426 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Acacia. 



* giving the perfume " Cassie." Yerii. Hind. Wilayati 



kikar ; Tel. Kusturi ; Tarn. Yedda vala ; Kan. Jali. 

 Acacia tortuosa, Willd., is a large thorny shrub or small tree, 

 native of S. America, occasionally found in cultivation in gardens 

 in the low country. 



3. ACACIA PLANIFRONS, W. & A. 276 ; F. B. I. ii. 293 in part ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. t. 35. 



South Carnatic, in Madura, Tinnevelly and S. Travancore, 

 gregarious ; cultivated in Bellary and elsewhere. The 

 Umbrella thorn. 



A small tree with white flowers and very minute leaflets, 

 having spreading branches which form an umbrella-shaped 

 top. Bark greyish -brown ; wood pale yellow, hard and 

 heavy, used for implements and as fuel. Yern. Tarn. 

 Odai. 



4. ACACIA EBURNEA, Willd. ; W. & A. 276 ; F. B. I. ii. 273 in 

 part. 



Deccaii and Carnatic, from Mysore to Coimbatore and 



Tinnevelly. 



A small tree with red-purple corolla and yellow stamens 



and large ivory-white thorns, the pods papery, the leaflets 



few and comparatively large. Yern. Tarn. Chilodai. 



5. ACACIA ROXBURGHII, W. & A. 276. A. planifrons, W. & A. ; 

 F. B. I. ii. 293 in part. Mimosa eburnea, R/oxb. Cor. PI. 

 t. 199. 



Deccan, from Mysore and Bellary southwards. 



A small thorny tree, with apparently yellow flowers on very 



slender peduncles. 



6. ACACIA CAMPBELLII, Arn. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xviii. 333. 



Circars, in forests near the coast from Godavari to Nellore ; 

 Deccan and Carnatic, especially in Cuddapah ; often on 

 black cotton soil. 



A small branchy tree with apparently pink flowers and a 

 yellowish-white hard wood. Yern. Tel. Marmati ; Tarn. 

 Udai vel. 



7. ACACIA TOMENTOSA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 294 ; W. & A. 276. 



N. Circars, from Ganjam to Godavari ; Deccan, in Coimba- 

 tore, scarce. 



A small tree with greenish-white flowers and large broad- 

 based spines. Yern. Tarn. Anaimalli. 



