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_ Gen. Cuan. Trees or shrubs: leaves bipinnated, or oécasiotially 
simply pinnated: flowers usually spiked: calyx 5-toothed: petals 
5, distinct: stamens 10: legunie linéar, cylindrical, filled with pulp, 
torulose, at length crumbling to pieces, 
(1) P. sprciekra. (Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 271.—Dee. prod. II. p: 446. 
Syn. P. spicata, Burm.—Adenanthera aculeata, Roxb. ft. tide 
Il. p. 371. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 63.—Burm. Ind. t. 25. f. 3.—Pluk. 
t. 121, f. 3. 
Sprzc. Cuan. Tree, armed with scattered prickles or sometimes 
unarmed: Jeaves usually bipinnated} pinnz 1-2 pair, with a gland 
between each pair! leaflets 7-10 pair, oblong-linear, obtuse : spikes 
axillary, several together, elongated, filiform: anthers tipped with 
a deciduous gland: legume cylindric: flowers small, yellow. 
Coromandel. Guzerat. Delhi. Flowering in the cold season. 
The pods contain a quantity of brown mealy sweetish pulp which 
the natives eat. 
GENUS LXIX. VACHELLIA. 
Polygamiia Monéecia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. Named after Rev. G. Vachell, a great promoter of the 
knowledge of Botany in China. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-toothed: corolla tubular, 5—6-toothed ! 
stamens distinct, very numerous. 
(1) V. Farnestanwa. (W. § A.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 272. 
Syn, Mimosa Farnesiana, Linn. Roxb. fl. Ind. Il. p. 557.—~ 
M. Indica, Poir.—Acacia Farnesiana, Willd. Dec. prod. II. ps 
461.—A. Indica, Desv. Dec. 1. c. p. 462. 
Engrav. Pluk. t. 73. f. 3.—Wight’s Icon. t. 300. 
Serc. Cuar. Large shrub or small tree, armed with straight 
stipulary thorns: leaves bipinnated: pinnz: 4~8 pair, with a gland 
below the lower pair and often between the uppermost : leaflets 10— 
20 pair, linear, nearly glabrous: petioles arid peduncles more or 
less pubescent : legume cylindrical, turgid, filled with pulp and a 
double row of seeds: flower-heads globular, 2-3 together, each on 
an axillary peduncle: flowers small, yellow, fragrant. 
Peninsula, Scinde. Silhet. Assam. Flowering in December 
and January. 
