^cocMi..] L. LEGXJMiNOsai. (J. G. Baker.) 293 



KioriaceouB. Peduncles crowded in the nodes of full-grown leaves, shorter than the 

 leares, with the ring of bracts at or near the apex. Heads fragrant, bright yellow, 

 Tinder J in. diam. Caiyx campanulate, very minute. Corolla ^ in. ; teeth short, 

 obtuse. Pod 2-3 in. long, J in. thick, dull brown, marked with fine close horizontal 

 strise. 



2. A. planlfrons, TV. ^ A. Prodr. 276; pinnre 10-16, leaflets 16-24, 

 heads axillary, pod narrow ligulate turgid with straight sutures.^ Bedd. Fl. 

 Syh. 95. A. Famesiana, TTaii. Cat. 5264 I. A. Roxburg'Hi, W, §• A. Prodr. 

 276. A. Oampbellii, Am. Pug. 15. Mimosa ebumea, Roxh. Cor. PI. t. 199 ; 

 J/. Ind. ii. 558, 7um Linn. M. horrida, Sm. in Rees Cyclop. 



Wkstebn PENmstrxA. 



A tree, with a flat umbrella-like top, and glabrous branches with grey lenti- 

 •cular dots. Sjpines J- J in. long, the old ones spreading, \ in. thick, very pungent. 

 Leaves glabrous, very small ; glands of the rachis or minute ; pinnse ^-^ in. long ; 

 leaflets i-|^ in., rigidly coriaceous, glaucous-green, glabrous. Heads in clusters 

 from the axils of mature branchlets, i-| in. diam. ; peduncles very slender, with 

 the involucre below the middle. Corolla Jj in., yellow, twice the calyx. Pod 

 iSubeylindrical, glabrous, 2-3 in. long, J-l in. thick, circinate, rigidly subcoriaceous, 

 indehiscent. 



3. A. arabica, WUld. ; DC. Pi-odr. ii. 461 ; pinnae 6-12, leaflets 20-40, 

 -leads axillary, pod straight strap-shaped flrm grey-downy with sutures deeply 

 rindented between each seed. Wcdl. Cat. 5246 ; W. ^ A. Pi-odr. 277 ; Sedd. 

 Fl. Syh. t. 47 ; Balz. Sf Qibs. Bomb. Fl. 86. A. vera, Willd. loc. eit. Mimosa 

 arabica. Lam. ; Boxb. Cor. PI. t. 149 ; Hort. Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 557. 



Punjab to Behas, Wbsteen Peninsxtla and Ceylon. — ^Distbib. Arabia, Egypt; 

 Trop. Africa, Natal. 



A shrub or tree, with straight finely grey-downy branchlets. Spines J-2 in. 

 long,, large, white, ascending and pungent on the older branchlets. ieof-raohises 

 -downy, with several glands ; pinnae ^IJ in. long ; leaflets membranous, green, J-J- 

 in., glabrous or rather downy. Peduncles short, densely grey-downy, -with the bracts 

 above the middle, 4— 6-nate, the subtending leaves of the upper nodes reduced or 

 ;suppressed ; heads yeUow, ^ in. diam. Calyx i in., campanulate. Corolla twice 

 the length of the calyx. Pod rigidly coriaceous, subiudehiscent, densely persistently 

 grey-downy, 8-12-seeded, ^-^ ft. by J-| in., distinctly stalked. 



4. A. ebumea, WUld.; DC. Prodr. ii. 461 ; pinnae 4-10, leaflets 12-16, 

 heads axillary, pod straight narrow-ligulate rigidly coriaceous dehiscent glabrous 

 with slightly repand sutures. 1^.^.4.1^0^^276; Dah. ^' Qibs. BonA. Fl. 

 •85 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 95 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 637. Mimosa ebumea, Linn. Jil. 

 JSvppl. 437, non Roxb. 



East Hthalayas and Punjab to the Westebn Peninsuia. and Ceylon. — Distbib. 

 Afghanistan, Arabia. 



General habit of A. arabica, with fewer leaflets and a different pod. Branchlets 

 .^lender, downy or glabrous. Spines J-2 in., the large ones white, ^-^ in. Pinna 

 J-J in. long, with a gland between the lowest pair ; leaflets jj-^ in., rigidly 

 coriaceous, grey-green. Heads yellow, under A in. diam. from the axils of developed 

 leaves ; peduncles densely grey-downy, with the involucre about the middle. Calyx 

 ■^ in., funnel-shaped, shortly toothed. Corolla scarcely twice the length of the 

 ■calyx. Pod distinctly stalked, 3-6 in. by J in., thin, flat, straight, drab, glossy, 

 rather venulose, 6-10-seeded. 



5. A. Jacquemontll, Benth. in Hook. Jowm. Bot. i. 499; pinnae 6-8, 

 leaflets 12-16, heads axillary, pod thin flat broad-ligulate dehiscent glabrous 

 "with straight sutures. 



