360 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. — Caesalpinia, 
sharp, straight prickles; young shoots of a bright reddish — w 
colour, armed, glandular, and somewhat hairy. Leaves 
alternate, bipinnate, from one to three feet long. Pinne 
from twelve to thirty pairs, opposite, about two inches long. 
Leaflets from eight to sixteen pair, opposite, linear-ob- 
long, smooth, entire ; nearly half an inch long.  Petioles 
common, nearly round, armed, and chiefly with three 
larger prickles at or near the insertion of the partial pe- 
tioles, two of them below, and recurved ; one above, and 
incurved. Partial petioles also armed. Stipules ensi- 
form. Racemes nearly opposite to the leaves, and some- 
times terminal, single, and simple, very long. Peduneles 
armed near the base; the rest and the diverging long pe- 
dicels dotted with many, clammy dark-coloured glands, 
interspersed with a few hairs. Bractes solitary, one 
flowered, at the base ovate-cordate with subulate apices, 
_caducous. Flowers solitary, pretty large, colour a bright 
yellow. Legumes turgid, of an irregular kidney-shape; 
acuminate, somewhat hairy ; more than an inch and 
a half long, and about one inch broad near the ape* 
Seeds two, oblong, smooth, of a shining dark brow® 
Embryo without perisperm. Coty/ledons two. 
directed to the umbilicus. 
6. C. sepiaria. R. 
Scandent, prickly. Leaves bipinnate ; pinne eight pairs a 
leaflets ten pair, linear oblong. Stipules semisagittate 
Racemes axillary. Calyces coloured. Legume un 
daggered, six-seeded. 
The Mysore thorn, was introduced into Bengal agi 
_ that country by General Martin, where it is now as CO 
mon as it is in the Mysore country, and is used to 
fenves. Flowering time in Bengal the cold season. 
Trunk and branches stout, and ligneous, s 
or climbing to a considerable extent, if not checked 
all armed with strong, eed prickles, Leaves alter 
