428 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Acacia- 



13. ACACIA SUNDRA, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 295; W. & A. 273; Bedd. 

 Fl. t. 50. Mimosa Sundra, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 225. 



Deccan and Carnatic, from the Kistna so utli wards to Cape 

 Comorin, but most common in the Ceded Districts. 

 A moderate-sized tree with yellowish-white flowers, red 

 branchlets and leaves with fewer leaflets than Nos. 11 

 and 12. Bark rusty brown; wood reddish-brown, hard 

 and tough and useful for agricultural purposes, rice- 

 pounders, fuel and " cutch." Yern. Tel. Sandra ; Tarn. 

 Karangali. 



14. ACACIA FERRUGUNEA, DC.; F. B. I. ii. 295; W. & A. 273; 

 Bedd. FL t. 51. 



N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic, in dry forests, to the E. 

 slopes of the W. Ghats. 



A large, deciduous, pretty tree with pale yellow flowers, 

 glaucous leaves, Albizzia-like pods and few spines. Wood 

 olive-brown, very hard, used for building and agricultural 

 purposes. Yerii. Tel. Ansandra; Tarn. Velvelam. 



15. ACACIA LENTICTJLARIS, Buch.-Ham. ; F. B. I. ii. 296. 



N. Circars, forests of Gaiijam (Fischer). 

 A deciduous tree with greyish-white flowers, glaucous 

 leaves, large pods with thickened sutures and few spines. 

 Wood very hard, olive-brown. 



16. ACACIA HOHENACKERI, Cralb in Kew Bull. 1915, 408. 



W. Ghats, Kundahs range of Nilgiris (Hohenacker), Coonoor 



(Bourne). 



A climbing shrub with small recurved prickles and large 



thick pod. 



17. ACACIA CAESIA, Willd. A. Intsia, W. & A. 278 excl. most 

 synonyms. 



Deccan, Hills of Cuddapah ; W. Ghats, in the Anamalais. 

 A climbing shrub with rather large prickles and few rather 

 large leaflets. 



18. ACACIA TORTA, Craib. A. caesia, W. & A. 278 not of Willd. 

 Mimosa torta, Roxb. 



N. Circars, hills of Ganjam and Godavari ; Deccan, in 

 Hyderabad, Bellary, Mysore and Coimbatore; W. Ghats, 

 in dry forest southwards to S. Travancore. 

 A large prickly climbing shrub, sometimes very pubescent, 

 occasionally nearly glabrous. 



