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compressed ; leaves bipinnated ; pinnae 2 to 3 pair ; leaflets 10 to 12 

 pair ; stipules subulate ; peduncles axillary, solitary, flower-heads 

 globular, yellow ; legumes linear oblong, equal-sided, 4 to 6-seeded ; 

 flowers in August. Common in pastures about Surat. DC. Prod. 2, 

 444; Syn. Mimosa triquetra, Vahl. Symb. iii, 102; Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 ii, 552 ; M natans, Linn. Suppl. p 439 ; Desmanthus triquetris, 

 Willd. sp. iv, 1045. 



52. MIMOSA, Adans. 



1. HAMATA, Willd. sp. iv, 1033. An armed much-branched 

 shrub ; branches, petioles, and peduncles pubescent, and covered 

 with scattered prickles ; leaves bipinnated ; pinnee 4 pair ; leaflets 

 7 to 8 pair, minute, linear oval approximated, pubescent ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves, bearing one head of rose-coloured flowers ; 

 legumes linear falcately curved, pubescent. Common about Surat 

 and in the Dec-can. Native name " Arkur." DC. Prod. 2, 427 ; 

 Syn. M armata, Rottlr. Spr. syst. ii, 206. 



2. RUBRICAULIS, Lam. Encycl. Meth. i, p 20. A large strag- 

 gling prickly shrub ; leaves bipinnated ; pinnae 5 pair ; leaflets 

 10 to 12 pair, oblong linear, pubescent; peduncles one-headed, 

 several together in the upper axils ; legume sessile, compressed flat, 

 glabrous, obscurely jointed. Malabar Hill, &c. ; common. DC. 

 Prod. 2, 429 ; M octandra, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 564 ; M Rottleri, 

 Spr. syst. ii, 206 ; M spinosiliqua, Rottler. 



53. XYLIA, Benth. 



1. DOLABRIFORMIS, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. iv, 417. A tall 

 unarmed tree, glabrous or tomentose on the younger parts ; stipules 

 small ; leaves bipinnate ; pinnae one pair, with an elevated gland 

 between ; leaflets 2 to 6 pair, outer ones often 6 inches long ; 

 peduncles fascicled, axillary or sub-racemose, 2 to 3 inches long ; 

 heads of flowers globose, tomentose ; of a pale greenish colour ; 

 legume 4 to 5 inches long, 1 \ to 2 inches broad. Mimosa acacia, 

 Willd. sp. iv, 1055 ; Inga, DC. Prod. 2, 439 ; I xylocarpa, Roxb. 

 Cor. PI i, 68, t. 100; Mimosa acle, Blanco Fl. Filipin. 738. 

 Native names " Jamba " and " Yerool" ; timber excellent. South- 

 ern Concan and Waree ; common. 



54. ACACIA. 



1. A EBURNEA, Willd. sp. PI iv, 1081. Branchlets and leaves 

 with ferruginous hairs ; spines straight, some of them long and 

 ivory white ; pinnae 2 to 4 pair, small ; leaflets 6 to 8 pair, very 

 small, linear obtuse, a little hairy ; peduncles axillary, bracted in the 

 middle ; legume stalked, narrow linear falcate, quite smooth, 2 to 3 



