296 L. jLEGUMraosj;. (J. G. Baker.) [Acacia. 



not very dense. Calyx ^ in., campanulate, glabrous, deeply toothed. Corolla yel- 

 lowish. Pod 3 in. by f in., thin, grey, firm, indehiscent, 5-6-seeded, narrowed sud- 

 denly into a short stalk. 



13. A. modesta, Wall. PL As. Rar. t, 130 ; spines in pairs short hooked, 

 pinnae 4-6, leaflets 6-8 obovate, corolla twice the glabrous campanulate calyx, 

 pod straight strap-shaped. Wall. Cat. 5230; Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. Sot. 

 t. 56. Mimosa dumosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 559. M. obovata, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 561. 



Foot of the WESTERN and CENTRAL HIMALAYAS. DISTRIB. Afghanistan. 



A middle-sized tree, with grey glabrous branches. Prickles dark-brown, polished. 

 Zeq/'-rachises very slender, finely downy, with a small gland at the base and one be- 

 tween the uppermost pinnae ; leaflets thin, rigidly subcoriaceous, |- in. long, shortly 

 stalked, glabrous, oblique at the base, pale green, obtuse or minutely cuspidate. 

 Spikes 2-3 in. long, not very dense. Corolla ^ in., greenish. Pod 2-3 in. by f fin., 

 6-8-seeded, glossy, drab, glabrous, venulose, narrowed gradually into a short 

 stalk. 



14. A. lenticularis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5244; spines in pairs short 

 hooked, pinnae 4-8, leaflets 12-16 large obovate-oblong, corolla twice the cam- 

 panulate calyx, pod strap-shaped straight or subfalcate. Benth. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. i. 508. 



Foot of CENTRAL and EASTERN and WESTERN HIMALAYAS, rare, Hamilton, Royle. 



Branches grey, glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, without any gland on the rachis ; 

 pinnae 3-4 in. long ; leaflets much larger than in any other species, l-l^ in. long, 

 obtuse, pale glaucous-green, glabrous, rigidly subcoriaceous, sessile, reduced on the 

 upper side towards the base. Spikes very dense, short-peduncled, 3-4 in. long. Co- 

 rolla in., grey, campanulate, deeply toothed. Pod 6-8 in. by f in., 6-&-seeded, thin, 

 flat, opaque, brown, venulose, with both sutures slightly thickened and furnished with 

 a narrow wing. 



15. A. Latronum, W8ld.} DC. Prodr. ii. 460; spines in pairs long 

 straight, pinnae 6-10, leaflets 20-30 minute ligulate, pod oblong thin flat rather 

 recurved. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 95 ; Wall. Cat. 5332 ; Wight Ic. t. 1157 5 W. & A. 

 Prodr. 273 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. -Fl. 87. A. umbraculata, Watt. Cat. 5245. 

 A. dumosa, W. $ A. Prodr. 274, excl. syn. Roxb. Mimosa Latronum, Linn. ; 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 558. M. cornigera, Linn. Suppl 438. 



WESTERN PENINSULA. 



A low tree, forming an umbrella-like top when old, with brown glabrous branches. 

 Full-sized prickles 2-2 in. long, -f in. thick, connate at the base. Leaves shorter 

 than the prickles ; rachiees very slender, glabrous or downy, with a small petiolar 

 gland ; leaflets - in., glabrous, rigidly subcoriaceous. Spikes abundantly produced 

 from the close nodes of leafless branches. Corolla ^ in., 3-4 times the minute gla- 

 brous campanulate calyx. Pod l-2 in. by -f in., opaque, dark brown, 2-4-seeded, 

 veined, finally dehiscing. 



SERIES III. Vulg-ares. Climbers with copious scattered prickles. Flowers 

 in copiously panicled globose heads. 



16. A. concinna, DC. Prodr. ii.464; pinnae 12-16, leaflets 30-50 mem- 

 branous, stipules and bracts cordate-ovate, pod thick succulent when dry 

 shrivelled and rugose with slightly waved sutures. W. $ A. Prodr. 277 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 5250, excl.D] Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. A. Hooperiana, Zippel ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat i. 10. Mimosa concinna, Willd. ; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 565. M. rugata, Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 431. M. abstergens, Sprenp. DC. 

 Prodr. loc. cit. 



