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R. S. Hole : On Albizzia Luthamii. 
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Flower-fieads globose, 1 in. to 1^ in. in diameter, on pubescent 
peduncles 0’2 in. to 0*9 in. long. 
Solitary, or fascicled and 2—5 together, usually at the lower leaf¬ 
less nodes (often on stunted leafless branches), 
Very rarely in the axils of the lower leaves, (a) 
Flowers, white, distinctly pedicelled, pedicel (#) 0 03 in. —0’05 in. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, valvate, 0'1 in. —018 in. long, mid¬ 
diameter 0'04 in. —'0-08 in., subequally 5-toothed, more or less deeply 
split on one side, teeth deltoid to lanceolate, 0‘2 in. —0'04 in. long, 
puberulous or adpressed-pubescent without, especially towards the apex. 
Corolla infundibuliform, 0*2 in .—0-3 in. long, subequally 5-lobed, 
lobes valvate, lanceolate, 0*05 in .—VI in. long, densely adpressed- 
pubescent without. 
Stamens 30-50, long-exserted, filaments united at base into a tube 
0 07 in. —0 18 in. long. Filaments 0’4 in. —0 5 in. long. Anthers 
minute, quadrate, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. 
Ovary superior, shortly stipitate, stipe (above the pedicel) 0 01 in. 
— 0-03 in. long, glabrous to sparsely puberulous, ovules 8. 
Style 0*45 in. long. 
Pod straight or slightly curved, liguliform, compressed, dry, 2 in. — 
5 in. long, \ in. —1 in. wide, opening with straight valves. Apex 
mucronate, acute or acuminate, base cuneate, often more or less pro¬ 
longed into a distinct stipe above the thickened pedicel. Dark brown, 
(a) The inflorescence is characteristic and this alone appears to distinguish this plant 
from all the other Indian species of the genus. In the latter the inflorescence is developed 
on the leafy shoots, either in the axils of the upper leaves or at the apex above the leaves. 
In A. Lathamii , on the other hand, the inflorescence usually appears on the old wood below 
the leafy shoots, often on stunted leafless branches and only rarely at the lower nodes of 
the leafy shoots. The two following African species which belong to the same group 
resemble A. Lathamii more or less in this respect, viz., A. Antunesiam, Harms, and 
A., anthelminlica, A. Brongn. Of the former the author says “ pedunculis solitariis vel 
geminis, ex axillis foliorum delapsorum ortis ” (Bot. Jahrb. Vol. XXX, p. 75). Of 
the latter Bentham says “ pedunculi axillares v. ad nodos vetustos breves fasciculati ” 
(Mimosece p. 564), while Oliver (FI. Trop. Afr. ii 357) notes £i peduncles fascicled or 
solitary in the upper axils or from leafless nodes on the older wood.” 
( b ) The pedicel consists of the constricted basal portions of the calyx, corolla and 
staminal-tube which adhere closely to the lower part of the stipe of the ovary. The 
measurements of calyx, corolla and staminal-tube given in the above description do not 
include this basal portion which is regarded as a part of thejpedicel. 
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