364 DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.  Caesalpinia, 
Calyx of five, subequal coloured, reflected, caducous di- 
visions inserted on a permanent base. Corol pp 
ous; the upper three petals placed on the upper side re- 
sembling the banner, the lower pair resembling the wings, 
while the lower division of the perianth before it becomes 
quite reflected is not unlike the keel. Filaments ten, de- 
clined, woolly, alternately shorter. Anthers incumbent, 
brown. Pistil hid amongst the stamens. Legume unarmed, 
smooth ; broad-lanceolate, thin on the back, enlarged by 
a membranous wing which is united by an elevated suture, 
Seeds five or six, oval, smooth, flattened, 
11. C. paniculata. R. 
Scandent, armed. Leaves bipinnate ; pinne and leaflets 
three or four-paired. Stipules minute. Panicles tet- 
minal, Legumes obliquely oval, smooth, cuspidate, one-— 
seeded. 
Kaku-mullu. Rheed. Mal. 6. t. 19. . 
Guilandina paniculata, Willd, 2. 535. Peace En- : 
cyl 1. p.4800 2 alu 
‘A native of various parts of India. It blossoms dav 
ing the dry months of February and March. The seeds 
ripen in August and September. . 
Stem and branches liyneous, climbing up and over trees» — 
&c. Bark smooth and green until the plants are sev 
years old; every part armed with dreadfully sharp, 
strong, recurved chesnut coloured aculei which acquite 
an immense base like the point of the finger on the irunk © 
and large branches of old plants. Leaves bipinnate, — 
from six to twelve inches long. | Pinne three or four 
pair, remote. Leaflets three pair, ovate-lanceolate, ob- 
tuse, entire, of a firm texture, polished on both sides, _ 
from one to two inches long. Petioles common and pal- — 
tial, armed on the underside, smooth, round, generally 
coloured on the upperside. Stipules very minute’ ae 
soon falling off, Inflorescence, generally one 
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