Prosopis.] 36. LiiouMiNosj:. 83 



gland. Pod coriaceous, indehisceut, linear, pendulous. Mesocarp 

 inealy. 



P. spicigera, Linn. ; DC. Prod. II. 446 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 288; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 50; Brandis For. Fl. IGU ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 84. 

 Siimri, hamrd Guj. ; shema, sau7ider, savdudal, Deccan ; kancli, Sind. In 

 the drj forests of the Deccan and Sind. Fl. Feb.-Apl. Fr. May, Aug. 



DICHROSTACHYS, DC. 



Shrub or small tree. Leaves bipiunate, pinufB 8-10 pairs, with 

 stipitate glands at tho base of each pair. Flowers in axillary 

 pedunculate spikes, upper flowers of spike bisexual, lower neuter, 

 with long exserted filiform staminodes. Stamens 10, free, exserted ; 

 anthers tipped with a globose stipitate gland. Pod linear, twisted, 

 indehisceut or irregularly opening. 



D. cinerea, W. & A. Prod. 271 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 288 ; Bedel. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 185 ; Brandis For. Fl. 171 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 84. Vti.rtidi\ 

 Vern.; sigamlcdti, M. Common on the dry stony hills of the Deccan, 

 cultivated in North Kdnara and the Konkan. Fl. H.S. 



LEUC^NA, Benth. 



Trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in dense, globose heads. 

 Stamens 10, free, exserted. Anthers not gland^crested. Pod Hat, 

 strap-shaped, dehiscent, many seeded. 



L. glauca, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. IV. 41G ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 290 ; 

 Brandis For. PI. 172. Naturalised throughout the presidency from 

 the coast inland. Fl. June-Aug. Fr. remains long on tree. A tropical 

 American species. 



MIMOSA, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs, prickly or not. Leaves bipinnate, often sensi- 

 tive. Flowers in globose heads or cylindrical spikes. Calyx 

 shortly toothed. Petals connate towards the base. Stamens twice 

 the number of petals, exserted, free. Pod obloug or lineai*, valves 

 membranous or coriaceous, made up of 1-seeded joints that separate, 

 when mature, from the sutures. 



Fori small, sutures prickly ... ... ... ... ili. piulica 



Pod large, sutures without prickles ... M. rubkauUs. 



Pod large, sutures armed with large hooked prickles . M. hamata. 



M. pudica, Linn.; DC. Prod. II. 426; Fl. Br. I. 2. 291; Dalz. S^ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 25. Lajalu, M. Sensitive plant. Native of Brazil. 

 Run wild in the Konkan and North Ktinara ; usually cultivated in gardens. 

 Fl. R. and CS. 



M. rubicaulis, Lam. ; DC. Prod. II. 429; Fl. Br. I. 2. 291 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 85 ; Brandis For. Fl. 172. Hnjeru, Sind. In the dry 

 districts of the presidency and Sind, in open jungles and plains. FL 

 Aug., Sept. Fr. Nov., Jan. 



