dcacia.'] ' L. leguMinos^. (J. G. Baker.) 297 



Easteen Himalayas, Westeen and Easteen Peninsdias, and Ceylon. — Disteib. 

 ]yialay isles, China. 



Prieftlei abundant, minute, hooked. BrancMeU and leaf-rachises finely grey- 

 downy. Petiole with a large gland near the base and one between the uppermost 

 pinnae; pinnae 2-3 in. long; leaflets |-J in. long, pale green above, glaucous beneath, 

 subglabrous, ^-^ in. broad, with a very oblique midrib, sensitive, often not crowded. 

 Panicles with densely downy branches, the lower springing from the axils of the 

 leaves, the upper subtended by conspicuous oblique membranous subpersistent bracts ; 

 ■ heads yellow, f-i in. broad. Calyx funnel-shaped, ^ in. long. Corolla little exserted. 

 Pod strap-shaped, straight, 3-4 in. by j in., 6-10-8eeded, with broad sutures, nar- 

 . rowed to a short stalk, depressed between the seeds. ' 



Vae. rugata. Ham. in Wall. Cat.. d251, sp. ,; leaflets and pod larger, the pinnae J in. 

 and the latter 1-1 i in. broad, ovary villose. — Eastern Himalayas, 



17. A. Xntsla, Willd. in DC. Prodr. ii. 464; pinnse 12-16, leaflets 

 16-24 ligulate-oblong rigidly subcoriaceous not crowded, oracts minute lanceo- 

 late, pod dry thin. WaU. Cat. 5248 ; W. Sf A. Prodr. 278; Bah. ^ Oibx. 

 Bomb. Fl. 88. Mimosa caesia, lAnn. S^. PI. 1507, ex paHe. M. Intsia, Linn. ; 

 Jioxh. Sort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 565. 



Tropical Heuaxatas, Westeen Peninstjia, Easteek PeniIisula, and Ceyxon. 



Prickles minute, hooked. Branehlets and leaf-rachises finely downy or glabrous, 

 the latter with a gland at the base and between the 2-3 upper pinnae. Pinna 2-3 in. 

 long ; leaflets J-y in., broad, minutely cuspidate, with the midrib nearer the upper 

 margin, both surfaces glabrous or nearly so, the lower grey-green. Peduncles finely 

 ■<towny, 1-4-nate ; heads yellow, imder i in. broad. Calyx shorter, and more broadly 

 funnel-shaped than in the last. Pod straight, strap-shaped, glabrous, dehiscent, 

 smooth, 4-6 in. by |-l:j in., 8-12-seeded, the sutures straight or slightly repand, 

 cmieately narrowed at the base to a short stalk. 



Vae. OBsia, W. & A. Prodr. 278, sp. ; leaflets 40-60 crowded not more than 

 -^-| in., broad rigidly subcoriaceous obtuse with a minute cusp, pinnae 16-30. 

 A. Arar, Ham. in Wall. Cat.. 5249. A. alliacea, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5258. A. intsi- 

 .oides, i>C. Prodr. ii. 464. A. pseudo-intsia, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. i. 12. Mimosa 

 caesia, Idnn. ex parte ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 665. M,_tenuifolia, Boxh. Hort. Beng. 41. — 

 Himalayas (ascending to 3000 ft. in the West and 5000 in Sikkim) Behar, Western 

 Peninsula, Eirma. — ^Distrib. Malay isles. 



Vae. oxyphylla. Grab, in Wall. Cat. 5252, sp. ; leaflets 40-50 more membranous 

 than in the last and more acutely pointed. — Eastern Himalayas; 



18. A. pennata, Willd. Sp. Pl.vv. 1090; pinnae 16-30, leaflets 80-100 

 .rigidly coriaceous very narrow densely crowded, bracts minute lanceolate, pod 

 dry thin. Wall. Cat. 6254 ; W. 8r A. Prodr. 277. Acacia megaladena, Desv. ; 

 JDC. Prodr. ii. 465. A. prensans, Lowe in Bat. Mag. t. 3408. A. paludosa, 

 Miq. Flm: Ind. Bat. i. 14. A. pinnata, Dalz. ^ Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. Mimosa 

 pennata, Imn. Sp. 1507, excl. syn. ; Moxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 665. M. torta, Roxh. 

 Sort. Beng. 41 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 666. M. femiginea, RoUl. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 431. 



Centeal and Eastbbn Himalayas (ascending to 5000 ft.), Behae, Easteen 

 an^ Westeen Peninsula, Biema, and Ceylon. — Disteib. Malay isles, Trop. Africa, 

 Natal. 



PricMes generally fewer and less hooked than in A. Intsia and conciwna. 

 BraricUets and leaf-rachises finely downy, the latter with a large plate-shaped gland at 

 the base of the petiole and several between the upper pinnae. Pinnei 2-3 in. long ; 

 leaflets firm in texture, not more than ^-^^ in. broad, dark green above, grey-green 

 below, both sides glabrous. Peduncles 1-4-nate, finely downy; heads J in. thick. 

 Corolla i in., slightly exceeding the glabrous subcampanulate calyx. Pod straight, 

 strap-shaped, thin glabrous, dehiscent, 6-8 in. by f-lj in., distinctly stalked, 8-12- 

 seeded, the sutures rather raised, slightly lepand. 



