Flora Medica

Ovary green, glabrous, shortly stipitate ; style capillary, length of thestamens. Legumes flat, linear, thin, straight, glabrous, with about 6seeds or fewer : seeds orbicular, flattened. Yields Bengal Catechu,according to Mr. Pereira, of bad quality.558. A. vera Willd. iv. 1085. DC. prodr.ii. 461. S. and C.ii. t. 77. Mimosa nilotica Linn. sp. pi. 1506. (Lob. ic.ii. 95. f. 1.) Africa from Senegal to Egypt.Leaves bipinnate, smooth, as well as the branches; pinnae 2 pair;leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-linear ;a gland between the pinnae. Spinesin pairs. Flowers in globose heads ;heads about 2 together, stalked,axillary. Legume moniliform. From this the best gum Arabic is saidto be obtained.559. A. arabica Willd. iv. 1084. DC. prodr.ii. 461. W.and A. i. 277. A. nilotica Delil. cegypt. p. 31. Mimosa arabicaLam. enc. meth. i. 19. Roxb. corom. pi. ii. t. 149. y?.ind.ii. 557. (Pluk.t. 221. f. i.)Common all over India and Arabia.A small tree, with taper glabrous thorny branches. Thorns stipulary,sometimes long, sometimes short or almost wanting: leaves bipinnate ;pinnae about 5 pairs, with a gland between the first and last pairs ;leaflets 15-20 pairs, glabrous. Peduncles aggregated, oraxillaryforming a terminal raceme by the abortion of the leaves. Flowers inglobose heads. Corolla 5 cleft. Stamens numerous, distinct. Legumesstalked, compressed, thickish, contracted on both sutures between theseeds. In the opinion of Ehrenberg this is a mere variety of A. vera.Bark a powerful tonic.in560. A. SeyalZ)^7./.^^142.t.52.f.2.561. A. tortilis Farsk. descr. 176. "K spe '563. A. Senegal Willd. iv. 1077.gumArabic "564. A. orfota Mimosa orfota Forsk. descr. 177. DahhiArabia.Leaves twin, bipinnate ; pinnae of 4-5 pairs ;the last separated by ascale. Leaflets 6-9 pairs, oval-linear, oblique at the base, half a naillong. Spines 2 under each axil, in the room of stipules, very spreading,as long as the leaf. Legumes not jointed, compressed, attenuated at thebase. Leaves prevent fresh camel's milk from becoming acid forseveral days. Fumigation with the wood and resin employed withsuccess by the Arabs in epilepsy. Forsk.565. A. leucophlsea Willd. iv. 1083. DC. prodr.ii. 462.W. and A. i. 277. Mimosa leucophlaea Roxb. corom. pi. ii.t. 150. /. ind. ii. 558. A. alba Willd. 1. c. DC. 1. c. Coastof Coromandel.A tree ? armed with stipulary thorns. Leaves bipinnate ; pinnae7-12 pairs, with a gland below the first, and between some of the lastpairs ; leaflets 16-30 pairs, oblong-linear, pubescent or nearly glabrous.Panicles large, terminal or from the upper axils branches;and pedunclesshortly tomentose. Flowers in globose, shortly pedunculate heads.Corolla 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, distinct. Legume narrow, linear,269