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XLV. LEGUMINOS^E 



[Albiszia 



Subhimalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards, ascending in Sikkirn to 2,000 ft. Assam, 

 Khasi hills, Chittagong, Burma, Upper and Lower, chiefly by the banks of rivers or 



Fig. 118. — Albizzia lucida, Benth 



on moist ground. Fl. March-May. Leafless a short time during the hot season or 

 nearly so. 



B. Pinnae 2-8 pair ; leaflets f-2 in. long ; fl. sessile or nearly so. 



2. A. Gamblei, Prain in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. ix. 31, tab. 41. 



A deciduous tree, attaining 50 ft. ; pinnae 2-3 pair. A large gland above 

 the base of the common petiole, and glands at the base of the last pair of 

 leaflets ; leaflets 5-7 pair on the upper, 3-4 on the lowest pinna, in all 

 cases decreasing slightly downwards, pale green above, glaucescent beneath, 

 ' sparsely appressed puberulous on both surfaces. Heads many-fid., panicled ; 

 calyx campanulate, puberulous outside, half the length of corolla ; corolla -^ 

 in. long ; pedicels much shorter than calyx. Pod 6-8 in. long. 



Kangra (Prain). Sikkim. Naga hills. Fl. R. S. Yunnan. 



A similar tree was found by Smales (April 1901) in Upper Burma on the edge of streams!; 

 pinnae 2 pair ; leaflets oblique, glabrous, upperside bright green, underside pale, in the 

 upper pinnse 6, in the lower 3 pair, those of the terminal pair the largest, in the upper 

 pinnse 5-6 in. long ; the leaflets of the lower pair only J— 1 in. long, sec. n. prominent ; 

 glands several in a line on the common petiole below the lowest pair of pinnse, and one at 

 the base of each pair of leaflets, except the lowest. Fl. heads yellow, in large terminal 



