128 LeguminOSCB. \Albizzia. 



linear, somewhat falcate, mucronate, very unequal-sided, the 

 midrib close to the upper edge, glabrous or slightly hairy ; 

 fl.-heads globular, f-J in. diam.,*on pubescent ped. f in. long, 

 2-4 together in axils of 1 or bracts, the whole forming a long 

 racemose panicle ; cal. glabrous ; pod 4J-5 in- by f in. wide, 

 stalked, apiculate, flat, glabrous, not veiny; seeds 10-14, 

 closely placed, oval-oblong, compressed, dark brown. 



Low country; rare. Kalutara (Moon); Haragama; Lagalla. 

 Fl. July, August; yellow, purple in bud. 

 Throughout India, Malaya, and Trop. Africa. 



Readily known by the very numerous overlapping narrow lflts., 

 making each pinna like the feather of a bird. 



63. AX.BXZZXA,* Durazz. 



Trees, without thorns or prickles, 1. bipinnate, fl. small in 



small heads or umbels, not polygamous; cal. funnel-shaped or 



tubular, segm. very short ; pet. connate half way up into a 



cor.; stam. indef., slightly monadelphous at base, much longer 



than cor., anth. not gland-tipped ; pod large, flat, thin, 



straight, dehiscent, seeds several on long funicles. — Sp. 30; 



10 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Pinna? 2-4 pair. 

 Lflts. 5-9 pair; fl. stalked 1. A. Lebbek. 



Lflts. 10-14 pair; fl. sessile 

 Pinnae 10-16 pair. 

 Lflts. with midrib close to upper edge 

 Lflts. with midrib nearly central 



2. A. ODORATISSIMA. 



3. A. STIPULATA. 



4. A. AMARA. 



i. A. Xiebbek,t Benth. in Lond. Jonrn. Bot. iii. 87 (1844). Mara, S. 

 Kona, Vakai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 99. C. P. 3130. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 298. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 53. 



A large tree, with cracked, grey bark and wide-spreading 

 branches, young parts glabrous, buds finely rufous-pubescent ; 

 1. large, main rachis 7-9 in., swollen at base, glabrous, and 

 shining, with a large circular gland close to base, and another 

 at apex, pinnae 2-3 pair, rather distant, 5-6 in., rachis spread- 

 ing horizontally, swollen at base, glabrous, with 2 small glands 

 near the base, and 1 below the insertion of each pair of lflts. 

 except the basal ones, lflts. 10-18 (5-9 pair) shortly stalked, 

 large, ij- 2 in., oval-oblong, rounded and retuse at apex, very 

 unequal-sided, glabrous, rather paler beneath, fl. on slender 



* Dedicated to the old and noble family of the Albizzi, of Florence, 

 t From the Egyptian name, which, however, very doubtfully belongs 

 really to this tree. 



