. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 266 XLV. LEGUMINOS^ [Acacia C. Trees or shrubs; stipules not spinescent; spines infra-stipular ; fl. in spikes. 11. A. Senegal, Willd.; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 295.—Syn. A. rupestris. Stocks; Brandis F. Fl. 184. Vern. TT/ior, Sind. ; Ktmita, Rajputana. A small thorny tree; bark smooth, shining; infra-stipu- lar spines three, stout, conical, very sharp, dark brown, shining, the two lateral straight, the third recurved. Pinnae 3-5 pair; common petiole
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 266 XLV. LEGUMINOS^ [Acacia C. Trees or shrubs; stipules not spinescent; spines infra-stipular ; fl. in spikes. 11. A. Senegal, Willd.; M. Brit. Ind. ii. 295.—Syn. A. rupestris. Stocks; Brandis F. Fl. 184. Vern. TT/ior, Sind. ; Ktmita, Rajputana. A small thorny tree; bark smooth, shining; infra-stipu- lar spines three, stout, conical, very sharp, dark brown, shining, the two lateral straight, the third recurved. Pinnae 3-5 pair; common petiole often armed with minute prickles;leaflets 8-12 pair, grey, cili- ate. Fl. fragrant, white, in lax pedun- culate spikes; an- thers lemon-yellow. Pod thin, straight, pubescent when young, tardily de- hiscent, 3 in. long, 4 in, Fia. 116.—Acacia Senegal, Willd. ^. Dry hills in Sind, Aravalli range. Fl. —Tropical Africa. 12. A. modesta, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 130.—Syn. Mimosa duniosa^ Roxb. Vern. PaloZj Baluch.; Phulai, Pb. A middle-sized gregarious tree, thorny, rarely unarmed. Bark rough, with a multitude of irregular narrow cracks. Heart-wood dark brown with black streaks. Prickles twin, infra-stipular, dark brown, shining, conical. L. pale grey; common petiole 1-2 in. long ; pinnse 3 pair; leaflets 3-5 pair, broad ovate, or obovate, oblique. Stipules minute, deciduous. Fl. white or pale yellow, sweet-scented, in lax cylindrical drooping spikes. Pod stalked, flat, indehiscent, 2-3 in. by i in. ^ Baluchistan. Trans-Indus, east flank of the Suleiman range up to 4,000 ft. Sub- himalayan tract and outer hills, between Indus and Sutlej. Salt range and northern part of the Punjab plains, as far as Saharanpur and Delhi. Fl. March-May. The white-fl. spikes contrast with the delicate green of the young foliage, but the fl. fade and the leaves soon turn an ash-grey colour. 13. A. lenticularis, Ham.; Brandis F. Fl. 186. Vern. Khour, Nep. A small tree, perfectly glabr
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