187G.] Knowledge of tie Burmese Flora. 297 



9 ; Brand. For. Fl. t. 27 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 48 {Mimosa leucopMoea, Boxb. 

 Corom. PL II. 27. t. 150). 



Var. a. gemtina, flower-heads the size of a pea, the stout peduncles, 

 and also the pods, shortly tomentose ; leaves slightly, the rachis more or 

 less, pubescent. 



Yar. f3. microcephala {A, microcephala, Grrah. in Wall. Cat. 

 5263), flower-heads half the size, the slender peduncles and the inflorescence 

 puberulous ; pods when fully ripe quite glabrous ; leaves and their rachis 

 glabrous. 



Hab. Var. a. Ava, along the Irrawaddi (Wall. Cat. 5262) ; var. 

 /?. not unfrequent in tbe dry forests of the Prome district, up to 1000 

 feet elevation. — Fr. March. 



The two varieties here adopted are very likely different species. 



*5. A. Faenesiana, Willd. sp. pi. IV. 1083 ; Bth. in Hook. Lond. 

 Journ. Bot. I. 494 and in Linn. Trans. XXX. 502 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 52. 

 {Vachellia Famesiana, WA. Prod. I. 272 ; Wight Icon. t. 300). 



Hab. Frequently planted in villages all over Burma, more especially 

 in Ava and Prome, where it is often found half - spontaneous. — Fl. Jan. 



6. A. bttgata, Ham. Wall. Cat. 5251 ; Bth in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. I. 514 ; Mimosa rugata, Lamk. Diet. I. 20. (1786). 



Var. o. geistjzna, ovary villous ; softer parts more pubescent. 



Var. /?. concintsta {A. concinna, DC. Prod. II. 464 ; Bth in Hook. 

 Lond. Journ, Bot. I. 514 and in Linn. Trans. XXX. 531 ; Mimosa concinna, 

 Willd. sp. pi. (1805) IV. 1039 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. II. 565), ovary glabrous or 

 nearly so ; all softer parts more glabrous. 



Hab. Var. (3. frequent in the tropical and moister upper mixed 

 forests, all over Burma down to Tenasserim and the Andamans. — Fl. March, 

 Apr. ; Fr. CS. 



7. A. ciESiA, Willd. sp. pi. IV. 1090 ; WA. Prod. I. 278 ; Bth. in 

 Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. I. 515 and in Linn. Trans. XXX. 530 in part. 

 {Mimosa caesia, L. sp. pi. 1507, non Boxb. ; Mimosa torta, Boxb. Fl. Ind. 

 II. 566). 



Var. a. genttina, leaflets only about 3 lin. long, more rigid, blun- 

 tish with or without a mucro ; branches terete. 



Var. yS. elegans, leaflets about i in. long, bristly acute, less rigid ; 

 branches 5-angular, retorsely prickly along the corners. 



Hab. Var. /3. not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the eastern 

 slopes of the Pegu Yomah and in Martaban. — Fr. CS. 



8. A. Intsia, Willd. sp. pi. IV. 1091 ; Bth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 Bot. I. 515 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 11. {Mimosa Intsia, L. sp. pi. 150S ; 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. II. 565 ; A. oxyphylla, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5252 j Bth. 1. c. 

 514 ; Mimosa caesia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. II. 565 ?). 



