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Xylia, Bth. 



1. X. dolabrifoemis, Bth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. IV. 417; and in 

 Linn. Trans. XXX. 373 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 186 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 42. 

 — (Mimosa xylocarpa, Roxb. Corom. Fl. I. t. 100 and Fl. Ind. II. 543). 



Hab. Common in the mixed and dry forests, all over Burma and the 

 adjacent provinces, up to 3000 feet elevation. — Fl. March, Apr. ; Fr. CS. 



Parkia, KBr. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Calyx-lobes obovate-cuneate. 



Leaflets an inch, long, pubescent beneath, penninerved ; receptacle regular, . .P. insignis. 



* * Calyx-lobes short, rotundate {not cuneate-narroioed.) 



Leaflets J in. long, quite glabrous, 1 -nerved with a lateral basal nerve ; receptacle 

 irregular, P. leiophylla. 



Leaflets \ \ in. long, very narrow, sparingly pubescent beneath, 1 -nerved without 

 lateral nerves ; receptacle regular, P. Roxburghii. 



1. P. insignis, Kurz. in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 74 ; Bth. in 

 Linn. Trans. XXX. 361. 



Hab. Not unfrecment ha the tropical forests of Martaban, east of 

 Tounghoo. — Fl. Apr. May. 



2. P. leiophtlla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 73 ; Bth. in 

 Linn. Trans. XXX. 361. 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of the Pegu Yomah, especially 

 along its eastern slopes. — Fl. HS. ? ; Fr. Febr. March. 



Acacia, Willd. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Trees or erect shrubs, the branchlets armed only with paired diverging stipulary 



or infra- stipulary prickles. 

 x Mowers in spikes. 



+ Pod-valves chartaceous, transversely reticulate-veined, the sutures 

 nerve-like or almost keeled. 

 Glaucous-green, glabrous ; leaflets oblong-linear, blunt, 3 — 5 lin. long ; flowers 



yellow, A. ferruginea. 



+ + Pod-valves coriaceous, the margins not or hardly prominent. 

 Spikes glabrous or pubescent, yellow ; leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent ; bark much 



cracked and rough, dark brown, A. Catechu. 



Spikes tomentose, white ; leaves while young greyish pubescent ; bark rather even 



and smooth, white, A. Suma. 



x x Flowers in globular heads, yellow. 

 + Pods dry- coriaceous, flat, dehiscent. 



Bark whitish ; flower -heads arranged in ample terminal panicles, A. Icucophloea. 



+ + Pod thick, toroso, fleshy-coriaceous, indehiscent. 

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