

i, CtesaZpmta.] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 257 



calyx. OincHdocarpus nitidus, ZolL 8r Mointz. Nat Geneesk. iii. 74. 0. mi- 



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crophyUa, Hamilt. m Wall. Cat. 5826. 0. tortuosa, Wall 



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Assam and Silhet. — Distrib. Java. 



Obscurely downy. Prickles scattered, uniform. Leaves a foot or more long; 

 P|°"* 20-24 j leaflets close, sessile, obtuse, ligulate, caducous, |-| in. by ^~\ in., glossy 

 above. Panicles often as long as the leaves, with finely downy rachises and pedicels. 

 Calyx |-| in. Pe^^s round with a claw, bright yellow. Stamens little exserted. Pod 

 oblong, indehiscent, 2-3 in. by 1 in., glabrous, 3-4-seeded. 



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'10. C. tortuosa, Roxh. Hort Bma. 32 : FL Ind. 



40-60 rigidly sutcoriaceous, racemes 

 «Wyx. Wall. Cat 5827 A, B, 0. 



TEXASSERnr,^ Wallick—DiSTRiB. Malay isles. 



Branches slightly downy. Prickles small, scattered, uniform. Leaves 1-1^ ft, 

 ODg; pmnse 30-40; leaflets close, glossy, sessile, narrow ligulate, obtuse, \-^ in. by 

 B J^-> just like those of the last in shape and texture. Bacemes as long as the leaves. 

 ^y^ 8 ii^-j glabrous. Pod just like those of the two preceding. 



• 97. PEXiTOPKOaUM, Vogel 



Tall unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Floivers showy, yellow, in 

 J^llary and panicled terminal racemes. Calyx with the disk confined to the 

 •^ ; teeth subeq^ual, very deep, imbricate. Petals oblong or roundish, imbri- 

 ^ted, spreading. Stamens 10, free, declinate ; filaments with a dense tuft of 

 '^rs at the base; anthers uniform, linear-oblong. Ovary sessile, free, few- 

 ^'uled; style lon^, filiform, incurved, stigma large peltate. Pod oblong, flat, 

 ^ ». ^^J*d, indehiscent, with a firm broad wing on each suture. — Distrib, 

 .species 6, cosmopolitan in the Tropics, 



!• P. ferrugrineum, Benth. FL Austral, ii. 279 ; flowering pedicels at 

 ,«08t aslong as the calyx. O^esalpinia ferruginea, Mig. Flor. Ind, Bat, i. 111. 

 i ™ea, Miq. he. cit. 112. 0. Glenniei, T/noaites Fmnn. 414. 0. inermis, 

 «oj*. FL Ind. ii. 367. Poinciana Roxburghii, G. Don Gen. Syst. ii. 433. 



SixcAPORE, Malacca, Andamans. and Ceylon.— Distrib. Malay isles, X. Aus- 



ti^T^^^^g branches clothed with thin bright reddish-brown tomentum. Leaves dis- 

 eios^^^.P^^^^^led, i-1 ft. long; pinnte opposite, 16-20, |-i ft. long; leaflets 20-30. 

 OQ. \i'^^J^te-oblong, sessile, obtuse, unequal-sided, ^-f in. long, rigidly subcoriace- 

 ^^ Slightly tomentose below. Branches of the panicle numerous, stiffly erecto-patent, 

 ^pi<mously ferrugineo-tomentose, as is also the calyx ; bracts minute, lanceolate, 

 to }.?L^®' f^^y^ i in. deep. Pod 1-4-seeded, rigid, glabrous, 2-4 in. by 1 in., narrowed 

 ^ ends, closely longitudinally veined. 



P- dasyrachis, Kurz MSS. ; flowering pedicels 3-4 times as long 

 ^lyx. Caesalpinia dasyrachis, Mtq. Flor. Lid. Bat. Siippl. 292. 0. 



2. 



as the 



Finlo. 



'^'^ Mahiqav. — Distrib. Java, Sumatra. 



ri^^^J^^l^'^ J"' f^-^ruginturn, with which U agrees in vestiture and leaves. Flomr- 

 Wet** K^ ~^ '"* ^y ^ '"• ; lower pedicels patent or ra 



^^t ratl?^**''V ^^^P^^'sistent. \ in. loog. Flowers rather larger. 



tier larger, thinner and not reticulately veined. 



98. MSZONS VRVM, Desf. 



Hob 



therreflcxed, 1-1^ in. long; 



Pod the same shape 



"^ple -nnv -T^J^^y prickly climbers. Leave 

 ^OL II ^^^^es. Calyx very oblique 



Leaves abruptly bipinnate. Flotcers 



usually deeply cleft, with 



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