Acacia.^ LEGUMINOSAE. 429 



19. ACACIA COLTJMNARIS, Craib in Kew Bull. 1915, 410. 



W. Coast and "W. Ghats in S. Canara and Mysore 



(Holienacker, etc.). 



A prickly climbing shrub. 



20. ACACIA PENNATA, Willd. ; F. B. I. ii. 297 in part- W. & A. 

 277 in part. 



N. Circars, Deccan and E. slopes of W. Ghats, up to 5,000 ft., 

 in moderately dry forest, in ravines and along streams. 

 A large very prickly climbing shrub, nearly glabrous. 



21. ACACIA CANESCENS, Grah. A. pennata var. canescens, F. B. 

 I. ii. 298. 



Deccan and Carnatic, in dry forests and scrub lands up to 

 5,000ft., southwards to S. Travancore. 

 A large prickly climbing shrub, recognised by its minute, 

 very narrow leaflets and pubescent branchlets and in- 

 florescence. 



22. ACACIA RUGATA, Ham. A. concinna, DC. var. rugata, Baker 

 in F. B. I. ii. 297. 



N. Circars, in Ganjain (Barber). 



A stout, prickly, straggling or climbing shrub, chiefly of 

 waste lands, the pods large and fleshy, used like those of 

 A. concinna. 



23. ACACIA CONCINNA, DC. ; F. B. I. ii. 296 ; W. & A. 277. 



Deccan and Carnatic and W. Coast. 



A stout very prickly climbing shrub, chiefly of open waste 

 lands, the calyx red and corolla white, the pods fleshy and 

 rugose, used as a substitute for soap. Vern. Hind. Ban 

 ritha ; Tel Sigekai. 



Several species of Acacia have been introduced from Australia 

 and planted about the hill stations of the W. Ghats. Most of 

 them are, however, only garden plants, but two have been so 

 largely grown to supply timber and fuel that they deserve special 

 notice. They are : 



1. ACACIA MELANOXYLON, R. Br. The Black Wattle. A 

 large tree, easily recognised by its leaves, bipinnate when young, 

 very soon being transformed into oblong-falcate or lanceolate 

 phyllodes. The flowers are white and the pods narrow and much 

 curved. It is largely grown for its excellent timber and as a good 

 fuel tree. 



2. ACACIA DE ALB AT A, Link. The Silver Wattle. A small 



