N. 0. LEGUMINOSiE. 507 



450, A. modesta, Wall, h.f.b.l, ii. 296. 



Syn. : — Mimosa dumosa, Eoxb. M. obovata, Eoxb. 422. 



Vern. :— Palesa (Afg.); Phulahi (Pb.) ; Kantosariyo Guz.). 



Habitat : — At the foot of the Western and Central Himalayas. 



A thorny, moderate-sized, deciduous tree. Bark rough, with 

 a multitude of narrow irregular cracks. Wood extremely hard, 

 harder than that of A. Catechu ; sapwood large, white, perish- 

 able ; heartwood dark brown with black streaks (Gamble). 

 Branches grey, glabrous, prickles twin, infra-stipular, dark- 

 brown, shining, conical ; leaf-rachis very slender, finely downy, 

 with a small gland at the base and one between the uppermost 

 pinnse. Leaves pale grey ; common petiole l-2in. long, pinnge 

 3 pair ; leaflets 3-5 pair, broad, ovate or obovate, oblique, thin, 

 rigidly subcoriaceous, ^--fin. long, shortly stalked, glabrous, 

 pale green, obtuse or minutely cuspidate. Stipules minute, 

 deciduous. Spikes 2-3in. long, not very dense, lax, drooping. 

 Flowers white or pale-yellow, sweet-scented. Corolla t^in., 

 greenish. Pod 2-3 by f-fin., flat, indehiscent, 6-8-seeded, glossy, 

 drab, glabrous, venalose, narrowed generally into a short stalk. 



Use :— The tree yields a gum, which is regarded by the 

 people of the Peshawar Valley as restorative (Bellew). 



451. A. concinna, Be. h.f.b.l, ii. 296. 



Syn. : — Mimosa concinna, Willd. Roxb. Fl. Tnd. ii. 565. 

 Sans. I- Saptala. 



Vern.: — Ban ritha, Kochai(B); Aila, Rassaul (Oudh) ; 

 Shika- (Tarn.) ; Shikaya, gogu (Tel.) ; Chinik (Mai.) ; Shike- 

 kai, chikekai (Dec,) ; Sige (Kan.) 



Habitat: — The Eastern Himalayas; Eastern and Western 

 Peninsulas. 



A large climbing shrub, suberect up to about middle-age ; 

 stem terete, greyish, brown-with 5 vertical lines of strong conical 

 prickles ; branches grey-canescent. Leaf-rachis 4-8in. long, 

 downy, with a large gland about Jin. above the base and a 

 smaller one between the uppermost pinna). Pinnio 3-6 pair, 

 2-3Jin. long ; stipules i-i^in. long, lanceolate. Leaflets acid, 

 6-20, but generally 10-14 pair on each pinna, with a small 



