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6-8 on the proximal pinnae, in all cases decreasing downwards, apex acute, base 

 cuneate from the middle, '75-2 25 in. long, '4-1 in. wide, pale-green above, glaucescent 

 beneath, sparsely adpressed-puberulous on both surfaces ; stipules minute. Ultimate 

 branches of 'panicle umbellate. Calyx *1 in. long, puberulous externally, teeth minute, 

 pedicels '05 in. Corolla twice the calyx, teeth lanceolate. Pod 6-8 in. long, 1-125 

 in. wide, thin, rather firm, strap-shaped, the base narrow-cuneate, the tip blunt ; pale 

 straw-coloured, very faintly reticulate ; seeds 8-10. 



This extremely distinct species bears no very close affinity to either of the 

 species to which it has been referred. It agrees with A. Lebbele for which Mr. Gamble 

 has taken it, in colour of pod and in having pedicelled flowers, but its leaves and 

 leaflets are totally different. With A. procera, to which Mr. Clarke has referred it, 

 it agrees in having the secondary rachises glandular as well as the main-rachis but 

 the leaflets are quite different in shape and in colour, while its flowers and its pods 

 in no way resemble those of A. procera. 



The nearest Indian ally of the species is A. lucida from which, however, it 

 differs markedly in size of leaves and leaflets and in having shortly pedicelled 

 florets. Its nearest ally in the genus is A. tomentella Miq. (Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 20) 

 which has leaflets similar in shape, size and disposition, but which differs in having 

 the leaflets densely pubescent beneath and not glaucescent, in having several glands 

 (instead of one only) on the secondary rachises, and in having a broader, brown pod 

 with a very different reticulation. 



6. Albizzia glomerifloka Kurz. 



This species must be deleted. When Mr. Kurz published it as an Albizzia he 

 was treating Pithecolobium, to which the tree really belongs, as a section of Albizzia. 

 The true name of the species is Pithecolobium glomerijlorum Kurz (For. Flor. Brit. 

 Burm. i. 430). 



7. Albizzia Julibrissin Burazz. 



This species must also be deleted. There has always been some doubt as to the 

 occurrence of this tree in India. In the Flora of British India two varieties are 

 indicated, viz., typical Julibrissin said to extend from Hazara to Sikkim and var. 

 mollis (Acacia mollis Wall. ; Albizzia mollis Boiv.) extending from Simla to Nepal. 



There seems, however, to be no such thing as A. Julibrissin in India, in a wild 

 state, and the writer doubts if it be even cultivated. Certainly no one has ever sent 

 epecimens of A. Julibrissin to Calcutta ; all the specimens received with this name 

 prove on examination to be either A. mollis or, much more frequently, misidentified 

 A. stipulata. 



(7.) Albizzia. mollis Boiv. Encyc. xix. Siecle ii. 33. A. Julibrissin 

 VAR. mollis Benth. ; Bah. in Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 300. 



This is quite entitled to specific rank. Add to localities : — 

 Assam ; Simons ! Manipur ; Watt ! 



Though recurring again to the east of the Brahmaputra without having been 

 reported from anywhere between Nepal and the Assam Eange, the tree shows no 

 more tendency to resemble specimens of A. Julibrissin from China and Japan than 

 does the North- West Himalayan form to resemble specimens of A. Julibrissin from 

 the Oriental region. 



