258 I*. LEGUMiNOSj;. (J. G. Baker.) [Mezoneurum. 



confined to the "base or extending upwards, the lobes imbricated, the lowest the 

 longest, remarkably hood-like, Petals spreading, obovate-spathulate, subequal. 

 Stamens free, declinate, usually exserted ; anthers oblong, uniform. Ovary ses- 

 sile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, incurved with the stamens, stigma small capi- 

 tate. Pod large, oblong, flat, thin, indehiscent, with a broad wing down the , 

 upper suture. — Disteib. Species 10, mostly Trop, Asiatic, confined to the old 

 world. 



* Eumezoneuron. Calyx deeply cleft; disk basal. 



1. 9K. cucullatum, W. f A. Prodr, 283 ; leaflets 8-10 large ovate acute 

 glabrous, stamens much exceeding the calyx. Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb FL 80. 

 Ceesalpinia cucullata, Roxh Hort, Peng. 32 ; FL Ind, ii. 358 ; G. Don Gen. 

 Sf/st. ii. 431 ; JFalL Cat. 5828, exd. B. M. macrophyllum, Plume ; Miq. Floi\ 

 ind. Pat. i. 104. 



Eastern Himalayas from Nipal, ascending to 4,000 ft. to the Khasia hills, 

 Bkhar and the Western Peninsula. — Distrib. iVIalay isles. 



Branches glabrous, with small dark hooked scattered prickles, Ze(7/-rachis ^1 ft* 

 long; pinnae 4-10 long-stalked ; leaflets rigidly subcoriaceous, 1-2 in. long, glabrous, 

 dark-green above, subdistant, rather glaucous below. EaccTnes synple or forked, 

 sometimes as long as the leaves, the rachis virgate, tinged with yellow ; pedicels as 

 long as the calyx, which is the most oblique of all the species, with the posterior sepal 

 and petal very cueullate. Calyx f in., glabrous, tinged with yellow. Petals bright 

 yellow, streaked with red. FUaments faintly ciliated near the base. Pod like that of 

 a Dalbergia, with a single large seed in the middle, 3-4 in, long, with a wing like 

 the valves in texture J— | in. broad. 



Var. grandis, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5830, ujider Csesalpinia, sp. ; larger in all its 

 parts, the leaflets 3-4 in. long, and wing of the pod ^ in. broad. Guilandina macro- 

 carpa, Grah.in Wall. Cat, 5804. — Distribution of the type. 



Rheede Hort. Mai. vol. vi. i 20, on which is founded Guilandina axillaris. Lam- 

 (Cfesalpinia? axillaris, DC. Prodr. ii. 481) is probably made up of the leaf of thia and 

 pod of Casalpinia Sappan. 



2. M. ^labrom, Desf. in Mem. Mm. iv. 246, t. 10 ; leaflets 14-16 small 

 glabrous oblong obtuse distinctly stalked, stamens much exceeding the calyx. 

 DC. Prodr. ii. 484. Caesalpinia furfuracea, Wall Cat. 6835. 



Tenasserim, Wallich.-^T>\sTmiA. Philippines, Timor. 



Branches gkbrous, the falcate prickles almost restricted to the base of the pinnae. 

 Leaves 1 ft. long; pinnae 12-14, distinctly stilked ; leaflets membranous, caducous, 

 close, dark green, alternate, ^-| in. long. Racemes simple or forked, as long as tne 

 leaves ; pedicels exceeding the calyx. Calyx glabrous, ^ in. long, less oblique than i 

 the last, the upper teeth reaching half down, the lowest twice as long. _ ^^^^^ 

 densely ciliated near the base. Pod 5-6 in. by 1 J in., 2-4-seeded, with a wing ri 

 broad. 



3. »I. enneaphyllum, W. ^ A. Pt^odr. 283; leaflets 18-22 small g^- 



brous oblong obtuse subsessile, stamens slightly exceediug the calyx. ^®^ , 

 piuia enneaphvlla, Roxb. Hort. Pevr/. 32 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 363 ; Miq. Flor. i'"*- 

 Pat. i. 104, tab. 2 B. 0. sepiaria, Wall. Cat. 6834 H. 



Cacuar and Chitt vgohg, Hook. fiL and Thonison. Tavoy, Gomez. Pegu, Sic 

 land. Ckylon, Thwaltts. — Distrib. Malay isles. /»■ 1 nff' 



Branches slender, p:labrous ; prickles copious, minute, falcate. Leaves |-1 ^' ^^ ' 

 pinnse 16-20, distinctly stalked, 2-3 in. long ; leaflets sensitive, glabrous, membrano^^^ 



|-^ in. long. Racemes copiously panicled, sometimes a foot long; P®^^*;^ .f last! 

 glabrous or pubescent, twice as long as tlie calyx. Flower smaller than in ^^ , ^^^ 

 Calfjx J-^ in., glabrous. CbroZk bright yelloif^r. Filaments densely woolly a* ^^^^ J 

 Pod 3-4 in. long by less than 1 in., thin and glossy, 4-6-seedcd ; veing |-i io. t)ro • ^ 

 Very like Cmsalpinia sepiaria in habit and inflorescence. ' 



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