.Aaacia.2 L. legtiminoS^. (J. G. Bakerr) 295 



teeth deltoid. Corolla nearly -white.. Pod 3-4 in. by ^ in., rather, thicker than in 

 the two following, veined, o-b-seeded, distinctly beaked, subindehiscent, narrowed 

 suddenly into a stalk ^-f in. long. 



9. A. Catechu, Willd. Sp. PL iT,1079; spines short hooked in pairs, 

 pinnss 40-80, leaflete 60-100 small ligulate, rachises downy, corolla 2-3 

 times the tomentose calyx, pod strap-shaped straight. Wall. CaL 5228,. A, B, 

 C, F. Acacia catechuoides, Wall. Cat. 5229 A in part; JBenth. in Hook. Land. 

 Jmm. 1842, 610. A. polyacantha, Willd. Sp. iv. 1079 ?. A. Wallichiana, JDC. 

 Prodr. ii. 458 ? Mimosa Catechu, Roxh. Cor. Pl.t. 175 ; Ker. Med. Oh. v. 151, 

 t.4; Roxh. Hort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 563 (both No. 41 and 42). Mimosa 

 catechuoides, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 562. 



Through the Himalayas from the Punjab to Sikkim, ascending to 4-6000 ft. 



ElRMA. 



Very near A. Siima, from which it differs by its brown bark, darker yellow flowers, 

 calyx not more than half as long, both absolutely and in proportion to the corolla, and 

 not merely downy, but clothed with distinct spreading grey hairs, and by its nar- 

 rower thinner darker brown pod. ' 



10. A. Sundra, JDC. Prodr. ii. 458; spines short hooked in pairs, 

 pinnae 30-40, leaflets 40-80 small lignlate, rachises glabrous, corolla 3 times the 

 glabrous calyx, pod strap-shaped straight. W. 8f A. Prodr. 273 ; Dcdz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 86 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 50. A. chundra, WiUd. Sp. iv. 1078. A. 

 catechuoides, WaU. Cat. 5229 A, ex parte. A. Catechu, Brand. For. Flor. 186, 

 etBenth. in Trans. Linn. Soa. xxx. 519, in part. Mimosa Sundra, Poxb. Cor. PL 

 t. 225 ; Sort. Beng. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 562. 



Westebn Peninsula, Cetlon, Bibma. 



Scarcely more than a variety of A. Catechu, from which it differs by its fewer 

 leaflets and pinnse, and by the total absence of pubescence from the leaflets- leaf- 

 rachises and calyx, by the latter being rather shorter, and by the very dark bro-wn 

 colour of its branchlets. 



11. A. ferrug^lnea, DC. Prodr. ii. 458; spines short hooked in pairs> 

 pinnae 6-12, leaflets 20-40 ligulate-oblong, rachises glabrous, coroUa 2-3 times 

 the eampanulate glabrous calyx, pod straight strap-shaped. Wcdl. Cat. 5226 ; 

 W. 8f A. Prodr. 273 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 51, Mimosa ferruginea, Poxb. Hort, 

 Bmg. 41 ; FL Ind. ii. 561. 



Westeen PENmsutA. 



A middle-sized tree, with brown bark and glabrous or slightly downy branchlets. 

 Prickles sometimes suppressed. ' icB/-rachis with a gland on the petiole and one be- 

 tween the uppermost pinnse ; pinnae 2-3 in. long ; leaflets \-^ in. long, pale glaucous- 

 green, rigidly subcoriaceous. Spikes dense, 3-4 in. long. CoroUa yellowish, ^ in. 

 Pod 3-4 in. long, f- in.. broad, dark brown, glabrous, veined, distinctly stalked, 4-6- 

 seeded, the upper suture narrowly -winged. 



12. A. Seneg'al, Willd.; DC. Prodr. ii. 459 in part; spines small 

 hooked often 3-nate, pinnae 6-10, leaflets 16-28 small li^ate, rachises finely 

 do-wny, corolla twice the eampanulate calyx, pod straight strap-shaped. A. 

 Terek, OuilL ^ Per. FL Seneg. i. 245, t. 56. A. rupestris. Stocks. ; Boiss. FL. 

 Orient, ii. 638. 



SciNDE, Stocks. — DiSTEiB. Arabia, tropical Africa. 



A lo-w tree, with flexuose glaucous grey branches, ico/'-rachises not above an inch 

 long, with a gland at the base and one between the upper pair of pinnse ; leaflets 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, ^ in. long, glabrous, pale, glaucous-green. Spikes 2-3 in. long. 



