365 
' ‘Spec. 'Cuar. Small tree: thorns stipulary, long, short or almost 
wanting: pinnze about 5 pair, with a gland between the first and 
Jast pairs: leaflets 15-20 pair: peduncles aggregated, axillary of 
forming a terminal raceme by the abortion of the leaves: heads of 
flowers ¢lobose : legumes stalked, compressed, thickish, contracted 
on both sutures between the seeds: flowers bright-yellow, fragrant. 
Peninsula. Sukanagur. Saharunpore. Flowering in May and 
October. The gum which exudes from the bark is used as a sub= 
stitute for'Gum Atabic. The wood is strong, tough and durable. 
The bark is astringent and used for tanning leather. 
(14) A. tevcopntaa. (Willd. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 277.—Dec. prod. II. p. 462. 
Syn. A. alba, Wélld.—Mimosa leutophlea, Roxb. ff. Ind. If, 
p. 558. 
Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 150. 
Spec. Cuan. ‘Tree, armed with stipulary thorns: pinnee 7-12 
pait, with a gland below the first an@ between some of the last pairs: 
Jeafiets numerous, obleng-linear, pubescent or nearly glabrous: pa 
nicles large, terminal, or from the wpper-axils: branches and pedun- 
cles shortly tomentose: -heads.of flowers globose, on short pedun- 
cles: legume narrow, jinear, dong, curved, shortly tomentose when 
young : flowers pale yellowish. 
Coromandel. South Mahratta-couutry. Sholapore. Delhi. Flow~ 
ering in the rainy season. The bark is astringent. The natives 
distil an ardent spirit fram it mixed with palm wine and coarse 
sugar. 
(15) A. pennata. (Wilid.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod, I. p. 277.=-Dec. prod. I. p..464,° 
Syn. A. megaladena, Desv.—Mimosa pennata, Linn.—M. ferrus 
tinea, Rottl Dec. ‘prod. H. .p.'431. 
Spec. Cuar. Climbing: branches irregularly angled, slightly 
tomentose,-armed with numerous small straight, or recurved pric- 
kles: ‘pinne 8-13 pair: leaflets numerous, small, narrow-linear, 
semihastate, acute: ‘petioles tomentose, with a row of prickles on 
the under side, a large flat gland near the base and a small one bea 
tween each of the 2-3 extreme pairs of pinnze: peduncles aggregat= 
ed, axillary or forming naked racemes towards the ends of the 
‘branches: flowers in globular heads; legumes thin, 6—10-seeded: 
flowers small, yellow. 
Courtallum. Neilgherries. Flowering in the-rainy season. 
(16) A. Rucara, (-Lam.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 277. 
Syn. A.concinna, Dec. prod. II. p. 464.—Mimosa concinna, 
Willd, Roxb. fl. Ind. VW. p. 564.—M. rugata, Lam. Dee, 1. c. p. 
431.—M. abstergens, Spr. 
Engrav. Burm, Zeyl. t. 1.—Pluk. t, 121. f. 6. 
