ALBIZZIA STIPULATA, (Nat. ord. LeguminosEe, Sub-ord. Mimosese, Tribe Ingese.) 



■tor Gen. Char, see under "Albizzia Lebbek,' 1 



-A.LBIZZIA STIFULATA. (D. C.) A very large tree, unarmed, young shoots irregularly angled, and the petioles tomentose, 

 leaves bipinnate, pinnae 6-20 pair with a gland on the petiole and between each of most of the upper pairs ; leaflets 20-30 pair on each, 

 pinna, oblongo-linear falcate acute 3-5 lines long, the midrib close to the inner edge, stipules membranous semicordate acuminate, 

 sometimes nearly an inch long, very conspicuous on the young branches, but soon deciduous, peduncles usually about \ inch long, clustered 

 along the branches of a terminal panicle, bracteas large, heads consisting of J to 20 flowers about 3 lines long, corol tubular pubescent 

 5 cleft, stamens about 20, above 1 inch long monadelphous at the base, calyx much shorter than the corol pubescent, legume 3-5 inches 

 long, 9-10 lines broad, flat thin linear lanceolate glabrous 6-12 seeded. D. G. Prod. ii. 469. Acacia stipulata. W. At Prod, 274. Mimosa 

 stipulata. Eoxb. Hort. Bengh. Mimosa stipulacea. Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. page. 549. 



This very handsome tree is not uncommon throughout the Madras Presidency, Mysore, Bombay, Bengal, Birmah and Ceylon ; it 

 ascends the mountains to nearly 6,000 feet, but is also common in the plains, particularly in S. Canara, where its timber is much in use. It is 

 called Konda chiragu in Teligoo, and sometimes Chiadagu ; Kal b&ge in S. Canara, Seet and Boomayza in Birmah, and Cubal mara in Ceylon. 

 The timber is strong, compact, stiff, coarse grained and fibrous, of a light reddish brown color, and is used for building purposes, naves ofvjheels, 

 &c, its specific gravity is "880, and it weighs 55 lbs. the cubic foot when seasoned, and 63 to 65 unseasoned ; it attains a very large size, and must 

 be a very rapid grower, as Dr. Roxburgh mentions one that he planted which measured 48£ inches in circumference at 4 feet from the ground, when 

 7 years old, and Br. Stewart mentions one that measured 7 feet in girth when 17 years of age in the Saharunpore garden. 



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