Taxonomy. 
20 
Indian Forest Records. 
[Vol. IV. 
Prosopis juliflora, DC. 
( var. glandulosa, Sarg.) 
Bentham (Mimoseee in Trans. Linn. Soc., Vol. XXX, 1874, and again 
in Martius' Flora Brasiliensis, 1876) takes a wide view of this species, 
P. juliflora DC., and reduces all the following names to synonyms :— 
Prosopis horrida , 
„ dulcis, 
„ inermis, 
„ pallida , 
„ cumanensis, 
„ flexuosa , 
„ frnticosa } 
K unth. 
Kunth. 
H.B. & K. 
H. B. & K. 
H. B. & K. 
DC. 
Meven. 
Prosopis Siliquastrum , DC. 
„ domingensis, DC. 
,, iracteolata , DC. 
„ affinis, Spreng. 
„ glandulosa, Torr. 
„ odor at a, Torr. 
If this view of the limits of the species is maintained there are names 
which should apparently take precedence of P. juliflora, DC., e.g ., 
P. pallida, H. B. & K. This latter form is a native of South America 
and is said to have “ been successfully grown in Ceylon. Its pods are 
considered of high value as a tanning material, containing, it is said, as 
much as 90 per cent, of tannic acid. They are known by the name of 
‘ Balsamocarpon/ ” (Indian Forester, IV, p. 153), Professor C. S. Sargent 
(in Manual of the Trees of North America, 1905, p. 548) deals with 
the North American forms of the species under the name P . juliflora, 
DC., of which he has two varieties : 
[a) glandulosa, calyx usually glabrous, leaves glabrous, leaflets 
often 2 in. long. 
A round topped tree often 20 feet high, with a trunk a foot in 
diameter, and long gracefully drooping branches. 
( b ) velutina, calyx villose, leaves pubescent, leaflets J—^ in. 
long. 
A tree often 50 feet high, with a trunk 2 feet in diameter, and 
heavy irregularly arranged Usually crooked branches. 
The specimens in Herbarium Dehra agtee Well with the description 
of variety glandulosa and this appeals to be the form which has been 
chiefly cultivated in India up to date. 
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