Albiz2ia] XLV. LEGUMINOSiE 271 



panicles, pedicels as long as calyx ; calyx campanxilate, minutely silky, corolla 5-fid 

 to the middle. Ovary stalked, cvlindric, pilose Pod unknown, hence cannot he 

 named, it might turn out to be a Fifhecolohium. 



3. A. procera, Benth. : Brandis F. FL t. 26. — Syn. Mimosa elata^ Eoxb. 

 Cor. PL t. 121. Vern. Karhar, Gurar^ 8afed Sir is ^ Hind.; Sirsi^ Uriya; 

 Klnni Gurdr^ Mar.; Chlgara^ Tel. ; Vagaij Tarn. ; Sitj Burm. 



A large tree, bark light brownish-grey, heartwood Lard, brown, shining, 

 with streaks of darker coloar. Young shoots white-siiky-pubescent. Pinnse 

 3-5 pair, leaflets 6-10 pair, with scattered appressed hairs, obliquely oblong- 

 ovate, |-2 in. long, midrib nearer the lower edge, pale beneath. PL heads in 

 large terminal and axillary panicles ; fi. sessile, |-| in. long to extremity of 

 stamens ; calyx tubular, glabrous, more than half the length of corolla ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, lobes bearded at the end with long white hairs. Ovary 

 glabrous, nearly sessile. 



Suhhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards. Western Peninsula. Andamans 

 and Burma. Chiefly on liver banks and in moibt places. PI. May- August. Earely 

 quite leafless, the foliage renewed H. S. China, Malay Archipelago. A remarkable 

 variety sent hv E. M Buchanan fiom the Tharawadi foiests has pinnse 5-6 paii*, 

 leaflets 10 pair |-1 m. long, panicles moa,tly axillary, pod not known. 



4. A. odoratissima, Benth. ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 54. — Syn. Mhnosa odora- 

 tlbsvna, E-oxb. Cor. PL t. 120. Vern. Karmaru^ Pb. ; Kalia Siris, Hind. ; 

 Bama, Jabalp.; Slris^ ChiclmndajMB^r, ; Chlchola^ Cxondi ; Chiclnca^ Chanda ; 

 Chmdioga, Tel.; BilwcLra^ Kan.; Karu Vagei^ Tarn.; Thifmagyij Lower, 

 Thitpyu, Upper Burma. 



A large tree, with dark green foliage. Bark light or dark grey, marked 

 with numerous narrow horizontal wrinkles, nearly encircling the trunk. Heart- 

 wood dark brown. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence pubescent. Pinnse 

 3-8 pair. Leaflets 10-25 pair, |-1 in. long, oblong, obtuse, unequal-sided, 

 somewhat falcate, pale, glabrous or pubescent beneath. PL heads pale 

 yellow, fragrant, in compact corymbs arranged in large terminal panicles. 

 Corolla and calyx densely strigose with short hairs, the former campanulate, 

 5 times longer than calyx. Anthers yellow. Pods 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad, 

 dehiscent, tomentose when young, nearly glabi'ous when ripe. 



Suhhimalayan tract ascending to 3,000 ft. Western Peninsula and Burma. Never 

 quite leafless, foliage lenewed in spring. PI April- June. 5. A. lebbefeoides, Benth. ; 

 Prain in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 66 (1898) 513, Upper Burma, common. A tall tree, 

 attaining 120 ft., differs from 4 by smaller linear, more numerous leaflets (25-30 paii^) 

 and a tuhular corolla. 



0. Pinnse 3-12 pair ; leaflets |-2 in. long ; fl- pedicellate, 



6. A. Thompson!, Brandis, Ind. For. xxv. (1899) 284 Vern. Silarij 

 Chanda. 



A large deciduous tree, attaining 7 ft. in girth ; branches spreading. Branch- 

 lets, young leaves and inflorescence tawny-tomentose. Pinnse 8-12, leaflets 

 15-20 pair, pale beneath, very unequal-sided, nearly falcate, acute or mucron- 

 ate, |-| in. long. Pi. pale yellow, not scented; anthers pink; pedicels as long 

 as or longer than calyx; corolla twice the length of calyx, both pubescent. 

 Ovary glabrous, stipitate. Heads in dense corymbs; peduncles 1^-2 in. long. 

 Pod glabrous from the beginning, shining, of a rich brown colour, dehiscent, 

 6-8 by 1-1 1 in. 



Mohurli and other forests in the Chanda district, often associated witb. Chichwa 

 (A. odoratissima) Ganjam. Leafless January and February. PI. with the young leaves 

 by the end of February or beginning of March. 



7. A, Lebbek, Benth. ; Bedd. PL Sylv. t. 58. Siris. Vern. Siris, Slrsaj 

 Hind, ; OMchola^ Mar. ; Bage. Kan. ; Dimsanam, Tel. ; Yaga% Tarn. ; Kokoli, 

 Bnrm. 



