Acacia] XLV. LECIU.MTNOSjE 269 



specimens from the Knmaon Bhabar, Behar and the Konkan, which are more than 

 usually pubescent, cannot in my opinion be regarded as a separate species. 



Nearly allied are: 18. A. pruinescens, Knrz F. Fl. i. 4'24, Assam, Manipur, Upper 

 Burma. Pegn Yoma, branchlets pruinose; leaflets narrow linear, J— J in. long, the midrib 

 close to the upper edge, gland on petiole J-l in. above base. 19. A. pseudo-Intsia, Miq. ; 

 Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 66 (1898) 249, 511. Andamans, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archip., branchlets blackish: leaflets linear-oblong, J-i in. long, midrib close to the 

 upper edge, gland oblong, near base of petiole, J in. long. Fl. heads in bud concealed 

 by large ovate acuminate bracts. 



20. A. pennata, Willd. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 424. Vem. Aila, Hind. ; Shcmbi, 

 Mar. 



A large climber, climbing over the tallest trees, bark reddish-brown : prickles 

 on branchlets petioles and inflorescence ; branchlets and petioles pubescent. 

 Pinnae 20-40 pair ; leaflets -J— ^ in. long, 30-00 pair, narrow-linear, mucronate, 

 midrib near the upper edge, closely packed, overlapping, making each pinna 

 like the feather of a bird. Fl. heads white or pale yellow, 4—8 together in the 

 axils of leaves or bracts, forming long racemiform panicles, bracts linear, 

 minute. Pod shining, very thin. 



Subhimalayau tract, from Knmaon eastwards, ascending in Sikiim to 3,000 ft. 

 Behar. Khasi hills. Manipur, Cachar, Chittagong. Burma, Upper and Lower in 

 deciduous forests. Andamans. Western Peninsula. Fl. April- August. Ceylon, Malay 

 Peninsula ami Archipelago. 



E. Woody climbers ; spines scattered ; fl. in globose heads ; pods thick, 

 fleshy, indehiscent. 



21. A. concinna, DC: Fl. Brit. Lid. ii. 296. Vera. Baa-ritha, Beng.: 

 Shekdkai, Mar. : Chikayi, Tel.; Subdk, Burm. 



Branchlets, petioles and peduncles tomentose or pubescent, armed with 

 numerous sharp recurved prickles. Pinnse 4—6 pair, leaflets 12-20 pair, 

 .', -\ in. long, linear from an unequal-sided base. Stipules large, semicordate. 

 Flower-buds purple : fl. yellow, heads in dense panicles at the ends of 

 branches. 



Subhimalavan tract, from Oudh eastwards. Assam. Behar. Western Peninsula and 

 Burma, chiefly in evergreen forests. Fl. March-July. Malay Peninsula, Java. 



Several Australian Acacia* arc cultivated on the Xilgiris and elsewhere. The most 

 Important are: a. dealbata, Link, Hie Silver Wattle. A tree spreading rapidly by root- 

 siiekers. with bipinnate grey hoary leaves, small linear leaflets and small yellow fl. 

 heads in axillary and terminal panicles. A. Melanoxylon, P. Brown, the Australian 



Blackwood. A large bree with coriaceous, oblan late phyllodia (vertically dilated 



leaf-stalks) instead of leaves, except on young trees, which have bipinnate leaves at 

 the end of phyllod la, 



10. ALBIZZIA, Durazzini; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 298. 



Unarmed trees, with bipinnate leaves and large tin the Indian species) 

 globose 11. heads. Fl. white, yellow or pink. Calyx and corolla usually 

 pentamerous. Stamens indefinite, long exserted, filaments united high up or 

 at tlic l>ase only. I'od flat, straight, usually thin, indehiscent or 2-valved. 



A. I 'inure 1 or 2 pair: leaflets distinctly pei mi-nerved, 1-6 pair, 2 5 in. 

 long. 



1. A. lucida, Benth. Vera. Thanthat, Burm. 



A large glabrous live, Iiark grey, heartwood hard, lu'owii with dark streaks. 

 Pinnae I, rarely 2 pair; leaflets 2 rarely:! pair, a gland on petiole and at the 

 base of the terminal pair of 1. 'allots, none at the base of pinna. Leaflets 



elliptic, acuminate, shining. Eeadsoi 6 10 sessile pubescent flowers, in ter- 

 minal panicles. Corolla four times the length of calyx: ovary sessile. 



glabrous. Pud straight, shining, dehiscent, I S by II in. 



