Acacia.] LEG UMINOSM. 317 



occupying 3 distinct areas, A. Catechu predominating' in N. W» 

 India, A. catechaoid,e,s, the Bengal, Assam and Burma form, and 

 A. Sundra, the characteristic form of W. and S. India. 



8. A. Senegal, Willd. 8p. PL iv, 1077; F. B. I. ii, 295 ; Watt E. D. 

 A. rupestris, StocTcs ; Brand. For. Fl. 184.— Yevn. Kum;pta (Merwara). 



A small thorny tree 6-12 ft. high, with flexuose glaucous branches. 

 Leaf-rachis about one inch long, with one gland at the base and 

 one between the upper pairs of pinnge, finely downy; stipular spines 

 usually in threes, small, hooked, or the 2 lateral ones straght, polished 

 and black; piymsei 3-.5 pairs; leaflets 8-14 pairs, i in. long,, 

 linear -oblong, rigidly coriaceous, glabrous, greyish -green. Spilces 

 2-3 in. long, exceeding the leaves, lax, cylindrical. Calya; campanu • 

 late, glabrous ; teeth deltoid, acute. Corolla twice the calyx, white. 

 Filaments yellow. Pod 3 in, lung, | in. broad, stalked, ligulate, 

 straight, thin, firm, grey, somewhat constricted between the 4-6 seeds, 

 indehiseent, 



Merwara. Distrib. Rohtak in the Punjab, abundant in Sind and 

 Eajputana ; also in Arabia and Trop. Africa. Flowers during the cold 

 season. The hard light-yellow wood takes a beautiful polish, and 

 is used for weaver's shuttles. A very superior gum is collected 

 from this tree, but as it is nearly always mixed with other kinds of 

 gum, its good quality in the market is not recognized. 



9. A. modesta, Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii, 27, t. ISO ; Dene in Jacquem. Voy. 

 Bot. i, 56; Boyle m [82 ; Brand. For. Fl. 185; F. B. I. iv, 296 ; Watt E. D- 

 Mimosa dumosa, Boxh. Fl. hid. ii, 55d. M. obovata, Boxh. Fl. Ind. ii, 561. — 

 Vern. Phuldhi. 



A medium-sized thorny tree, with grey glabrous branches. Stipular 

 priclcle's in pairs, stout, hooked, dark-brown, polished. Leaf'rachises 

 very slender, finely downy, with a small gland at the base and one between 

 the uppermost pinnae; stipules minute, deciduous; pinnce 2-3 pairs. 

 Leaflets 8-5 pairs, |-t in. long, shortly stalked, obliquely obovate, obtuse 

 or minutely cuspidate, rigidly sub coriaceous, greyish-green, glabrous. 

 Spikes 2-3 in. long, lax, cylindrical, drooping. Flowers white or pale- 

 yellow, fragrant. Corolla twice the campanulate glabrous calyx. Pod 

 2-3 in. long, linear- oblong, straight, flat, gradually narrowed to a short 

 stalk, glabrous, glossy, indehiseent, 3-5-seeded. 



In the Saharanpur and Delhi districts. Distbib. Plentiful on the Suliman 

 and Salt ranges, ascending to 4,500 ft. ; also in the N. Punjab plain 

 extending along the foot of the Himalaya as far as the Jumna, also in 

 Afghanistan. Flowers March and April, A tasteless gum exudes from 

 the bark. The heartwood is dark-brown streaked with black, and being 

 extremely hard and durable it is prized for cart-wheels, sugarcane crush- 

 ers, etc. The leaves and fallen blossoms are collected for cattle fodder. 



10. A. concinna, DC. Prod, ii, 464; W. Sf A. Prod. 277 ; D. ^ G- 

 Bomh. Fl.87; Brand. For. Fl. 188; F.B.I.ii, 296; Watt E.D. Mimosa 

 oonoinna, Willd. ; Boxh. ; Fl. hid. ii. 565.— Yevn. Ailah, rassaul (Oudh). 



