Albizzia) XLV. LEGUMIXOSiE '271 



panicles, pedicels as long as calyx ; calyx campanulate, minutely silky, corolla 5-fid 

 to the middle. Ovary stalked, cylindric, pilose. Pod unknown, hence cannot be 

 named, it might turn out to be a PUhecolofrium. 



3. A. procera, Benth. : Brandis F. PI. t. 26. — Syn. Mimosa data, Roxb. 

 Cor. PI. t. 121. Vern. Karhar, Gurar, Safed Sin's, Hind.; Sirsi, Uriya ; 

 Kinni Gurar, Mar.; Chigara, Tel. ; Vagal, Tarn. ; Sit, Burm. 



A large tree, bark light brownish-grey, heartwood hard, brown, shining, 

 with streaks of darker colour. Young shoots white-silky-pubescent. Pinnae 

 3-5 pair, leaflets 6-10 pair, with scattered appressed hairs, obliquely oblong- 

 ovate, J-2 in. long, midrib nearer the lower edge, pale beneath. PI. heads in 

 large terminal and axillary panicles ; fl. sessile, J— | in. long to extremity of 

 stamens ; calyx tubular, glabrous, more than half the length of corolla ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, lobes bearded at the end with long white hairs. Ovary 

 glabrous, nearly sessile. 



Subhimalavan tract from the Jumna eastwards. Western Peninsula. Andamans 

 and Burma. Chiefly on river banks and in moist, places. Fl. May-August. Rarely 

 quite leafless, the foliage renewed H. S. China, Malay Archipelago. A remarkable 

 variety sent by E. M. Buchanan from the Tharawadi forests has pinnae 5-6 pair, 

 leaflets 10 pair if-1 in. long, panicles mostly axillary, pod not known. 



4. A. odoratissima, Benth. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 54. — Syn. Mimosa odora- 

 tissima, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 120. Vern. Karmaru, Pb. : Kalia Siris, Hind. ; 

 Bansa, Jabalp. ; Siris, Chichunda, Mar. : Ghichola, Gondi ; Chiclnra, Chauda ; 

 Chinduga, Tel.; Bilw&ra, Kan.; Kant Vagei, Tarn.; Thitmagyi, Lower, 

 T/iitjti/ii. Upper Burma. 



A huge tree, with dark green foliage. Bark light or dark grey, marked 

 with numerous narrow horizontal wrinkles, nearly encircling the trunk. Heart- 

 wood dark brown. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence pubescent. Pinuse 

 3-8 pair. Leaflets 10-25 pair, |-1 in. long, oblong, obtuse, unequal-sided, 

 somewhat falcate, pale, glabrous or pubescent beneath. Fl. heads pale 

 yellow, fragrant, in compact corymbs arranged in large terminal panicles. 

 Corolla and calyx densely strigose with short hairs, the former campanulate, 

 5 times longer than calyx. Anthers yellow. Pods 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad, 

 dehiscent, tomentose when young, nearly glabrous when ripe. 



Subhimalayan tract ascending to 8,000 ft. Western Peninsula and Burma. Never 

 quite leafless, foliage renewed in spring. Fl. April-.Iuue. f>. A. lebbekoides, Benth.; 

 I'm in in Jnurn. As. Sue. B>'iig. Hi; (IS'.iS) 513, Upper Burma, common. A tall tree, 

 attaining ['20 ft., differs from 1 by smaller linear, more numerous leaflets (25-30 pair) 

 ninl :i I iiliul.ir corolla. 



C. Pinna? 3-12 pair: leaflets .',-2 in. long; fl. pedicellate. 



6. A. Thompsoni, Brandis, Ind. For. xxv. (1899) 284. Vern. Silari, 

 Chauda. 



A large deciduous tree, attaining 7 ft. in girth ; branches spreading. Braneh- 

 lets, young leaves and inflorescence tawny-tomeutose. PinnsB 8-12, leaflets 

 15-20 pair, pale beneath, very unequal-sided, nearly falcate, acute or macron- 

 ate, .'. | in. long. Fl. pale yellow, not scented: anthers pink: pedicels as long 

 as or longer than calyx: corolla twice the length of calyx, both pubescent. 

 Ovary glabrous, stipitate. Heads in dense corymbs: peduncles IJ— 2 in. long. 

 Pod glabrous from the beginning, shining, of a rich brown colour, dehiscent, 

 6-8 by 1-1. \ in. 



Mohurli and other forests in the Chanda district, often associated with Chichwa 

 ( .1. odoratiiaima) Ganjam. Leafless January and February . PI. with the young leaves 

 by the end of February or beginning of March. 



7. A. Lebbek, Benth.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 53. Siris. Vern. Siris, Sirsa, 

 Hind.; Chichola, Mar. ; Bage, Kan.; Dirasanam, Tel. ; Vagal, Tarn. ; Kokoh, 



Burnt. 



