424 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Acacia. 



pairs of pinnae ; leaflets oblong, '2 by -04 in. ; pods flat, up to 3 in. 



long by '8 in. brood, curved, obtuse, reticulate 10. Latronum. 



Spines short, hooked ; flower-spikes 2-4 in. long : 



Leaflets 30-50 pairs, linear- oblong, pubescent, nerves obscure ; 



calyx and petals white-villous, petals twice as long as calyx: 



Bark white ; branchlets white-pubescent ; leaflets '25-'35 in. 



long ; petals narrow ; pod 3-5 in. long, '5 in. broad, acute at 



both ends, grey, many-seeded 11. Suma. 



Bark brown; branchlets brown, glabrous; leaflets '1 in. long 

 petals broad ; pod 2-3 in. long, -4 in. broad, acute at both 



ends, brown, few-seeded 12. Catechu. 



Leaflets 20-40 pairs, linear-oblong, glabrous, '125 in. long, 

 nerves prominent ; branchlets red; petals 3 times as long as 

 calyx, both glabrous; pod 2-2'5 in. long, brown, obtuse at 



apex with a point, few-seeded 13. Sundra. 



Leaflets 10-20 pairs, '2 5-' 3 in. long, '1 in. broad, oblong, 

 glaucous ; petals rather more than twice the '05 in. calyx, both 

 glabrous or the calyx minutely white pubescent ; pods 3-5 in. 



long, '75-1 in. broad, apiculate, 4-7-seeded 14. ferruginea. 



Leaflets 6-8 pairs, '75-1-25 in. long, '4--5 in. broad, obovate- 

 oblong, glaucous ; petals about twice the '1 in. calyx, both 

 glabrous ; pods 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad, thick, 6-9- seeded 



15. lenticularis. 



Climbing shrubs, with prickles on stems and leaf rhachises, no 

 stipular spines ; peduncles bracteate : 



Pods thin, flat, coriaceous, the sutures straight, often thickened ; 

 stipules and bracts lanceolate : 



Leaflets more or less distant, not overlapping ; flowers sessile : 



Glands near the base of the petiole flat; leaflets glabrous : 



Petiole gland oblong, up to '3 in. long; pinnae 5-6 pairs, 



leaflets 20-30 pairs, '15 in. apart, oblong, obtuse, truncate at 



base, '5--6 in. long, '125 in. broad; pod 7 in. long, T25 in. 



broad, the sutures thick 16. Hohenackeri. 



Petiole gland elliptic, 'l-'2 in. long, somewhat convex ; pinnae 

 6 pairs, leaflets 10-12 pairs, '2 in. apart, oblong-falcate, acute, 

 subcordate at base, '4-'75 in long, 'l-'3 in. broad ; pod 4-5 in. 



long, 1 in. broad, obtuse, the sutures slender 17. caesia. 



Glands near the base of the petiole conical; pinnae 10-14 

 pairs, leaflets 25-40 pairs, touching but not overlapping, 

 oblong-falcate, apiculate, truncate at base, pubescent beneath, 

 2--3 in. long, -1--2 in. broad; pod 5-6 in. long, '5-'75 in. broad, 

 brown-velvety when young 18. torta. 



