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Apparently allied to the following, but with a much larger and especially broader pod and larger 



leaflets. 



373. A. Catechu, Willd. Spec. iv. 1079. Glabra v. pubescens, ramis fusccsccntibus 

 Aculei saepe parvi v. 0. Pinnae 10-20-jugae; foliola 20-30-juga, linearia, J-3 lin. longa 

 Spicae 2-3-polli cares. Corolla calyce 2-3-plo longior. Legumcn glabrum, 3-5-pollicare 



6-8 lin. latum, valvis 



Brandis ! For. Ft. 186 



Mimosa 

 M. Sum 



WiUd 



A. Sundra, Spreug. Syst. iii. 143 ; Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 510. 



A. Sandra, Bedd. ! Fl. Sylv. t. 50. 



Mimosa catechuoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 562. 



Acacia catechuoides, Benth ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. i. 510. 



Kab. Tropical and. subtropical Asia: common in most parts of India and Eurmu 

 {Brandis). 



This and the three following species are very difficult to diatingish from each other in dried specimens ; 

 and the synonymy is much confused. I have followed Dr. Brandis, who has carefully investigated the 

 question, in considering the common brown-barked Indian species as the true Catcchv, of ^^ hich Roxburgh's 

 M, Sundra is the glabrous type, and his M. catechuoides, or Catechu of the Coromaudel plants, the pubcMt-iit 

 form, and taking his name of Suma for the white-barked species, thus revcrsiTig tlie nomenclature I had 

 formerly adopted on the authority of most herbaria. I am not certain that the 

 proportions of the calyx and corolla is constant. Generally speaking, the corolla is very much more 

 exserted in A. Catechu than in A. Suma, and still shorter in A. caffra ; but there are occasionally speci- 



character 



colour 



specimens 



By one of those errors of which there are several instances in Roxburgh's Flora Indien, printed after 

 3 death from manuscripts which had not been finally revised, M. Catechu has been three times repeated 

 th distinct numbers as separate species, whereas " M. Catechu, Roxb. Corora. PI." p. 562, was intended 

 a svnonvm to M. catechuoides, and ''M. Catechu, Med. Obs." p. 563, as a synonym of the preceding 



M 



Willd. Spec. iv. 1079 (3/i 



be 



the A. Catechu or 

 referred . 



be 



374 A ^UMA Kurz ; Brandis ! For. Fl. 187. Tubesccns, pallida, ramuliii albidi 

 Aculei sa^pius parvi v. 0, rarius yalidi. Pinnee lO-tO-jugBB ; foliola 30-50-jnga, lincari 

 acutiuscula, l-2i lin. longa. Spic^e 2-5-pollicares. . Corolla calyce dimidio ranus - 



duplo Ion 

 lignosis. 



Legumen glabrum, 3-5-pollJcare, 6-8 lin. latum, vahis coriaccis 



Mimosa Suina, Roxb. Fl 



Trop. Afr. ii. 344 



t. 49, and most authors. 



A. Wallichiana, DC. Prod. ii. 458. „ , • , „, vi , i 



A. campy lacantha, Hochst. ! A. Rich. El. Abyss, i. 242 ; Schwemf. PI. ^Il. t. 1. 



A. erythrantha, Hochst. ! A. Rich. 1. c. 243. . • q iu^^ i^AU t Jk.n^A 



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