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disposed in a large leafless tomentose panicle ; legume narrow linear, 

 slightly twisted, thick, flattened. Common in the Southern Mara- 

 tha Country and the Sholapore districts. A spirit is distilled from 

 the bark, and the trees are farmed on account of Government, Mr. 

 Law. Syn. A alba, Willd. DC. Prod. 2, 469 ; Mimosa leucophlssa, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 558. Native name " Hewur." 



7. Latronum, Willd. sp. iv, 1077. — Thorns straio;ht, here and 

 there very large ; pinnse 2 to 5 pair ; leaflets 6 to 15 pair, small 

 linear, or oblong obtuse ; spikes cylindric lax, slightly interrupted ; 

 legume broadly falcate, oblong flat, coriaceous, glabrous. In the 

 Eastern Deccan ; common. Syn. Mimosa latronum, Roxb. Fl Ind. 

 ii, 559. 



8. CoNciNNA, DC. Prod. 2, 464. — A large scandent shrub ; 

 prickles numerous, recurved; pinnae 4 to 6 pair; leaflets 12 to 18 

 pair, half oblong obtuse, glabrous ; leaflets pale-green, distant, half 

 inch long Ii inch broad ; racemes but little branched ; peduncles one 

 inch long, heads of flowers small ; legume 3 to 5 inches long, one inch 

 broad, succulent, contracted between the seeds. Used as soap for 

 washing. Native name " Chickakai." The leaves are acid, and 

 are used in cookery instead of Tamarind, Nimmo. Jungles in the 

 Concan ; common; also Ghaut jungle. Syn. Mimosa concinna, 

 Willd. sp. iv, 1039; Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 564; M rugata. Lam. 

 Encycl. Meth i, p 20 ; M abstergens, Spr. syst. ii, p 207. 



9. A Procera. — A great tree unarmed, with white bark and 

 pinnate leaves ; leaflets 10 to 12 pairs, obliquely oblong unequal, 

 with a large gland at base of petiole ; legume reddish, leafy, 

 8 inches long. Native name " Kinye." Timber very useful, 

 especially the dark heart wood. Common near the Ghauts in 

 the Deccan, and still more so in the Concan. 



10. PiNNATA, Willd. sp. iv, 1090. — A scandent shrub ; prickles 

 scattered, numerous, straight, or at length recurved ; pinnae 8 to 20 

 pair; leaflets beyond 30 pair, narrow linear glabrous; heads of 

 flowers globose panicled ; legume glabrous or reddish, with minute 

 tomentura. Common in the Concan. Syn. M torta, Roxb. Fl 

 Ind. ii, 566 ; M ferruginea, Rottler. in Spr. si/st. ii, 207 ; A 

 arrophila, Don. Prod. Fl, Nepal; A megaladena, Desv. Jour. 

 Bot. 1814, t. 69; Aprensans, Lowe Bot. Mag. t. 3408. The bark 

 much used by fishermen for their nets, and is an article of com- 

 merce. 



1 1 . CjESIa, W. and A. Prod. 1 , 278. — A scandent shrub, armed 

 with numerous scattered recurved prickles ; pinnep, 8 to 15 pair ; leaf- 

 lets 1 5 to 40 pair, oblong linear falcate, rather acute ; heads of flowers 

 globose, paniculate ; legume subfalcate, glabrous. The Concans. 

 Syn. A intsioides, DC. Prod. 2, 278 (?) ; A arar, Ham. in Wall. 

 Cat. 5258 ; Mimosa cassia, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 565 (?) The Concans. 



