^ - 



*-*." 



Eiitada.] L. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 287 



■ 1. E. scandens, HentL in Hook. Joiirn. Hot. Iv. 832. Brand. For. Fl 

 167. E. Piirssetha, DC. Prodr. ii. 426 ; Wall Cat. 6293 ; W.i^A. Prodr. 267 ; 

 Vah. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 83. E. monostachya, DC. Prodr. loc. cit. ; Wall Cat. 

 5293. E. Eheedei and Parrana, Spreng. Syst. ii. 325. E. Pursjetha and K 

 Rumphii, Scheff. in Natuur. Tvjdschr. Ned. Ind. xxxii. 99, t. 1&-18. Mimosa 

 scandens, Linn. ; Boxb. Fl Ind. ii. 554:.—BJieede Hort. Mai viii. t. 32-34 : ix. 



t. 77- 



Central and Eastern Himalayas, Nipa.l, ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim, Western 

 Peninstla, Cbylox, Malacca. — Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



•^^ immense climber, with slender terete woody branches. Leaves long-petioled, 

 i^ ^^^^^ usually ending in a tendril; pinnae stixlked, mostly 4 ; leiiflets oblong or 

 Obovate, obtuse or acute, 1_2 in. long, rigidly coriaceous. Spikes peduncled, J ft. 

 long or more, usually panicled from the nodes of old leafless branches, sometimes 

 simple from the axils of the leaves (E. monostachya, DC). Flowers ^J in. long, 

 sessile or on short pedicels. Pod 1-2 fl. or more by 3-4 in., curved, constricted 

 •between the seeds. Seeds 2 in. broad. 



1 



118. ABENANTKEBA, Linn. 



m 



, Erect^ trees "without spines or tendrils. Leaves ample, bipinnate. Flotcers 

 ^^uute, in narrow spike-like racemes, hermaplirodite, usually pentamerous. 

 ^yx campanulate, equally toothed. Petals valvate, equal, lanceolate, cohering 

 ■^% at the very base. Stamens 10, free, equalling the corolla ; anthers tipped 

 ■^th a gland. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style filiform, stigma minute 

 capitate. Pod strap-shaped, torulose, falcate, the coriaceous valves much 

 "^ted after they separate. Seeds small, bright-coloured.— Distrib. Species 4, 

 spread through tropics of Old World. 



For. Fl 168, 



Cev7*^^ Himalayas (ascending to 4000 ft. in Sikkim), "Western Pexinsula and 

 ^o^', shore of JVIalay gulf.— Disteib. Maky isles, Timor, China, Philippines. 

 rmnm short-stalked. 4-8 in. lonff • leaflets obloncr. alternate, short -stalked, not 



fsw ^s long as the flower, ^ in. Tod 6-9 in. by A in., falcate, 10-12-seeded, 

 ^eet^^ rarely yellow-brown. 



Moon 



kff "*«oior, moon\ Thwaites ±:nmn.v^; pmnse anu it 



^^r acute, seeds half black half bright red. Bedd. Fl Sijlv. 94 



Cetlon, Walker, &c. Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



6-8 



in L^**"*^ sliort-stalked, 2-3 in. long. Leajkts ovate, rigidly sub coriaceous, |-li 

 ^theT^' 11 ^^^ ^^^ P^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^®® ^^ '^' i^^^^"""^' ^^^ ^^'^^^ perhaps 



snialler 



119. PaOSOPXS, Linm 



^ct trees or shrubs with scattered prickles. Leaves bipinnate, with small 



leaflets. 



lowef 



^^mouft 7; -^cowers minute, m narrow spines or Kuo»L*i(.iitc i.».».oiii^o, ^^^^v 

 %latp* f*^^^^' minute, campanidate, suhentire or faintly 5-toothed. Petals 5, 



orm '^^ ^° 1^«^- Stamens 10, free, slightly exserted, filaments 



^ ; anthers crowned with a gland. Ova^y stalked, many-ovuled ; style 





