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37. LEOUMlNOSiE. 



{^Acacta. 



moderately hard. Pores large ormedium* sized , often snbdivided;scattered , 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, crossed obliquely by continuous wavy, 

 close lines of light coloured tissne. Weighs about 52 lbs. to the cubic foot. 

 The fruit is used as a substitute for soap and is exported in considerably 

 quantities from the Korth Kanara and Belgaum Districts. 



14. A. Intsia, Willd. in DO. Prod. IL 464 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 297; Dak. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 88. A ccesia^W, & A. Prod. 1. 278; DaU. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 87 ; Brandis For. Fl. 189. Ghilar, M. 



Throug*ho at tropical India and Burma, also in Sikkim up to 5000 ft. 

 Common throughout the presidency from the coast inland in deciduous 

 forests. Fl. Apl.-Aug. Fr. & H» S. A large climber with grey bark^ 

 Wood white, soft, porous. 



15. A. pennata, WiUd. ; Sp. PI. lY. 1090 ; Fl. Br. L 2. 297 ; Brandis 

 For. Fl. 189 ; A. pinnata^ Dalz. &Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 87. Shemhi, sjiemberti, M. 



Oudh, Kuraaun, Nepal, East Bengal, Burma, Western and Southern. 

 India. Throughout the presidency, common in the Konkan and North? 

 Kanara forests* Fl. June-Aug. Wood reddish^ porous, moderately hard. 

 The bark is used for tanning in North Kanara. 



46. ALBIZZIAr Duraza. 



Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves bipinnate. Flowers in the 

 Indian species in large globose heads. Calyx toothed. Petals 4-5, 

 united below, valyate. Stamens indefinite^ exserted ; filaments 

 united at the base. Ovary sessile, or shortly stalked ; style filiform, 

 stigma capitate. Pod flat, broad, indehiscent or 2-valved seeds- 

 compressed. 



Pinnse 2-8 pairs. Leaflets large or medium sized. ^-2 

 in. long, midrib in the middle of the leaflet or near 

 the upper margin. 



Flower-heads in short, coTymbose cymes, not pani- 

 cled. Pinnse 2-4 paii's, leaflets 3-9 pau'S, midrib 

 usually nearer to the upper mar^n than centre. L A. Leihe^^ 

 Flower-heads copiously panicled. 



Eusty or grey tomentose. Pinnsa 3-8 pairs, 



leaflets 10-25 paii-s, midrib near upper margin. 2. A. odoratissima. 

 Glabrous or pubescent, Pinnse 3-4 pairs, leaflets 



6-8 pairs, midrib usually nearly central ... 3. A. frocera. 

 Pinnse 6-15 pairs, leaflets small, |-i in., midrib lateral. 



Stipules broad, cordate ^. A. stipulate. 



Pinnae 6-15 pau*s, leaflets \ in., midrib central. 



Stipules minute ... b. A, amara, 



1. A. Lebbek, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Jour. 1844, 87; Fl. Br. L 2". 

 298 j Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. El. 88 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 53. ; Brandis For. FL 

 176. The Siris Tree. 8irsul, K. ; Chichola, M. ; Siris, harreri, Yern. 



Sub-Himalayan region from the Indus eastwards. Beugal, Burma, 

 Southern, Central and Western India. Throughout the presidency in dry 

 and moist forests. Commonly planted along roadsides. Fl. Apl.-May. 

 Fr Sept. -Jan. A large deciduous tree. Bark grey or brown, rough. Wood r 

 sapwood large, white ; heartwood dark-brown, mottled, hard, shining, with 

 longitudinal streaks. Weighs about 55 lbs. to the cub. ft. Similar in 



