Albizsia.'] Legtiminoscs. 129 



ped. \h—2 in., 1-4 together, the whole forming a lax corymbose 

 terminal panicle ; cal. nearly glabrous, tubular-funnel-shaped, 

 segm. short, triangular; cor. twice as long as cal.; stam. 

 forming a tassel f in. long ; pod large, 9-12 in. by if in. wide, 

 bluntly pointed, thin, pale yellow; seeds about 12, small, com- 

 pressed. 



Dry region; rather rare. Anuradhapura; Uma-oya. Often planted. 

 FT. April ; greenish-white. 



Throughout Tropical and Sub-tropical Asia and Africa, but usually a 

 planted tree. 



Heart-wood brown, hard, shining, with large pores; a fine wood, does 

 not warp or crack. 



2. A. odoratissima, Benth. in Lond. Jonrn. Bot. iii. 88 (1844). 

 Suriya-mara. Kuriyi, 5. Ponnaimurankai, T. 



Mimosa odoratissima, L. f. Suppl. Plant. 437 ; Moon Cat. y$. Thw. 

 Enum. 100. C. P. 1529. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 299. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 54. 



A very large tree, with thick grey rough bark and spreading 

 branches, young parts pubescent ; 1. rather large, rachis 4-6 in.,, 

 pubescent, with a single large sessile gland near the base, and 

 generally one between bases of terminal pair of pinnae, pinnae 

 generally 4 pair, rather distant, about 4 in., pubescent ; lflts. 

 20-28 (10-14 pair), sessile, rather large, f-l| in., oblong, 

 rounded, apiculate, very unequal-sided, the midrib near the 

 upper margin, glabrous above, finely downy and glaucous 

 beneath, stiff; fl. sessile, few, heads i— § in. diam., peduncles 

 I in., pubescent, 1-4 together, arranged in terminal panicles, 

 cal. densely pubescent,segm. short, broadly deltoid ; cor. pubes- 

 cent outside, cut into 4 acute segm.; stam. twice as long as 

 cor. ; pod 4-7 in. by 1-1 \ in. wide, very shortly stalked, abruptly 

 pointed, roughish but glabrous, slightly veiny; seeds 6-12, 

 small, much flattened. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions, especially the latter; 

 common. Fl. May-September; pure white, sweet-scented. 



Also in India and Malacca. 



Heart-wood dark brown, very hard, works and seasons well. 



3. A. stipulata, ttoiv. in Encycl. XIX e Sifc/e, ii. ^3 O834 ?). 

 Kabal mara. Hulanmara, .V. 



Thw. Enum. 100. C. P. 1517. 



Fl. 15. Ind. ii. 300. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 55. 



A tall tree, with pale grey, thin, rather smooth bark, 

 young branchlcts and buds covered with fine golden pu- 

 bescence; 1. large, rachis 8 14 in., stout, at first pubescent 

 afterwards glabrous, angled above, with a prominenl gland 

 half way between base and lowest pair of pinna-, and also 

 between the bases of each pair, pinnae to 15 pair, 3^-5 

 in., thickened at base, pubescent, lflts. very numerous, 60-80 



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