86 



V 



inches long, 2 lines broad, rather glaucous. Common in the 

 Deccan in dry barren places. IVative name " Murmut." 



2. A SUNDRA, DC. Prod. 2, 458. A very large tree with 

 white bark, all smooth ; branchlets dark-coloured ; thorns twin, 

 recurved, small or wanting ; pinnae 10 to 15 pair ; leaflets 20 to 30 

 pair, linear; spikes of white flowers axillary, shorter than the leaf; 

 flowers sessile, glabrous; legume broad linear flat. Mimosa 

 sundra, Roxb. Cor. PI iii, 225; A chundra, Willd. sp. iv, 1078. 

 Common in the Deccan. 



3. CATECHU, Willd. sp. iv, 1079. A small tree; branchlets 

 and petioles white, with a short pubescence; thorns infrastipulary, 

 twin, slight recurved or none; pinnae 10 to 30 pair; leaflets 30 to 

 50 pair, linear puberulous and ciliated ; spikes axillary, rather lax, 

 shorter than the leaf; flowers white ; legume broad linear flat. Sal- 

 sette and the Concans common ; also Deccan, but stunted ; 

 flowers in July. Syn. Mimosa catecliu, Linn. Fl Ind. ii, 563; 

 M suma, Roxb. loc. cit. ; A polyacantha, Willd. sp. iv, 1079; A 

 wallichiana, DC. Prod. 2, 458. 



4. ARABICA, Willd. sp. iv, 1085. A tree, glabrous or tomentose, 

 pubescent; thorns very small or long subulate, or strong, finally 

 white, straight or slightly recurved; pinnae 4 to 8 pair; leaflets 10 

 to 20 pair, oblong linear obtuse, green, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, 

 with a bract in the middle ; heads of flowers globose ; legume flat 

 linear, necklace-shaped. Common in the Deccan and in Guzerat. 

 It is the variety $ which is found in India, having the legume covered 

 with hoary tomentum. Syn. A nilotica, Delile Fl ^Egypt. III. 31 ; 

 A vera, Willd. sp. iv, 1085 ; Mimosa arabica, Roxb. Cor. ii, t. 

 149. The timber of this tree is excellent for cart and gun-wheels, 

 and agricultural implements. There is a singular variety with the 

 branches erect, like a cypress in growth, and very handsome, called 

 " Ram Kanta." Another variety, called " Eree Babool," has the 

 timber softer, and the pods broader, with a thicker margin, and the 

 bark much cracked. 



5. TOMENTOSA, Willd. sp. iv 7 1087. A tree; branches and 

 petioles velvetty with tomentum ; thorns sometimes minute, some- 

 times very long, stout, and dark-coloured ; pinnae 10 to 12 pair; 

 leaflets 20 to 30 pair, linear obtuse, pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 

 with a bract in the middle; heads of flowers white, tomentose; 

 legume broadly linear, flat, falcately sub-contorted, coriaceous; 

 pinnae 1 to 1 \ inch long ; leaflets 3 lines long ; legume 3 to 4 lines 

 broad. Rare; in the Deccan and Kandeish jungles. Syn. Mimosa 

 tomentosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 558. 



6. LEUCOPHLJEA, Willd. sp. iv, 1063. A tree; thorns straight; 

 pinnae of the leaves 5 to 12 pair; leaflets 12 to 30 pair, obliquely 

 oblong, linear obtuse rigid ; heads of flowers shortly ped uncled, 



