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: Fig. 117. — Acacia lenticularis, Ham. J. 



numerous lax axillary spikes, which are often panicled at the ends of branches. 

 Pod glabrous, 3-7 in. by f in., finally dehiscent. 



Western Peninsula. Northern limit : Gujarat, on the west and Ganjam on the east 

 side. Fl. E. S.— Ceylon. 



15. A. Catechu, Willd.— Syn.^. Sandra Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 50; Mimosa 

 Catechu, Linn. ; Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 175 ; M. Sundra, Eoxb. Cor. PI. t. 225. Vern. 

 KhaiTj Hind., Mar.; Kugli, Kan.; Telia Tumma^ Sundra, Tel. ; Karangalli, 

 Tarn. ; 8ha, Burm. 



A middle-sized tree ; , trunk with dark-coloured bark peeling off in long strips, 

 which remain hanging ; branchlets slender, thorny, glabrous, brown or purple, 

 shining. Prickles twin, infra-stipular, compressed, brown, shining. Common 



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