296 L. LEGHMmoSiE. (J. G. Baker.) ^Acaeia. 



not very dense. Cali/x i in., campanulate, glabrous, deeply toothed. Corolla yel- 

 lowish. Pod 3 in. hy f in., thin, grey, firm, indehiscent, 5-6-seeded, narrowed snd- 

 Se^j into s, short stalk. 



13. A. modesta, Wall. Ft. As. Sar. 1. 130 ; spines in pairs short hooked, 

 pinnae 4^6, leaflets 6-8 obovate, corolla twice the glabrous campanulate calyx, 

 pod straight strap-shaped. Wall. Cat. 5230 ; Dene, in Jacquem. Voy. Sot. 

 t. 56. Mmosa dumosa, Soxb. Mart. Beng. 40 ; Ft. Ind. ii. 559. M. obovata, 

 Hoxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 561. 



Foot of the Wksteen and Centeai. Himaiatas. — Disteib. Afghanistan. 



A middle-sized tree, with grey glabrous branches. Prickles dark-brown, polished, 

 Zea/^-rachises very slender, finely downy, with a small gland at the base and one be- 

 tween the uppermost pinnae ; leaflets thin, rigidly subcoriaceous, |^-f in. long, shortly 

 stalked, glabrous, oblique at the base, pale green, obtuse or minutely cuspidate. 

 Spikes 2-3 in. long, not Tery dense. Corolla ^ in., greemsh. Pod 2-3 in. by |-|in., 

 6-8-seeded, glossy, drab, glabrous, Tenulose, narrowed gradually into a short 

 stalk. 



14. A. lentlcnlarls, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 5244; spines in pairs short 

 looked, pinnae 4r-8, leaflets 12-16 laige obovate-oblong, corolla twice the cam- 

 panulate calyx, pod strap-shaped straight or subfalcate. Senth. in Book. Land. 

 Joum. L 508. * 



Foot of Central and Easteen and "Westken Hijisxatas, rare, Hamilton, Soyle. 



Branches grey, glabrous. Leaves long-petioled, without any gland on the rachis ; 

 pinnse 3-4 in. long ; leaflets much larger than in any other species, 1-1^ in. long, 

 obtuse, pale glaucous-green, glabrous, rigidly subcoriaceous, sessile, reduced on the 

 upper side towards the base. Spikes very dense, short-peduncled, 3-4 in. long. Co- 

 rolla ^ in., grey, campanulate, deeply toothed. Po(f 6-8 in. by | in., 6-&-seeded, thin, 

 flat, opaque, brown, Tenulose, with both sutures slightly thickened and furnished with 

 a narrow wing. 



15. A. Xiatronum, WiUd. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 460 ; spines in pairs long 

 straight, piimse 6-10, leaflets 20-30 minute ligulate, pod oblong thin flat rather 

 recurved. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 95 ; WaU. Cat. 5332 ; WigM le. t. 1157 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. 273; Dcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. A. umbraculata, Wall. Cat. 5245. 

 A. dumosa, W. ^ A. Prodr. 274, excl. syn. Boxb. Mimosa Latronum, Linn. ; 

 Boxb. Mart. Beng. 40 ; Fl. Ind. n. 558. M. comigera, Linn. Suppl. 438. 



Westeen Peninsuia. 



A low tree, forming an umbrella-like top when old, with brown glabrous branches. 

 Full-sized j!rtt!Afe«2-2i in. long, i-| in. thick, connate at the base. iea«es shorter 

 than the prickles ; rachises very slender, glabrous or downy, with a small petiolar 

 gland ; leaflets |-J in., glabrous, rigidly subcoriaceous. Spikes abundantly produced 

 from the close nodes of leafless branches. Corolla i in., 3-4 times the minute gla- 

 brous campanulate calyx. Pod 1^2 in. by ^-i in., opaque, dark brown, 2-4-seededi 

 veined, finally dehiscing. 



Series III. Vulg'ares. Climbers with copious scattered prickles. Flowers 

 in copiously panicled globose heads. 



16. A. conclnna, DC. Prodr. ii. 464 ; pinnae 12-16, leaflets 30--50 mem- 

 branous, stipules and bracts cordate-ovate, pod thick succulent when dry 

 shrivelled and rugose with slightly waved sutures. W. ^ A. Prodr. 277 ; WaU. 

 Cat. 5250, e.vcl. D; Dalz. 8f Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. A. Hooperiana, Zippd. ; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat i. 10. Mimosa concinna, WiUd. ; Boxb. JSort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 665. M. rugata. Lam. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 431. M. abstergens, Spreng. DC. 

 Prodr. loc, cit. 



