318 LEGUMIN08^. [Acacia. 



A large prickly climlDing" shrub. Branchlets, petioles and peduncles finely 

 grey-tomentose, and armed with numerous scattered recurved prickles. 

 Leaf-rachis 4-8 in. long, with a large gland near the base, and one between 

 the uppermost pinnae; stipules cordate-ovate ; finncB 3-6 pairs, 2-3 in. long; 

 leaflets 6-20 pairs, with usually a small odd one near the base of each pinna, 

 about ^- in. long, linear, obtuse, very unequal at the base, pale-green 

 above, glaucous beneath, nearly glabrous, acid. Heads globose, about 

 \ in. broad, pinkish in bud, arranged in large panicles ; bracts obliquely 

 cordate-ovate. Calyo^ -jg in., tubular, crimson. Corolla little exserted, 

 white veined with red. Pod ::5-4< in,, shortly stalked, straight, thick and 

 succulent ; sutures broad, slightly constricted between the 6-10 seeds. 



^ehra Dun (rare), abundant in the Kheri and Bahraich forests in N. 

 Oudh. DisTEiB. W. Himalaya in Jaunsar, Bengal, S. India, Burma ; 

 also in the 'Malay Islands and China. Flowers during April and May, 

 and the fruit ripens in the cold season. The pods are used as a substitute 

 for soap as well as for dyeing and tanning, and the pods and leaves are 

 medicinal. The acid leaves are made into chutney. 



11. A. Intsia, WilU. 8p. PI. iv, 1091 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 278 ',D.& G. Bomb. 



?l. 8S ; F. B. I. ii, 297 in part ; Watt E. D. ; Prain in Journ. As.'Soc. Beng. 

 LXVI, part ii, 510. Mimosa Intsia, Linn. ; Roxi. ; Fl. Ind. ii, 565. 



A large prickly climb er. Branches downy and armed with numerous recurv- 

 ed prickles usually in vertical lines, afterwards fluted, i^eaj-rachis 

 with one gland at the base aud smaller ones between the uppermost 

 pinnae ; pinnce 6-8 pairs, 2-3 in. long ; leaflets not crowded, 8-12 pairs, up 

 to -| in, long and ^-4- in, broad, ligulate-oblong, minutely cuspidate, dark 

 green above, pale beneath, glabrous or nearly so on both surfaces. 

 Peduncles l-i-nate, finely downy. Heads yellow, under ^ in, broad ; 

 bracts minute, lanceolate. Pod 4-6 in. long, thin, straight, ligulate, 

 glabrescent, dehiscent, 8-12-seeded. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Distbib. Outer Himalaya and through- 

 out the greater part of India, also in Burma. Flowers April-August. 

 The bark is said to be used as a substitute for soap for washing the 

 ■ hair. 



12. A. csesia, W. ^ A. Prod. 278 ; Brand. For. Fl. 189 (in part) ; Prain 

 in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXVI, part ii, 510. A, Intsia, Willd. var. ccesia, 

 F. B. I. ii, 297 {in pari) ; Watt E. D. A. alliacea. Ham. ; Boyle III. 182. 



A more extensive climber than A. Intsia. It may also be distinguished 

 by the greater number of pinnae, and the crowded much more numerous 

 and narrower leaflets are always hairy beneath. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range, Merwara. Distrib. Sub-Himalayan 

 tracts of the Punjab, and on the W. Himalaya up to 3,000 ft,, and in 

 Sikkim up to 5,00u ft., extending to Bengal, C. and S. India and to 

 Burma, Flowers during the rainy season. 



13. A. pennata, Willd. 8p. PI. iv. 1090 ; W. <^ A. Prod. 227 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 189 ; F. B. I. ii, 297 (in part) ; Watt E. D. ; Prain in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. LXVI,vart ii,510. A pinnata, D. 8f G. Bomb. Fl. 87. Mimosa 

 pennata, Linn. ; PlOxB. Fl. Ind. ii, 565. M, torta, P^oxb.; Fl. Ind. ii, 566. 



