod. 



. - 10. A. Sundra, DC. Prodr. ii. 458; spines short hooked in pairs, 

 pinnae 30-40, leaflets 40-80 small ligulate, rachises glabrous, corolla 3 times the 

 glabrous calyx, pod strap-shaped straight. W. $ A. Prodr. 273 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 86 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 50. A. chundra, Willd. Sp. iv. 1078. A. 

 catechuoides, Wall. Cat. 5229 A, ex parte. A. Catechu, Brand. For. Flor. 186, 

 et Benth. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 519, in part. Mimosa Sundra, Roxb. Cor. PL 

 t. 225 ; Hort. Beng. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 562. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, CEYLON, BIBMA. 



Scarcely more than a variety of A. Catechu, from which it differs by its fewer 

 leaflets and pinnae, and by the total absence of pubescence from the leaflets leaf- 

 rachises and calyx, by the latter being rather shorter, and by the very dark brown 

 colour of its branchlets. 



11. A. fernig-inea, DC. Prodr. ii. 458; spines short hooked in pairs, 

 pinnse 6-12, leaflets 20-40 ligulate-oWong, rachises glabrous, corolla 2-3 times 

 the campanulate glabrous calyx, pod straight strap-shaped. Wall. Cat. 5226 ; 

 W. $ A. Prodr. 273 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 51. Mimosa ferruginea, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 561. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



A middle-sized tree, with brown bark and glabrous or slightly downy branchlets. 

 Prickles sometimes suppressed. Leaf-r&chis with a gland on the petiole and one be- 

 tween the uppermost pinnse ; pinnse 2-3 in. long ; leaflets 55 in. long, pale glaucous- 

 green, rigidly subcoriaceous. Spikes dense, 3-4 in. long. Corolla yellowish, ^ in. 

 Pod 3-4 in. long, f in. broad, dark brown, glabrous, veined, distinctly stalked, 4-6- 

 seeded, the upper suture narrowly winged. 



12. A. Senegal, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 459 in part-, spines small 

 hooked often 3-nate, pinnae 6-10, leaflets 16-28 small ligulate, rachises finely 

 downy, corolla twice the campanulate calyx, pod straight strap-shaped. A. 

 Verek, Guill. $ Per. FL Seneg. i. 245, t. 56. A. rupestris, Stocks ; Boiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 638. 



SCINDE, Stocks. DISTRIB. Arabia, tropical Africa. 



A low tree, with flexuose glaucous grey branches. Leaf-Tachises not above an inch 

 long, with a gland at the base and one between the upper pair of pinnse ; leaflets 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, in. long, glabrous, pale, glaucous -green. Spikes 2-3 in. long, 



