310 LEGUMINOSJE. [Dicheostachys. 



filiform, free ; anthers gland-crested. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; 

 styb filiform ; stigma capitate. Pod small, strap -sL aped, coria- 

 ceous, snbarticulated, continuous within, twisted up when mature,< 

 dehiscing irregularly. — Species 7, inhabiting the tropical regions of 

 the Old World. 



D. cinerea, W. Sf A. Prod. 271 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 84 ; Brand. For. Fh 

 171 ; F. B. I. ii, 288 ; Watt E. D. Mimosa cinerea, Linn.; Boxh. ; Fl. Ind., 

 ii. 561. Desmanthus cinereus, Willd. ; Boyle III. i53,— Vern. Kunlai 

 (Merwara). 



A much branched rigid thorny shrub or small tree, with copious spreading 

 pubescent branchlets ending in spines. Bark white or grey. Leaves 

 1-2 in. long; pinnce 8-10 pairs, with stipitate glands at the base of 

 each pair ; leaflets 12-15 pairs, minute, sessile, ligulate, coriaceous, 

 ciliate. Spilces 1-2 in. long, axillary, shortly stalked. Floivers minute ; 

 upper fertile, yellow ; lower sterile, with white purple or rose-coloured 

 staminodes. Pod 2-3 in. long, twisted, irregularly dehiscent. 



Fattehgarh on the Ganges, Delhi, Bundelkhand and Merwara, in dry 

 usually rocky places.^ Disteib. C. and S. India to Ceylon ; also in the 

 Malay Islands and in N.Australia. Flowers during the hot season. 

 The wood is extremely hard and is valued for tent pegs. 



70. LEUCaiNA, Benth. ; Fl. Brit Ind. ii, 290. 



Unarmed erect trees or shrubs. Leaves bipiunfite. Flowers 

 sessile, in dense globose heads, 5-merous, usually perfect. Calyx 

 cylindrical- campanulate, shortly-toothed. Petals valvate, free. 

 iStamens 10, free, much exserted ; anthers not gland-crested. Ovary' 

 stalked, many-ovuled ; sfii/le filiform ; stigma minute, terminal. Pod 

 flat, coriaceous, strap-shaped, dehiscent, not jointed.— Species 8, mostly 

 American. 



L. glauca, Benth. in Hook. Jourv. Bot. iv, (1842), 416 ; Brandis For. Fl. 

 172 ; F. B. I. ii, 290 ; Watt E. 1>. Acacia frondosa, Willd. j W. ^ A. 

 Prod. 275. 



A shrub or small tree with large 2-pinnate leaves ; pinnce 4-8 pairs ; 

 leaflets 10-15 pairs, ^-J in. long, linear, acute, membranous, finely downy, 

 Ped'incles axillary, solitary or in pairs, as long as the petiole, bearing 

 a dense globular head of flowers. Corolla ^ in., whitish,_ iitamens twice 

 as long as the corolla ; anthers versatile. Pod 5-6 in., clustered in 

 umbels, straight, linear, flat, shining, many-seeded. 



Introduced into India, and probably indigenous only in tropical America. 

 It is planted in gardens in many parts of India, and is becoming natur- 

 alized in some places. Brandis mentions it as being common in the- 

 outer valleys of Garhwal and Kumaon. Flowers June to August. 



