NO. 53. — 1902.] TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 165 



Wood moderately hard, but not in much esteem, as it rarely 

 attains any large size. Suitable for posts. 

 [Badulla, Mapalagama.] 



142. — Dichrostachys cinerea. 



Andara, S. q&Sqd ; Vidattal, T. eSi-&pev. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 121. 



A small thorny tree, with dark warm-brown bark, closely 

 f urrowed, and much branched. Leaves bipinnate, slender, 

 with very numerous minute leaflets. Flowers very beauti- 

 ful, hanging by long slender stalks not unlike miniature 

 Japanese lanterns, the colour being in barren flowers pale 

 pink, and yellow in fertile ones. Pods narrow, about three 

 inches long, dull brown. 



Very common in the dry parts of the Province of Sabara- 

 gamuwa, towards the Southern Province, where it is more 

 abundant, especially near the coast. 



One of the hardest woods in Ceylon, but unfortunately 

 rarely large. Dark red, close, tough to a degree, and destruc- 

 tive to katties. Weight, about 70 lb. per cubic foot. 



Well suited for wheel work and tool handles. 



[Dry region , very common, and in the most barren places.] 



143.— Acacia Sundra. 

 jRat-kihiria, S. de^cS^a ; Kodalimurungai, T. Q J #/f - 



Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. II., p. 125. 



A small tree with rather flat broad dome, dark bark, and 

 smooth purplish shoots. Leaves bipinnate, with a strong 

 gland between each pair of pinnae. Leaflets very numerous, 

 about thirty pairs, very minute. 



Prickles rather hooked, black. Flowers small, in erect 

 axillary stalks, pinkish, sometimes pinkish-brown. 



Very uncommon. I have found it below Tanjama and at 

 Molamure in Meda Korale of the Province of Sabaragamuwa, 



