Acacia."] L. LEGUMINOS^E. (J. Gr. Baker.) 297 



EASTERN HIMALAYAS, WESTERN and EASTERN PENINSULAS, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Malay isles, China. 



Prickles abundant, minute, hooked. Branchlets and leaf-rachises finely grey- 

 downy. Petiole with a large gland near the base and one between the uppermost 

 pinnae ; pinnae 2-3 in. long ; leaflets f- in. long, pale green above, glaucous beneath, 

 subglabrous, -^-^ in. broad, with a very oblique midrib, sensitive, often not crowded. 

 Panicles with densely downy branches, the lower springing from the axils of the 

 leaves, -the upper subtended by conspicuous oblique membranous subpersistent bracts ; 

 heads-yellow, f-4- in. broad. Calyx funnel-shaped, ~ in. long. Corolla little exserted. 

 Pod strafTsnapeci, straight, 3-4 in. by ^ in.; 6-iO-seeded, with broad sutures, nar- 

 rowed to a short stalk, depressed between the seeds. 



VAR. rugata, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5251, sp. ; leaflets and pod larger, the pinnae in. 

 and the latter 1-1 ^ in. broad, ovary villose. Eastern Himalayas. 



17. A. Zntsia, Wittd. in DC. Prodr. ii. 464; pinnse 12-16, leaflets 

 16-24 ligulate-oblong rigidly subcoriaceous not crowded, bracts minute lanceo- 

 late, pod dry thin. Watt. Cat. 5248; W. 8f A. Prodr. 278; Dak'. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 88. Mimosa caesia, Linn. Sp. PL 1507, ex parte. M. Intsia, Linn. ; 

 Roxb. Hort. Seng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 565. 



Tropical HIMALAYAS, WESTERN PENINSULA, EASTERN PENINSULA, and CEYLON. 



Prickles minute, hooked. Branchlets and leaf-rachises finely downy or glabrous, 

 the latter with a gland at the base and between the 2-3 upper pinnae. Pinnae. 2-3 in. 

 long ; leaflets - in., broad, minutely cuspidate, with the midrib nearer the upper 

 margin, both surfaces glabrous or nearly so, the lower grey-green. Peduncles finely 

 downy, 1-4-nate ; heads yellow, under i in. broad. Calyx shorter, and more broadly 

 funnel-shaped than in the last. Pod straight, strap-shaped, glabrous, dehiscent, 

 smooth, 4-6 in. by f-l in., 8-12-seeded, the sutures straight or slightly repand, 

 cuneately narrowed at the base to a short stalk. * 



VAR. casia, W. & A. Prodr. 278, sp. ; leaflets 40-60 crowded not more than 

 v^-| in., broad rigidly subcoriaceous obtuse with a minute cusp, pinnae 16-30. 

 A. Arar, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5249. A. alliacea, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5258. A. intsi- 

 oides, DC. Prodr. ii. 464. A. pseudo-intsia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 12. Mimosa 

 csesia, Linn, ex parte; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 565. M. tenuifolia, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 41. 

 Himalayas (ascending to 3000 ft. in the West and 5000 in Sikkim) Behar, Western 

 Peninsula, Birma. Distrib. Malay isles. 



VAR. oxyphylla, Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5252, sp. ; leaflets 40-50 more membranous 

 than in the last and more acutely pointed. Eastern Himalayas. 



18. A. pennata, Wittd. Sp. P/.iv. 1090; pinnae 16-30, leaflets 80-100 

 rigidly coriaceous very narrow densely crowded, bracts minute lanceolate, pod 

 dry thin. Wall. Cat. 6254 ; W. & A. Prodr. 277. Acacia niegaladena, Desv. ; 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 465. A. prensans, Lowe in Bot. Mag. t. 3408. A. paludosa, 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 14. A. pinnata, Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 87. Mimosa 

 pennata, Linn. Sp. 1507, excl. syn. ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 565. M. torta, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 566. M. ferruginea, Rottl. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 431. 



CENTRAL and EASTERN HIMALAYAS (ascending to 5000 ft.), BEHAR, EASTERN 

 and WESTERN PENINSULA, BIRMA, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. Malay isles, Trop. Africa, 

 Natal. 



Prickles generally fewer and less hooked than in A. Intsia and concinna. 

 Branchlets and leaf-rachises finely downy, the latter with a large plate-shaped gland at 

 the base of the petiole and several between the upper pinnae. Pinna 2-3 in. long ; 

 leaflets firm in texture, not more than ^-^ in. broad, dark green above, grey-green 

 below, both sides glabrous. Peduncles 1-4-nate, finely downy; heads in. thick. 

 Corolla ~ in., slightly exceeding the glabrous subcampanulate calyx. Pod straight, 

 strap-shaped, thin glabrous, dehiscent, 6-8 in. by f-li in., distinctly stalked, 8-12 : 

 seeded, the sutures rather raised, slightly repand. 



