29S S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Hab. Chittagong Hills ; Ava, Khakyen Hills, east of Bhamo. 



9. A. PEisnsrATA, Willd. sp. pi. 1090 ; Btli. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 

 I. 516, excl. syn. Roxb. and in Linn. Trans. XXX. 531 in part only ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 12.— (Mimosa pennata, L. sp. pi. 1507 ; Roxb. El. Ind. II. 



565 ; A. prensans, Lowe in Bot. Mag. t. 3408). 



Var. a. geistttesta, panicles puberulous ; flower-heads the size of a 

 large pea ; young branchlets shortly puberulous ; leaflets glabrous ; rachis 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent ; pods linear-lanceolate, acuminate at both 

 ends. 



2. Var. /?. cajstescens (A. canescens, Grah. in (Wall. Cat. 5256), 

 panicles and young branchlets tomentose ; leaflets ciliate ; rachis tomentose ; 

 pods linear-oblong, rounded at both ends, smooth, pale-coloured. 



Hab. Tar. a. common in all leaf-shedding forests, all over Burma 

 and the adjacent provinces ; var. j3. Ava. — Fr. CS. 



The two varieties here adopted offer differences which are rather of 

 specific value. 



10. A. PRUiNESCEisrs, Kurz MS. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the southern Pegu 

 Yomah ; also Ava, Khakyen Hills, east of Bhamo (J. Anderson). 



This species has flower-heads twice the size of those of the preceding ; 

 and the branchlets, inflorescence, and peduncles are more or less pruinous, 

 with or without an admixture of tomentum. It is a powerful climber, with 

 somewhat compressed dark-coloured stems up to 3 feet girth. The tough 

 reddish bark and fibre are used for poisoning fish. 



Albizzia, Durazz. 

 Conspectus of Species. 

 Subg. 1. Eu-Albizzia. Pods straight very flat, the sutures slightly 

 thickened. Flowers white. 



* Pinnae numerous (10 — 18) ; leaflets linear, 1 — 6 lin. long, in very numerous 



x Leaflets bluntish, the nerve central or nearly so. 

 Leaflets very narrow, glabrous ; flower-heads small, in terminal panicles, 



. .A. myriopliylla. 

 x x Leaflets more or less acute, the nerve marginal or nearly so. Trees. 

 Stipules very large, obliquely ovate, acuminate ; all parts more or less shortly pubes- 

 cent ; corolla nearly 4 times as long as the calyx, A. stipulata. 



Stipules none or obsolete ; full-grown parts glabrous or nearly so, A. elegans, 



* * Pinnae in 2 — 6 pairs ; leaflets ovate to oblong, \ — lj in. long, in several 

 pairs. 

 x Leaflets sessile. 

 Flowers small ; calyx minute ; corolla \\ lin. long ; pods blackish or brownish black, 



,,A. odoratissima. 



