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opposite, sessile, i-^in., broadly oblong, tomentose-pubescent 

 on both sides ; fL-heads globular, over \ in. diam., peduncles 

 about 1 in., pubescent with the bracts a little above the 

 middle ; pod 4-5 in. by \ in. wide, compressed, strongly 

 falcate, bluntly pointed, 5-8-seeded, somewhat torulose, at first 

 pubescent and grey afterwards glabrous and reddish ; seed 

 I in., ovoid, compressed, olive green with a ring of paler colour 

 on either face. 



Dry region; rare. Kalpitiya (Gardner) ; Jaffna; Illupaikadavai, Mannar 

 Dist. Fl. Feb.-April; pure white (not 'purple' as given in Fl. B. Ind.). 



Also in Bengal, Java, and perhaps Southern India. 



The enormous black or greyish-brown thorns, whence its name of 

 ' Elephant Thorn,' are very characteristic. Tennent (' Ceylon,' i. 108) says 

 they are called the 'Jungle Nail' by Europeans. 



5. A. leucophloea, Willd. Sp. PL iv. 1083 (1805). Blah a 

 andara, Katu-andara, S. Velvel, T. 



Thw. Enum. 99. C. P. 1520. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 294. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 48. 



A large tree, bark thick, pale yellowish-white, branches 

 dense, spreading, young branches pubescent, stipular thorns 

 small, straight; 1. numerous, closely placed, rachis' 2^-3 in., 

 densely pubescent, with a small red sessile gland between 

 bases of each pair of pinnae, pinnae 5-15 pair, lflts. very small, 

 sessile, crowded 30-40 (15-20 pair), |~| in., linear-strap-shaped, 

 subacute, glabrous or slightly hairy ; fl.-heads numerous, 

 globular, small, -]-§ in. diam., peduncle § in., woolly, the bracts 

 about the middle, in large axillary tomentose panicles with 

 slender branches; pod 3-5 in. by J in. wide, linear, very slightly 

 curved, flexible, pendulous, subdehiscent, finely but densely 

 tomentose, seeds numerous. 



Dry region; common. Fl. Aug.-Sept.; bright pale yellow. 



Also in India, Burma, Malay Islands. 



The thick yellowish-white bark is known as 'Velam' bark, and is 

 exported to India for the arrack distillers. It is used in Ceylon for dyeing 

 sails, mats, &c, and for tanning, and also affords a coarse fibre. The 

 heart-wood is very hard, heavy, and brownish-red, tough, and strong. 



6. A. Sundra* DC. Prod. 458 (1825). Rat Xtihiri, S. Kodali 

 murunkai, T. 



' ntechu, Thw. Enum. 99 (non Willd.). C. P. 3547. 

 Fl. B. Ind. ii. 295. I'.edd. Fl. Sylv. t. 50. 



A small or middle-sized tree, bark dark brown, young 

 -hoots purple, quite glabrous; stipular thorns small, decurved, 

 hooked, black, often absent ; l.-rachis 4-5 in., tapering, 



'jrous, with a large sessile gland betwen the bases of each 



* Sundra or Chundra is the Telegu name. 



