256 Q. King — Matm iah for a Flora of the Ulahtjati Peninsula. [N"o. 1, 
forward, base o1>]iqiiielj rounded on lower mnrfrin, inombtaiions, ■25-'3 
in. long, "1 in. wide, pnle-greeii glabrous above, glaucous fltiely downy 
beneath, the niidiMb very close to the upper margin j stipules very large, 
usually 1-1'^ in, long, "4 in wide, obliquely cordate*acaminafce, velvety- 
pubescent beiienth, pnberulons above- Mourns in numerous heads 1"75 
in. ftcroas, yelldwiah-wliite, the staraons often more or less flnalied with 
pink; ped and ea pubescent 1*25 in. long, solitai-y or in fnsciclcs of 2-4 
on nodes in tli© up]>et" half of pubescent racemose branchlets 3-5 in. 
long, with large pubescent deciduous ovate-acnminafe bracts '5 in, lon^f, 
the brauchleta in panicles 8-12 in. long, 6-8 in. wide, at the ends of 
leafy brancbea ; pedicels 05 in. long, pubescent, Cnhjx '1 in. long', 
infundibuliform, t^»etli short nciite, densely uniformly pubescent exter- 
nally. Corolla *2 in. long, teeth lanceohite acute, half as long as tube 
and like it denaely-pubesuent outside. Fihtments connate at the base 
in a yellovvish tube longer than that of corolla, the free portion of 
filaments yellowish with a pink flush, .or wbite^ "75 in. long. Pod inde- 
hiHcent 5-6 in, long, '75-1 in. wide, thin, rigid, pale-brown, dull j 
valves faintly wide -reticulate. See<h 8-10, ovate, -25 in. lung, *2 in. 
wide, much compressed, testa dark-biowii, smooth, dull, not areolate. 
Bentb. in Hook. Lond, Journ. But. 111,92; Bedd. PI. S^ lvat. t. 55 ; 
Miq. I^Mor. Ind. Bat, 1, 28; Bak. in Flor. Brifc. Ind. IT, 300. Acacia- 
iti^idata DC. Prodr. II, 469; Wall. Cat. 532€ ; W, & A. Prodr. 
274. A. Smithiana Wall. Cat. 5*237. A. marginata Ham. in WnlL 
Cat. 5243. Mimom Smithiufut Roxb, Hort. Beng. 40; Fl, Ind. II, 
550. M. slipulata Ooxb. Hort. Beng. 40. M. stipidncea Roxb, Fl. Ind. 
11,549. Arthrosprion stijudiduni Hassk. IleUia 1,212. The WaiiE* 
Stais. 
Akdamans; rare, J?. H, Man! Nicoeiab.^; Kamorta, common, Knrz! 
DiSTRiB. Through oat South-Eastern Asia. 
This Wtta onCD foond by Mr. Man in tho foresta of South AndHmnn many jeari 
ago ; none of the nTUiieronscollectioiiB inado in tliegroinv dnring recent years contain 
&Dy gpociaiens of the speL-ies, It becomea qaite common jigsiiii in the Nifobni'a and 
in the Ms^laj ArchipeVigo it BeooiB to be na plentiful aa it ia in India and Indo* 
China. But from the interveiang Malay Feninanla no coi lector has aver mat a 
specimen to Cnlonttti, 
Miqnel describeB three Vftrieties t — 
{it.) typica with greeiiiah stamena. 
{&.} vegeta witli pinkish atamenB. ^ 
(7.) ^tijmlis persititenti^'US with (lermanent, more pubescent Btipales. 
But hia varieties {$.) and {y,) are otdy foi m# of one tree (ind that tree ia what 
OOiiBtitates in reality typtad A. stijtulata. What .Miquel tveata as VAK. typica im 
Roxburgh'* Mimosa Smithiana, whicli bna gnia'l Btipnles, imd is, •if not a diatinut 
BpecieR, certaihW a very good variety. The Andnrnans nnd Nicobnrs tree ik true 
A, stipuhita; tlie other form has not been mot with in our area. 
