Acacia.', LEGUMINOSAE. 427 



8. ACACIA WIOHTII, Bak. in F. B. I. ii, 298. 



S. Carnatic, in Travancore and Tinnevelly (Wight), on the 



sea coast. 



A small tree with very large spines and rather large 



leaflets. 



9. ACACIA LEUCOPHLOEA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 294 ; W. & A. 

 277 ; Bedd. Fl. t. 48 ; Brand. For. Fl. t. 27. Mimosa leuco- 

 phloea, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 150. 



Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, in dry deciduous forests. 

 A moderate-sized or large tree with pale yellowish-white 

 flower heads in large terminal panicles. Bark grey and 

 smooth when young, dark brown and rough when old; 

 wood reddish-brown, hard and tough, a good fuel. The 

 bark is used in distilling and gives a good rough fibre. 

 Yern. Hiiia. Ximbar, Safed babul; Tel. Telia turna; Tarn. 

 Yelvelam. 



10. ACACIA LATRONTJM, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 296 ; W. & A. 273 ; 

 Wt, Ic. t. 1157. 



Deccan and Carnatic from the Kistna river southwards, 

 gregarious on poor soils and forming extensive forests in 

 places as in Guntur, Madura and S. Travancore. 

 A remarkable little tree with the habit of A. planifrons in 

 its umbrella shape, but smaller. It has white flowers and 

 very large white spines in pairs, often hollow and tenanted 

 by ants. Bark dark reddish-brown; wood reddish, very 

 hard, a good fuel. Yern. Tel. Paki tumma ; Tarn. Karodei. 



11. ACACIA SUMA, Buch.-Ham. ; F. B. I. ii. 294. A. Catechu, 

 W. & A. 272 excl sijn. ; Bedd. Fl. t. 49. 



N. Circars, common ; Deccan and Carnatic, in dry forests, 

 to Coimbatore and the Shevaroy Hills. 

 A medium sized pretty tree with white bark, white flowers 

 and pubescent leaves with very many leaflets. Wood dark . 

 brown, hard and heavy. Yern. Ur. Gonharea. 



12. ACACIA CATECHU, Willd., F. B. I. ii. 295. Mimosa Catechu, 

 Roxb. Cor. PL t. 175. 



N. Circars, in Ganjam (Gamble). 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree with pale yellow flowers. 

 Bark dark greyish-brown, rough; wood red, hard and close- 

 grained. From it the tan " Cutch " is extracted. Yern. 

 Hind. Khair ; Ur. Khoiru. 



