150 



37. LEGUMINOS^. 



[^DichrostacJiys, 



and heavy. Pores moderate sized, enclosed in rings of soft tissue. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, equidistant. Weighs about 70 lbs. to. 

 the cub. ft. 



43. LEUC^NA, Benth., 



Trees. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in dense, globose heads. Stamens 

 10, free, exserted; calyx cylindrical, campanulate, shortly toothed. 

 Petals valvate, free, anthers not gland-crested. Ovary stalked, many 

 ovuled ; style filiform, stigma minute. Pod flat, strap-shaped, dehis- 

 cent, many seeded. 



L.glauca, Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. IT. 416; Fl. Br. I. 2. 290- ; 

 Brandis For. h\ 172. Naturalised and common throughout the pre- 

 sidency fram the coast inland. Fl. June-Aug. Fr. remains long on tree.. 

 A tropical American species. 



44. MIMOSA, Linn. 



Shrubs or herbs, prickly or not. Leaves in the indigenous species 

 bipinnate, leaflets small, often sensitive. Flowers minute, in globose 

 heads or cyliDdrical spikes. Calyx campanulate, shortly toothed. 

 Petals connate towards the base. Stamens twice the number of 

 petals, exserted, free. Ovary stalked, many ovuled ; style filiform, 

 stigma minute. Pod oblong or linear, valves membranous or coria- 

 ceous, made up of 1-seeded joints that separate when mature from the 

 sutures. 



Pod small, sutures prickly , ... ..1. M. pudica. 



Pod large, sutures without prickles ... ... .. .2. M. ruhicaulis. 



Pod large, sutares armed with large hooked prickles .3. M. hamata, 



M. pudica, Linn. ; DC. Prod. XL 426 ; Fl. Br. 1. 2. 291; Dalz. & Gibs- 

 Borab. Fl. Suppl. 25. Lajalu, M. Sensitive Plant. Native of Brazil, 

 Bun wild in the Konkan and North Kanara ; usually cultivated in 

 gardens. Fl, rainy and cold seasons. 



2. M. rubicaulis. Lam. ; DO. Prod. II. 429 ; Fl. Br. T. 2. 291 ; Dalz. & 



Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 85 ; Brandis For. Fl. 172. Bajem, Sind. 



Western Himalayas, ascending to 5000 feet in Kumaun, throughout 

 India. In the dry districts of the presidency and Sindj in open jungles 

 and plains. Fl. Aug.-Sept. Fr. Nov.-Jan. 



3. M. hamata, WiUd. ; DC. Prod. II. 427 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 291 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 85. Ai'hur, Yern. Western Peninsula. Throughout tho 

 dry Deccan districts in open jungles, common on the Kuput range of hills 

 in the Dharw^r district. Fl. R. S. Fr. C.S. 



45. ACACIA, Willd. 



Erect or climbing, spinose, prickly shrubs or trees. Leaves 

 bipinnate, leaflets minute. Flowers in globose heads or cylindrieal 

 spikes, usually pentamerous. Calyx campanulate, shortly toothed, 



