246 G, Klng—^Materiuh for a Ftma of the Malayan Peiunsnla. [Ko. 1, 
shorllj-tootUed. Pelah valvate, free. Slammts JO, free, mucli exserted; 
anthera not gland-crested. Ovary Btalkcd, mauy-ovaled j style filiform. 
• stigma minute terminal* Pod flftt^ coriaoeous, etrap-sliaped, deliiscenfc, 
Species 8^ mostly American, 
Leucjena GLAtiCA Beiifcli. in Hooki Journ. Bot. IV, 416, A low ei-«ct 
tree or large slirnb, 6-20 feet higli, without spines. Leaves 2-pinnate 
4-6 iu. long, petiole abaut 2-3 in, ; pinuaa -i-ti-jugftte, 2-3 in. long-, stalk 
•35 ill, long; leaflels 10-15 pairs, liuear-oblonie:, apex acnle, liase slightly 
obliquely cuneate, glaucous, membranous, caducous, finely downy, ■4-"5 in, 
long, *1"'15 in. wide, hijloreiscettee of very dense globose heads, '^-'76 in. 
ill diam. ; peduncles of ten gerainate 1-1-25 in. long, slender, in fruit often 
about 2 iu. long and slightly thii^kened. Fhivers S-meroas, usaally all 
perfect. Calyj& cylindric-campanulate, teeth short valvate. Corolla white^ 
■15 in. long, petals free, valvate. Stamens 10, exsei'ted,*25 in, long, anthers 
without glands. Otjar^/ stalked, mauy-ovuled^ softly sparsely pubesoent; 
style filiform, stigma small terminal. Pod straight, flat, coriaceous, 
IJgulate, dehiscent ; 5-6 in. long, '4-~'5 in. wide ; stalk '25-*5 in. long. 
S^edg 15-20, transverse, nari ow-ovate, compressed, apex obtuse, base 
cuneate, "3 in. long, '15 in. wide, under *1 in. fcldck, testa brown, sliiniiig. 
Miq, Flor. Ind. Bat. I, 41 ; Bak. in Flor. BHt. Tnd. 11, 290. Acacia 
fwudosa Willd, Sp. PI IV, 1076; DO. Prodr. 11, 468; W. & A. Prodr. 
27G. A/glauca WiUd. Sp. PI. IV, 1075; UC, Prodi'. II, 407. A. hic^ps 
Willd. Sp. PI. IV, 1075 ; DC. Prodr. II, 467. . A^ leucoc^phalu hiuk. 
Euum. II, 444 ; DC. Prodr. II. 467. 
Kedah J iti open jungle, Kuitsfler 17031 Pkrak; Lime-stone Hill, 
Gnpis, Scorterkini 912! Selanoor; on billy ground, Knmfler 1130! 
Pahako; Pulo Tawai, Eidleij 26421 Penano ; Water- fall, etc. Curtts 
49 ! SiNaAi'OEfi ; Maingaij 583 1 DrsTRiB. Now cosmopolitan in tlso 
tropics but probably originally American. 
04. Mimosa Linn. 
Slirabfl or herbs, with or without pnckles. Leaves (in the Malnyan 
species) bipinnate ; leaflets small, sensitive, ligulate, caducous. Flowers 
minute, in dense globose heads, polygamous, (in the Indian species) most- 
ly tetramerous, Galyx campanulate, shortly toothed. Petah connate 
towards the base. Stamem as many as, or twice the number of, the 
petals, much exserted, lilaments filiform, free ; anthers not gland -ores ted. 
Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigraa minute (ermiual. Pod 
flat, raeudjranoua, made op of 1-seeded joints tbat sepm-ate, when mature, 
from the sutures. Species 230, mostly conBned to Trop, America, 
Stamens 4 ; racUis of loaf bi-iably, Bbem briatly aad pricklj, 
leaves digitate ly divided, a utxirea of pod prickly ,., i, M, pudica. 
