90 BOTANY OF WESTERN INDIA. 
utrinque puberulis, floribus terminalibus spicatis, spicis uni-bipeda- 
libus. 
This plant differs from Cesalpinia, to which it appears most nearly 
allied, by its equal petals, thick margined legume, seeds not compressed, - 
flowers in spikes, and, as the flowers are moreover tubular and conni- 
vent, they have a very different appearance to those of a Casalpinia; it 
may be called Wagatea, and thus defined :— 
Calyx coloratus, ad medium 5-fidus, tubo cupuliformi, limbi decidui 
laciniis æstivatione imbricatis, infima paulo majore concava. Corolle 
petala 5, equalia, uniformia, unguiculata, calycis summo tubo inserta. 
- Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta iisdemque æquilonga, omnia fertilia : 
Jilamenta subulata, basi pilosa, alternatim breviora. Ovarium stipita- 
tum, tomentosum, 4-6-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis, filamentis peta- 
lisque æquilongus. Stigma cavum, bilabiatum, fimbriatum, labio su- 
periore semiorbiculari, inferiore majore cucullato. Legumen lineare, 
acutum, coriaceum, inter semina transversim constrictum, margini- 
bus incrassatum. Semina 3—4, obovato-oblonga, transversa, testa 
crassa dura ossea. 
From the absence of any descriptions in the ‘ Flora Indica’ or Hooker 
and Arnott’s ‘ Prodromus, this appears to be confined to the Bombay 
Presidency, and it forms a very conspicuous object in our mountain 
jungles, by its bright scarlet tapering spikes, generally overtopping the 
bushes on which it leans for support. It is liable to attract attention 
in another way not so agreeable to the traveller, who has no sooner got 
disentangled from the hooks of one of its long trailing branches, than, 
in turning round to escape, he is caught by another, or, perhaps, he 
walks out of his difficulty by leaving his hat or part of his coat behind 
him. From the tubular form of the calyx, the flowers of this plant 
. never open, the apices of its bright orange-yellow petals just appearing 
. &bove the scarlet calyx; the legumes are much swollen at the seeds, the 
.. bases of which are partially imbedded in the thick spongy substance of 
the suture, resembling those of the C. resupinata of Roxburgh. The 
testa is broken with difficulty, the radicle is obtuse, and at the hilum, 
. which forms the base of the seed’s longer axis, the seeds are enveloped 
in a transparent very tenacious gum, which is capable of being drawn 
out into long fine threads. No use is made of any part of this shrub, 
as far as I can learn. Its native name is Wagatee, or Wagaree, its pre- 
hensile character, I suppose, having allusion to that of the tiger (wag). 
(To be continued.) 
