Acacia] 



XLV. LEGUMIXOS.E 



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Pio. 117.- Acacia lenticularis, Hoi 



numerous lax axillary spikes, which ;uv often panicled at the ends of branches. 

 Pod glabrous, 3-7 in. by :'{ in., finally dehiscent. 

 Western Peninsula. Northern limit: Gujarat, on the west and Qanjam. on the east 



side 



PL It. s. <vx Ion. 



L6. A. Catechu, Willd.— Syn..l. Sandra Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 60; Mimosa 

 Catechu, Linn.; Roxb. Cor. PL t L7B; M. Sundra, Boxb. Cor. PL t. 225. Vera. 

 Khair, Hind., Mar. ; Kugli, Elan.; Telia Tiituma. Sumira, '1V1. : KarauijaUi, 

 Tain. : Sifta, Burm. 



A middle-sized tree ; trunk wit h dark-coloured bark peeling off in long s( rips, 

 which remain hanging; branchleta slender, thorny, glabrous, brown or purple, 

 shining. Prickles twin, infra-stipular, compressed, Imnvn, shining. Common 



