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(1) D.cinmrea. (W. § 4.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I, p. 271. 
Syn. Caillea cinerea, G. g P.~-Mimosa cinerea, Linn. Roxb. fl. 
Ind. III. p. 561.—Desmanthus cinereus, Willd. Dec. prod. II. p. 
445.—Acacia cinerea, Spreng.—A. Dalea, Desv. Dec. l. c. p. 459. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 357.—Roxb. Cor. II. t. 174.—Burm. 
Zeyl. t. 2.—Pluk. t. 121. f. 5. 
Src. Cuar. Shrub armed with stipulary thorns: leaves pin- 
nated: pinnz 8-10 pair, with glands between the lower ones: leaf- 
‘Jets 12+15 pair, linear, ciliated, pubescent : spikes usually solitary, 
rarely 2-3 together, drooping, rather shorter than the leaves: petals 
‘seareely cohering ly their margins and forming a.5-cleft corolla: 
fertile stamens yellow, sterile ones white or rose-coloured. 
Common on the sterile plains of the Deccan, Delhi. Patna, 
Flowering in the rainy season. 
GENUS LXVU. ADENANTHERA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Ser: Syét: 
Deriv. From Aden, a gland, and Anther, The anthers are tip- 
ped with deciduous glands. 
Gen. Cuan. Flowers bisexual: calyx 4—5-toothed : petals 4-5, 
lanceolate, sessile, slightly cohering at the base: leeume compressed, 
linear, membranaceous, with transverse partitions between the seeds, 
slightly torulose. 
(1) A. Pavontva. (Linn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 271.—Dec. prod. II. p, 446.— 
Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p.-870. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. T. t. 80.—Rheede Mal. VI. t. 14.— 
Rumph. Amb. LI. t. 109. 
’ Srec. Cutan. Tree, unarmed: leaves bipinnated : leaflets oval, 
obtuse, glabrous on both sides: racemes spike-like, terminal, or from 
the axils of the upper leaves: legume somewhat falcate and twisted : 
flowers small, yellow, fragrant. — 
Peninsula. Travancore. Silhet. Assam. lowering in the hot 
season. The inner wood which is deep-red yields a dye with which 
the Brahmins mark their foreheads. The bright scarlet seeds are 
used by goldsmiths for weights. Each weighs 4 grains, 
GENUS LXVII. PROSOPIS. 
Polygamia Monceia. Ser: Syst: 
Deriv. From Prosopon, a mask, the application of which is 
woknown. 
