1 30 Legwninosce. [Albizzia. 



(30-40 pair), crowded, subsessile, about | in., |--ovate, the 

 midrib close to upper margin, truncate-rounded at base, acute, 

 slightly pilose beneath, stip. very large but soon falling, 1^ in., 

 unequally cordate, acuminate, with a filiform tail, base much 

 dilated on one side, membranous, crisped, pubescent, pinkish- 

 orange ; fl. on very short ped., in small lax heads, peduncles 

 \-\ in., divaricate, pubescent, 1-4 together, arranged in rather 

 small terminal or axillary panicles; cal. tubular, puberulous, 

 very slightly toothed ; cor. twice as long as cal., with acute 

 recurved segm. ; stam. \\ in., fully 4 times as long as cor.; pod 

 6-8 in. by 1^ in. wide, very shortly stalked, tapering to base, 

 blunt, roughish but glabrous, pale brown, 8-12-seeded. 



Moist low country up to 2000 ft.; common. Fl. April, May; white, 

 the end half of the filaments pink; sweet-scented. 



Also in E. Bengal, Burma, and Malaya. 



Readily recognised by the golden-orange colouring of the young 

 foliage. The great pink stipules are very characteristic of this beautiful 

 tree, but they very soon fall away (not ' persistent ' as given in Fl. B. Ind.), 

 leaving no trace beyond a small oval scar. The lflts. quickly fold together 

 after being gathered. 



A quick-growing tree, often planted for shade. Heart-wood pale 

 brown, soft, light, recommended for tea-boxes. 



4. A. amara, Boiv. in Encycl. XIX e Steele, ii. 34 (1834 ?). Uyil, T. 



Thw. Enum. 100. C. P. 1518. 



Fl. B. Ind. ii. 301. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 61. 



A rather small much-branched tree, young shoots 

 densely pubescent ; 1. rather small, rachis 3-4 in., densely 

 pubescent, with a small gland midway between base and 

 lowest pair of pinnae and another between the bases of that 

 pair, pinnae 10-16 pair, i-i| in., densely pubescent, lflts. 20-60 

 (10-30 pair), closely placed and slightly overlapping, very 

 small, \ in., sessile, linear, subacute, the midrib nearly in the 

 centre, pubescent, glaucous beneath, articulated and easily 

 detached; fl. shortly stalked in rather dense heads, 1-1J in. 

 diam., peduncles solitary or 2 or 3, ascending, from axils of 

 young 1. and not forming a panicle ; cal. funnel-shaped, pube- 

 rulous, segm. short, ciliate; cor. pubescent outside, 3 times as 

 long as cal; stam. over \ in.; pod 4-5 in. by 1 in. wide, shortly 

 stalked, apiculate, very thin, veiny, 6-8-seeded. 



Dry and desert regions; rare. North of the Island (Gardner); Kalpi- 

 tiya; Mannar, abundant; near Nalande (Alexander). Fl. August; 

 pinkish. 



Also in Peninsular India and E. Trop. Africa. 



This is, no doubt, the ' Weel-tree ' which Cordiner (1. c. 34) records 

 from Mannar in 1804. 



Wood extremely hard and strong, heavy, and close-grained, dark 

 brown. 



