286 li- LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) lNej> 



Hook 



28-30 



4r-8-seeded. Dak. §• Gibs. Bomb. FL 84. Mimosa triquetra, Vahl ; Roxb. Sort. 

 Benff.^O', FL Ind. ii. 552. Desmanthus triquetrus, Willd.\ DC. Prodr. ii. 

 444 ; Wall. Cat. 5296 ; W. ^- A. Prodr. 270 ; Wi(/ht Ic. t. 756. 



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Westeen Penixstjla and Eundelkund. — Distrib. Brazil ? 



A low diffuse perennial, with slender stems, angular upwards. Stipules small, 

 acute ; pinnae 2-6, an inch or less long, with a gland on the rachis between the 

 lowest pair ; leaflets |— ^ in. Heads small, globose, long or short-peduncl^ 

 Corolla yellow, -^ in. long. Sterile flowers sometimes quite absent from the heads. 

 Pod i-l in. long, with more membranous valves than in the two others, and a very 

 minute beak. 



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N. PLET^A, Benth. in Hooh. Journ. Bot. iv. 355; stems stout ascending, 

 leaflets 40-60, sterile flowers numerous, pod oMong-ligulate 15-20-seedea. 

 Mimosa Adenanthera, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 554. Desmanthus Adenauthera, WalL 

 Cat. 5298. D. pleaus, punctatus and polypliyllus, DC. Prodr. ii. 444^5. 



North West provinces and Cetlon, introduced. A native of Tropical America. 



Glabrous throughout. SteTUs comparatively stout, suffruticose, several feet mga. 

 Pinnm 6-10, with a gland between the lowest pair ; leaflets like those of the last. 

 Stipules and bracts copious, cordate- ovate, acuminate. Heads copious, oblong. 

 Flowers and heads just like those of N. oleracea, but the pod twice as long. 



116. XYZilA, Benth. 



Tall unarmed tree. Leaves bipinnate. Floivers in round heads, mostly 

 perfect. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed at the tip. Petals 5, valvate, slightly united 

 at the base, little longer than the calyx. Stamens 10, free, exserted ; anthers 

 gknd-crested in an early stage. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform? 

 stiirma minute terminal. Pod larire. woodv. ohloTio'-fRlo.atft- finallv dehiscingi 



between 



L single species 



1. X. dolabriformis, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 417. i)«fc- ^ ^^^' 

 Bomb. FL 85 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 186 ; Brand. For. FL 171. Mimosa xylocarpa; 

 Roxb. Cor. PL t. 100; Hort. Bmg, 40; FL Ind. ii. 543. Inga xylocarpa, i^V; 

 Prodr. ii. 439 ; WalL Cat. 5277 ; W. ^- A. Prodr. 2G9, I. lignosa, Grah i^ 

 WalL Cat. 6278. I. dolabriformis, Grah. in WalL Cat. 5279. 



Western Peninsula, Birma, Sincapohe. — Distrib. Philippines. ^ jj 



A tall tree, without prickles. Pinnoe 2; leaflets 4-10, opposite, with an ^ 

 one on the outside and with a gland on the rachis between each, oblong, a^u^^ 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, the lowest much shorter. Flowers SQf^^^^^^ 

 dense globose peduncled heads, crowded on short branchlets developed witn 

 young leaves. Corolla \ in. Pod 4-6 in. by 1-2^ in., 6-10-seeded. 



117. ENTASA, Adans. 



"Woody unarmed climbers with tendrils. Leaves bipinnate. Flotcers ^^^ 

 long narrow spikes, minute, yellowish, polygamous. Calyx minute, ^^^^^Ij^i^g 

 late, equally 5-toothed. Coi'olla oblong m bud, the 5 long equal ^^'^^^.^\^ - 

 falcate in expansion. Stamens 10, free, shortly exserted, filaments ^^n^^^ 



stigma concave terminal. Pod flat, woody, very large, composed of many ^. r^ 

 one-deeded joints, the endocarp persisting round the large compressed orbic 

 seeds.— Distrib. Species 10, the others Troo. African and American. ^^' 



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