84 36. leguminosj:. [Mimosa. 



M. hamata, Willd,;DC. Prod. II. 427; Fl. Br. 1.2.291; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 85. Arkur, Vern. Throughout the dry Deccan districts 

 in open jungles, common on the Kuput range of hills of the Dhdrwar dis- 

 trict. Fl. K.S. Fr. C.S. 



ACACIA, Willd. 



Erect or climbincf^ spinose, prickly shrubs or trees. Leaves 

 bipianate, leaflets minute. Mowers in globose heads or cylindrical 

 spikes, usually pentamerous. Calyx shortly toothed. Petals ex- 

 serted. Stamens free, indefinite, exserted. Pod ligulate or oblong, 

 dehiscent or indehiscent. 



Erect shrubs or trees. Stipular spines long, straight. 



Flowers in globose heads. 

 Pod thick, straight, short, cylindrical ... ... A, Farneslana. 



Pod thick, gFey-downy, moniliform, straight ... A. arahica. 



Pod thin, linear, \ in. troad, straight ; sntures 



slightly repand. flowers unpleasantly scented ... A ebtirnea. 

 Pod thin, broad, linear, sutures straight ... ... A. JacquenwntiL 



Pod ligulate-falcate. 



Pod thinly downy, dry dehiscent. ... ... ... A. tomentosa. 



Pod tomentose, subindehisceut ... ... ...A. hucophhea. 



Erect shrubs or trees. Pairs of stipular spines short, 



hooked. F.owers in spikes. 

 Bark white, Rachis pubescent. Pinnae 10-20 pairs, 



leaflets 30-50 pairs. Calyx long, tomentose. Pod 



strap-shaper', subindehiscent ... ... ... A.Suma. 



Bark brown ; rachis downy. Pinnse 20-40 pairs, 



leaflets 30-58 pairs. Calyx short, downy. Pod 



thin, narrow, often repand .. A, Catechu. 



Eachis dark, shining, glabrous. Pinnae 15-20 pairs, 



leaflets 30-40 paiis. (!alyx short, glabrous. Pod 



smaller than in either of the above 2 species ... A. Su7ulra. 

 Pod strap-shaped, veined, narrowly winged along 



upper suture, distinctly stalked ... ... A. /errvginca. 



Fpines often ternate. Pod firm, indehiscent... ... A. SeneyaL 



Spines long, straight. Pod thin, broadly falcate ... A. latronum. 

 Climbing shrubs with scattered prickles. Flowers 



in globose heads. 



Pod red, strap-shaped, thick, fleshy A.coneinna. 



Pod thin, dry. 



Leaflets subfalcate, pale beneath, 16 to 60 ... ...A, Intsia. 



Leaflets linear, not pale beneath, 80 to 100 A. pennata. 



A, Farneslana, Willd. DC. Prod. II. 4G1 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 292 ; Brandia 

 For. Fl. 180 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 52. VadieUia Farnesiana, W. & A. Dalz, 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. Suppl. 2f). Vlldyati babul, gu-lcikar, iri-bahd, Vern. ; 

 join, K., kunhar, M. Kun wild near villages and in moist situations 

 throughout the presidency and Sind ; indigenous in Central America. Fl. 



A. arabica, Willd,; W. & A. Prod. 277 ; FL Br. I. 2, 293; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. 95 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 86; Brandis For. FL 180. Jaliy 

 K.; babul, M.; kikar, ramakanta^ Vern.; babbar, kdlikikar^ Sind. Through- 

 out the dry districts of the presidency, forms extensive forests along the 

 Indus in Sind and also in the black soil country of the presidency proper ; 

 it is an excellent road-side tree wherever there is a scanty rainfall. Fr. 

 K.S. Fr. C.S. 



