wkh apical 'gland'. Pod with coriaceous husk, indehiscent, 5-10 in., seeds in 

 sweetish pulp with contracted portions. 



£ntada scandens, a huge liana-form of Tropical sea-coast and hills : flowers 

 pale-yellow, in crowded slender spikes. Stamens 10, with 'gland'. Pod immense, 

 2-4 ft., wood), 10-30 seeded, separating 'Cocci' from rim-framework, each with 

 I flat seed, orbicular, polished, 2 in. diam. 



Xylia dolabriformis, Pyingado, gregarious in deciduous forest, with Teak in 

 Burma : Flowers pale-yellow, in long-stalked sub-globose heads, 20 mm. diam. : 

 Pod thick, wood}', xerophyiic, 4-6 in. long, with characteristic curved valves, very 

 explosive, 6-10 seeds. 



Acacia arabica, Babul, a large tree of dry regions, deserts of Rajputana, and 

 cult., gregarious, thorny, and often stunted. All parts used, wood exudes gum : 

 Flowers golden-j'ellow, in globose heads, -^ in. diam.. : Pod moniliform, flat, 3 in., 

 with marked constrictions between the seeds, and covered with grey tomentum : 

 taken by cattle. 



Cf. A. Siyu'ga/, African sp. also cult, for Gum Arabic : A. Verek of Sudan. 



A. Catechu, Khair, middle-sized tree of dry deciduous forest and sides of 

 streams : flowers in pale-yellow cylindrical spikes, 2-3 in. long ; Pods thin, brown, 

 and dehiscent, 2-4 in. : ' Cutch ' of tannins from wood-chips. 



Albizzia procera, White Siiis, a large deciduous tree, conspicuous near river- 

 banks, also cult. : Flowers large, 10 mm., with delicate stamens. Pod flat, brown, 

 strap-shaped, 4-8 in. : Young leaves with white tomentum. 



A. odoratissima, Black Siris, a large tree, common in mixed forest, leaves 

 dark-green, leaflets 10-25. Flowers 10 mm., in panicled corymbs, fragrant. Pod 

 6-8 in., smooth and flat, reddish-brown. 



A. IiObbek, Siiis, common and cult., avenues. Flower i in. long, in heads, 

 white and fragrant. Pod, 8-12 in., thin and dehiscent, straw-coloured, rattling when 

 dry in hot season. 



Pitheeolobium dulce, Karkapilly, spinous hedge-plant from Mexico : Flowers 

 white, in small globose heads on long racemes. Pod 4-5 in., coiled, red and succu- 

 lent husk ; seeds in spongy edible pulp. 



P. Saman, Rain Tree of S. Amejica in damp situations and swamps, Burma. 



Mimosa pudica, Sensitive Plant (Hort.), a spinous shrub, as weed from 

 S. America: flowers in globular pale-violet heads, 20 mm. diam., F"ruit-[)ods small, 

 I in., constiicted, spinous. 



Bosaceae include representatives in Hill-forest, of such types as Spiraea, 

 Rubtis, Rosa, Cydoiiia, Erioholrya, Pynis, Crataegus, Primus {P. Amygdalus, .\lmond ; 

 P. persica, Peach ; P. Pudduin of Himalya, &c. gives timber). Cf. also Cotoneaster 

 Simonsii (Hort.) of Khasia Hills. 



Saxifragaceae similarly aflbrd representative species of flowering shrubs as 

 Philade/phus, Dcufzia, Ribes, &c. (Hort.). 



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