Albizzia] XLV. LEGUMINOS^ 273 



and common petiole tomentose or pubescent. Pinnae (J— 12, leaflets 10-30 

 pair, from linear to obliquely oblong, h in. long. Fl. rose-coloured, 1-lf in. to 

 extremity of stamens : calyx less than half the length of corolla, both hairy 

 outside. Pod softly pubescent while young, glabrous when mature, 3-5 by 

 i- | in. 



Outer Himalaya, Hazara to Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 and at i imes to ij.imh.i ft., in 

 the Sutlej valley as farasWangtu. Assam, Manipur. Fl. April-June. Mountains 

 hi Abyssinia at 6,000 ft. Forests around the southern part of the Caspian Sea. North 

 Persia. China (Yunnan, Hupeh, Ic-hnnjr. Peking). .Injiaii. Cultivated in gardens 



of the mediterranean region and in warm entries of both hemispheres. This widely 



spread species varies considerably, chiefly in regard tothedegr f hairiness. Prain 



in .Inn rn. As. s...'. Beng. 66 (1898) 51 I regards . I . mollis (Hi lava. Assam, Manipur) as 



a distinct species, but does not state its distinguishing characters. The specimens 

 from this area have as a rule inflorescence and underside of leaflets softly tomentose, 

 the leaflets are broader, and the base of the pod is rounded. The specimens from 

 Abyssinia, Western Asia, China and Japan are slightly pubescent, they agree in all 

 respects and cannot 1"' separated. There an' moreover intermediate forms; some 

 Himalayan specimens have 1 ■ ■ a H ■ ■ t ^ and inflorescence very slightly pubescent, and a 

 specimen collected by Henry in Yunnan has the i««ls rounded at base, exactly like 

 the Himalayan form. The specimens cultivated in Italia, in North and South 

 America agree with the West Asiatic and Chino-Japanese form. 



11. CALLIANDRA, Benth.: Fl. Brit. Lad. ii. 302. 



Trees or shrubs : 1. bipiunate : leaflets few, huge, glabrous (in the Indian 

 species). Stipules usually persistent, often spinescent. Fl. often unisexual, 

 in globose beads. Stamens x. Filaments connate high up or at base only. Pod 

 Bat, rigidly coriaceous, the valves bordered by much thickened sutures, and 

 dehiscing elasticallv, being rolled backwards from top to bottom. 



1. C. umbrosa, Benth. — Syn. Jui/a n mhrnsn. Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 124. 

 Vein. Kydffl/i, Burm. 



A small tree ; stipules generally spinescent. Pinna? 1 pair, rachisof pinna; 

 1-2 in. long bearing at the end a pair of more or less oblique leaflets 3-8 in. 

 lonir and a single much smaller leaflet on the outside, sec. n. prominent. Fl. 

 white, scented, sessile in dense globose heads supported by a .ring of minute 

 bracteoles; peduncles slender. .', 1 in. long, generally clustered on the old wood, 

 rarely axillary. Pod 6-9 in. long, seeds 4-8. 



Khasi loll-. Silhet, Chittagong. Upper Burma. PI. U. s. 'J C. Grifflthii, Benth. 

 Khasi hills. Spinescent stipules minute. Leaflets arranged as in 1 but much smaller. 

 the terminal 2 2j in. long. PI. supported by linear-lanceolate bracts. 8. C. cynome- 

 troides, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 817, Tinnevelli and Travancore Ghats. A middle-sized tree ; 

 I, pinnate; leaflets 1 pair, :'• I in. long; stipulor spines short, si raight. PI. sessile, 6 12 

 in one head ; peduncles axillary, solitary, L-1J in. long. Pod I a in. long. 



12. PITHECOLOBIUM, Martins: Fl. Brit. Iud. ii. 302. 



Trees or shrubs; 1. bipinnate. Fl. in globose beads, rarely in small loose 

 spikes or corymbs, usually bisexual. Petals connate half way up, or further ; 

 stamens monadelphous, much exserted. Pod coriaceous, curved or twisted, 

 nsuallj dehiscent along the lower suture. Species L10, tropics of both hemi- 

 spheres, chielK Ann 



A. Armed, stipules or branchlets spinescent. 



1. P. dulce, Benth.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 188. Syn. Mimosa dulcis, Roxb. 

 Cor. PI. i. 99; Jnga dulcis, Willd.; Wighl [c. t. L98 

 A middle-sized, glabrous, evergreen nee, armed with straight stipulary 



thorns. I'inn.e '_'. each with I pair of pale green', coriaceous, unequal-sided 

 usually obtuse leaflets, 1-2 in, long mmon and partial raohis slender, termi- 



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