N. 0. LEGUMINOS/E. 
507 
450 , A. modesta, Wall, h.f.b.i., ii. 296 . 
Syn. : — Mimosa dumosa, Roxb. M. obovata, Roxb. 422. 
Ver'n. : — Palesa (Afg.); Phulabi (Pb.) ; Kantosariyo Guz.). 
Habitat : — At the foot of the Western and Central Himalayas. 
A thorny, moderate-Sized, deciduous tree. Bark rough, with 
a multitude of narrow irregular cracks. Wood extremely hard, 
harder than that of A. Catechu ; sapwood large, white, perish- 
able ; heartwood dark brown with black streaks (Gamble). 
Branches grey, glabrous, prickles twin, infra-stipular, dark- 
brown, shining, conical ; leaf-rachis very slender, finely downy, 
with a small gland at the base and one between the uppermost 
pinnae. Leaves pale grey ; common petiole l-2in. long, pinnae 
3 pair; leaflets 3-5 pair, broad, ovate or obovate, oblique, thin, 
rigidly subcoriaceous, £-fin. long, shortly stalked, glabrous, 
pale green, obtuse or minutely cuspidate. Stipules minute, 
deciduous. Spikes 2-3in. long, not very dense, lax, drooping. 
Flowers white or pale-yellow, sweet-scented. Corolla -f^in., 
greenish. Pod 2-3 by f-|in., flat, indehiscent, G-8-seeded, glossy, 
drab, glabrous, venulose, narrowed generally into a short stalk. 
Use : — The tree yields a gum, which is regarded by the 
people of the Peshawar Valley as restorative (Bellew). 
451 . A. eoncinna, Dc. h.f.b.i., ii. 296 . 
Syn. : — Mimosa eoncinna, Willd. Roxb. FI. Ind. n. 565. 
Saris. Saptala. 
Vern. : — Ban ritba, Kochai(B); Aila, Rassaul (Oudh); 
Shika (Tam.) ; Shikaya, gogu (Tel.) ; Chinik (Mai.) ; Shike- 
kai, chikekai (Dec,) ; Sige (Kan.) 
Habitat : — The Eastern Himalayas ; Eastern and Western 
Peninsulas. 
A large climbing shrub, suberect up to about middle-age ; 
stem terete, greyish, brown-with 5 vertical lines of strong conical 
prickles ; branches grey-canescent. Leaf-rachis 4-8in. long, 
downy, with a large gland about £in. above the base and a 
smaller one between the uppermost pinnae. Pinnae 3-6 pair, 
2-3£in. long ; stipules Lisin. long, lanceolate. Leaflets acid, 
6-20, but generally 10-14 pair on each pinna, with a small 
